Malabo vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$149	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$5531
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	8	87
😀 Quality of life	33	91
🏙️ Population	297K	1.39M

The cost of living in Malabo is 78% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 6716th and 36th ($741 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd in Equatorial Guinea and the United States, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 7709th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs San Diego

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	Malabo	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$28706

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$655
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$601
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1265
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$764
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$384
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$621
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1121
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$883
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$555
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1611
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$553
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$747
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$462
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$805
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$972
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$668
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$881
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$900
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$900
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$558
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$651
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$634
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1502
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$779
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$695
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1113
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$776
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$820
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$743
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$677
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$535
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$759
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$709
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$371

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759