Malabo vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malabo	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2326	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$175	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$533	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.1	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$341	$477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	95
😀 Quality of life	34	63
🏙️ Population	297K	11.5M

The cost of living in Malabo is 20% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6389th and 5616th ($812 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Brazil, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 7611th and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Sao Paulo

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	Malabo	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.6	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.1	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.7	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$772	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$848	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$640	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.5	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.6	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.7	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.13	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.87	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.43	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.6	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.7	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68.5	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5705	$13135

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$655
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1368
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$933
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$374
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$638
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1201
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$794
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1686
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$714
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$764
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$469
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$846
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$1036
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$702
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$886
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$878
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$879
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$537
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$658
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$635
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1262
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$774
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$704
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$666
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1133
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$759
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$757
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$787
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$699
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$526
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$735
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$755
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$377

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629