Malabo vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$2195
🏠 One person rent	$772	$443
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$741
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$50
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$746
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	9	47
😀 Quality of life	26	66
🏙️ Population	297K	276K

The cost of living in Malabo is 52% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 4227th and 6050th ($1413 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 8913th and 5081st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Sarajevo

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	Malabo	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$8.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$8.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$2.8
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$387
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$25.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	4.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$3478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$2305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$8.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$7.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$6.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$3470

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$755
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$665
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1363
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$849
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$397
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$674
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1241
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$961
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$793
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1774
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$698
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$671
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$563
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$878
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$1051
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$708
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$926
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$1044
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$632
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$664
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$644
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1514
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$778
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$705
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1102
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$752
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$810
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$852
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$664
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$526
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$781
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$793
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$393

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$618
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$760
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$707
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$669
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$734
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$883
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1610
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$920
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1539
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$858
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1261
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1623
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1107
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$967
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1515
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$617
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1047
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1503
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1195
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$685
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1111
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1072
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1335
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$918
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1153
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1115
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$819
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1107
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$557
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$665
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1033
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1322
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$655
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$965
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$832