Malabo vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$772	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	9	66
😀 Quality of life	26	88
🏙️ Population	297K	1.25M

The cost of living in Malabo is 0.4% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4227th and 4204th ($1413 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Equatorial Guinea and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8913th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Sharjah

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	Malabo	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483