Malabo vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$3201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$6971
🏠 One person rent	$772	$2218
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$3750
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$268
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$4609
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	9	89
😀 Quality of life	26	98
🏙️ Population	297K	5.87M

The cost of living in Malabo is 56% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 4227th and 109th ($1413 vs $3201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Singapore, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 8913th and 7th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Singapore City

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	Malabo	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$8.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$64.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$7.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$7.77
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$5.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$2659
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$1943
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$4723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	2.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$22654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$7935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$87.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$2.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$3.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$4.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$115
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$31.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$85.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$1206
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$29519

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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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$542
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$771
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$771
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$689
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$643
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$519
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$552
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$584
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$681
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$444
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$704
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$598
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$864
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$657
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$390
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$552
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$411
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$420
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$461
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$701
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$754
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$653