Malabo vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$149	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	100
😀 Quality of life	33	100
🏙️ Population	297K	4.84M

The cost of living in Malabo is 71% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6716th and 745th ($741 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Australia, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7709th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Sydney

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	Malabo	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683