Malabo vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$772	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	9	99
😀 Quality of life	26	100
🏙️ Population	297K	5.45M

The cost of living in Malabo is 46% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4227th and 649th ($1413 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 8913th and 3rd 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	$10.6	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710