Malabo vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$2471
🏠 One person rent	$772	$546
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$1724
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	9	15
😀 Quality of life	26	53
🏙️ Population	297K	886K

The cost of living in Malabo is 32% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 4227th and 5095th ($1413 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Tabuk ranked 11th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8913th and 6448th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Tabuk

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	Malabo	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$6.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$580
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$70.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$81.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	4.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$1383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$6.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$3.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$3.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$28.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$8498

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$517
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1734
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$798
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$940
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$645
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$346
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$354
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$718
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1910
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1855
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1645
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1867
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1879
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1021
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$837
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1951
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$987
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$769
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1957
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$695
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1072
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$548
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1947
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2347
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2064
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1998
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$276
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233