Malabo vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$149	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$1728
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	15
😀 Quality of life	33	47
🏙️ Population	297K	886K

The cost of living in Malabo is 31% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 6716th and 4967th ($741 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th 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 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7709th and 6450th 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	$12.9	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$8574

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028