Malabo vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Malabo	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1413	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3075	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$772	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1217	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$482	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	9	8
😀 Quality of life	26	63
🏙️ Population	297K	24.7K

The cost of living in Malabo is 11% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4227th and 3601st ($1413 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Malabo compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8913th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Victoria

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	Malabo	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.5	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.84	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$470	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$646	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.6	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.64	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.9	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.61	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.15	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.42	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5489	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420