Malabo vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Malabo	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2326	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$175	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$533	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$498	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.1	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$341	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	8
😀 Quality of life	34	58
🏙️ Population	297K	24.7K

The cost of living in Malabo is 48% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6389th and 3466th ($812 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 0.4 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 7611th and 5469th 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	$13.6	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.1	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.7	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$772	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$848	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$640	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.5	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.6	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.36	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.13	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.87	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.43	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.6	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.7	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68.5	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5705	$8081

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$655
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1368
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$933
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$374
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$638
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1201
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$794
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1686
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$714
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$764
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$469
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$846
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$1036
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$702
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$886
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$878
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$879
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$537
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$658
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$635
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1262
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$774
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$704
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$666
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1133
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$759
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$757
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$787
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$699
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$526
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$735
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$755
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$377

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482