Malabo vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$149	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$894
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	29
😀 Quality of life	33	51
🏙️ Population	297K	431K

The cost of living in Malabo is 14% less expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 6716th and 6224th ($741 vs $862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Equatorial Guinea and Namibia, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1 months in Windhoek. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 7709th and 6198th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Malabo vs Windhoek infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/malabo/windhoek.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Malabo vs Windhoek infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/malabo/windhoek" target="_blank">Malabo vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Malabo vs Windhoek

Prices for goods and services in Malabo and Windhoek are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Malabo	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$4344

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785