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Romania vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Romania is 20.7% more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants
pay 23.7% more in Romania
Groceries
pay 24.7% less in Romania
Transportation
pay 15.1% less in Romania
Housing
pay 25.6% more in Romania
Childcare
pay 20.9 times more in Romania
Entertainment and Sports
pay 4.5% more in Romania

The cost of childcare, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in Romania are more expensive than in Equatorial Guinea. Expenses including groceries and transportation are lower in Romania. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Romania.

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Romania vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Romania instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

pay 23.7% more for restaurants

 
Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.54
FCFA4,999
$9.82
RON46.94
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.54
FCFA4,999
$7.22
RON34.50
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.85
FCFA500
$1.87
RON8.96
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pay 24.7% less for groceries

 
Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Bread
1 loaf
 ?? $1.10
RON5.25
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.37
FCFA1,973
$3.76
RON17.98
Milk (1 gallon) $10.34
FCFA6,056
$5.36
RON25.64
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pay 15.1% less for transportation

 
Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $6.55
RON31.31
Monthly public transit pass $26.40
FCFA15,461
$23.38
RON111.79
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,056.06
FCFA19M
$27,083.66
RON130K
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pay 25.6% more for housing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 ?? $8.56
RON40.94
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $371.73
RON1,777.68
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $223.95
FCFA131K
$281.26
RON1,345.04
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pay 20.9 times more for childcare

 
Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $482.75
RON2,308.59
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $341.40
FCFA200K
$7,125.14
RON34,073.85
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pay 4.5% more for entertainment and sports

 
Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.71
FCFA1,000
$2.18
RON10.43
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.69
FCFA2,749
$2.45
RON11.70
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.52
FCFA2,648
$5.71
RON27.33
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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Romania
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 ?? $62.00
RON296.50
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 ?? $35.53
RON169.92
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 ?? $77.18
RON369.09
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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