Malabo is 40.1% more expensive than Guatemala City.

If you lived in Malabo instead of Guatemala City, you would:

pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

 
Guatemala City
Malabo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.77
Q44.80
$13.41
FCFA8,100
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.77
Q44.80
$20.95
FCFA12,657
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.09
Q8.47
$1.12
FCFA675

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pay 78.7% more for groceries

 
Guatemala City
Malabo
Bread
1 loaf
$1.89
Q14.66
$3.34
FCFA2,017
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.82
Q21.91
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Milk (1 gallon) $6.36
Q49.37
$8.88
FCFA5,366

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

 
Guatemala City
Malabo
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.15
Q32.26
$3.11
FCFA1,878
Monthly public transit pass $10.58
Q82.14
$58.66
FCFA35,439
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $17,951.60
Q139,389.47
$16,761.01
FCFA10,125,385

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pay 18.1% more for housing

 
Guatemala City
Malabo
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$48.06
Q373.14
$167.61
FCFA101,254
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $582.00
Q4,519.09
$209.51
FCFA126,567
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $411.49
Q3,195.12
$117.33
FCFA70,878

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pay 69.5% less for childcare

 
Guatemala City
Malabo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $172.19
Q1,337.00
$67.04
FCFA40,502
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,273.28
Q40,945.66
$1,173.27
FCFA708,777

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pay 13.1% more for entertainment and sports

 
Guatemala City
Malabo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.56
Q19.91
$0.84
FCFA506
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.44
Q18.92
$6.70
FCFA4,050
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.59
Q27.88
$1.68
FCFA1,013

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pay 25.8% more for clothing

 
Guatemala City
Malabo
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$51.15
Q397.15
$25.14
FCFA15,188
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$59.11
Q458.99
$81.01
FCFA48,939
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$101.30
Q786.55
$251.42
FCFA151,881

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