Malabo is 18.9% more expensive than Italy.

If you lived in Malabo instead of Italy, you would:

pay 17.5% more for restaurants

 
Italy
Malabo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.74
€14.50
$13.41
FCFA8,100
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.09
€8.37
$20.95
FCFA12,657
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.45
€2.25
$1.12
FCFA675

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pay 80.3% more for groceries

 
Italy
Malabo
Bread
1 loaf
$1.86
€1.71
$3.34
FCFA2,017
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.20
€6.63
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Milk (1 gallon) $4.88
€4.50
$8.88
FCFA5,366

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pay 25.8% less for transportation

 
Italy
Malabo
Gasoline (1 gallon) $8.02
€7.38
$3.11
FCFA1,878
Monthly public transit pass $38.40
€35.36
$58.66
FCFA35,439
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,887.08
€23,840.71
$16,761.01
FCFA10,125,385

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pay 57.0% more for housing

 
Italy
Malabo
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$30.75
€28.32
$167.61
FCFA101,254
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $608.10
€560.03
$209.51
FCFA126,567
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $488.80
€450.16
$117.33
FCFA70,878

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pay 86.6% less for childcare

 
Italy
Malabo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $459.30
€422.99
$67.04
FCFA40,502
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,604.44
€8,845.21
$1,173.27
FCFA708,777

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pay 40.3% more for entertainment and sports

 
Italy
Malabo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.83
€4.45
$0.84
FCFA506
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.60
€1.47
$6.70
FCFA4,050
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.30
€5.80
$1.68
FCFA1,013

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pay 49.8% more for clothing

 
Italy
Malabo
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$80.37
€74.01
$25.14
FCFA15,188
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.54
€33.65
$81.01
FCFA48,939
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$89.56
€82.48
$251.42
FCFA151,881

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