Cost of living comparison

Equatorial Guinea

compared to

Colombia

Bogota vs. Malabo Cost of Living Summary

Bogota is 58.1% more expensive than Malabo.

Restaurants: pay 14.3% more in Bogota
Groceries: pay 2.2% more in Bogota
Transportation: pay 9.5% more in Bogota
Housing: pay 96.6% more in Bogota
Childcare: pay 24.0 times more in Bogota
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.2% less in Bogota

The cost of childcare, housing, restaurants, transportation, and groceries in Bogota are more expensive than in Malabo. Notably, childcare and housing are significantly more expensive in Bogota.

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Bogota vs. Malabo Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 14.3% more for restaurants

	Malabo	Bogota
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.54 FCFA4,999	$7.72 COP24,429.38	-9.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.54 FCFA4,999	$10.19 COP32,246.79	+19.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.85 FCFA500	$1.34 COP4,254.91	+57.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.43 FCFA250	$0.87 COP2,746.60	+103.4%
Average			+14.3%

Malabo vs. Bogota - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2% more for groceries

	Malabo	Bogota
Bread 1 loaf	??	$2.42 COP7,666.90
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.37 FCFA1,973	$3.93 COP12,422.98	+16.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.34 FCFA6,056	$6.14 COP19,419.81	-40.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.76 FCFA2,200	$3.39 COP10,734.27	-9.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.71 FCFA1,588	$3.30 COP10,455.10	+21.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.08 FCFA635	$1.56 COP4,945.64	+44.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 FCFA454	$0.81 COP2,547.89	+4.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$0.87 COP2,767.03
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.79 COP2,492.18
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.65 COP2,060.02
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.63 COP1,979.10
Average			+2.2%

Malabo vs. Bogota - Cost of groceries

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pay 9.5% more for transportation

	Malabo	Bogota
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$4.90 COP15,504.16
Monthly public transit pass	$26.40 FCFA15,461	$49.41 COP156K	+87.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,056.06 FCFA19M	$23,161.08 COP73M	-29.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$20.84 COP65,959.33
Average			+9.5%

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pay 96.6% more for housing

	Malabo	Bogota
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	??	$29.75 COP94,134.56
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	??	$779.14 COP2M
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$223.95 FCFA131K	$440.22 COP1M	+96.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$93.36 COP295K
Average			+96.6%

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pay 24.0 times more for childcare

	Malabo	Bogota
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$463.22 COP1M
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$341.40 FCFA200K	$8,195.93 COP26M	+2300.6%
Average			+2300.6%

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pay 1.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Malabo	Bogota
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.71 FCFA1,000	$2.01 COP6,351.64	+17.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.69 FCFA2,749	$2.52 COP7,968.72	-46.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.52 FCFA2,648	$4.32 COP13,680.45	-4.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.14 FCFA19,996	$33.42 COP106K	-2.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.39 FCFA3,156	$7.72 COP24,429.38	+43.3%
Average			-1.2%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Malabo	Bogota
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$82.94 COP262K
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$47.35 COP150K
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$141.13 COP447K
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$104.65 COP331K

Malabo vs. Bogota - Cost of clothing

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