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Ankara vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Ankara is 36.6% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 31.1% more in Ankara
Groceries: pay 25.5% less in Ankara
Transportation: pay 28.2% more in Ankara
Housing: pay 41.1% less in Ankara
Childcare: pay 3.2 times more in Ankara
Entertainment and Sports: pay 55.8% more in Ankara
Clothing: pay 12.1% less in Ankara

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

Ankara vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ankara instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 31.1% more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Ankara
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.00 ETB764.91	$8.72 TRY308.68	+45.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.24 ETB794.90	$7.27 TRY257.24	+16.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.78 ETB100.08	$1.27 TRY44.97	+61.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 ETB64.02	$0.50 TRY17.84	+0.4%
Average			+31.1%

Ethiopia vs. Ankara - Cost of restaurants

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pay 25.5% less for groceries

	Ethiopia	Ankara
Bread 1 loaf	$1.20 ETB153.18	$0.83 TRY29.52	-30.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.85 ETB618.74	$4.61 TRY163.07	-5.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.08 ETB774.93	$3.90 TRY138.06	-35.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.65 ETB337.73	$1.68 TRY59.48	-36.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.65 ETB719.80	$2.70 TRY95.51	-52.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.30 ETB420.87	$0.49 TRY17.21	-85.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 ETB64.55	$0.88 TRY31.18	+74.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.08 ETB137.46	$0.45 TRY16.07	-57.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 ETB49.28	$0.54 TRY19.16	+40.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 ETB39.68	$0.25 TRY8.75	-20.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.79 ETB101.25	$0.23 TRY8.12	-71.1%
Average			-25.5%

Ethiopia vs. Ankara - Cost of groceries

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pay 28.2% more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Ankara
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.88 ETB622.09	$4.81 TRY170.35	-1.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 ETB1,274.84	$8.72 TRY308.68	-12.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,000.00 ETB3,187,108.02	$44,845.33 TRY1,586,636.89	+79.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.67 ETB467.23	$5.40 TRY191.17	+47.4%
Average			+28.2%

Ethiopia vs. Ankara - Cost of transportation

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pay 41.1% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Ankara
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$171.17 ETB21,821.07	$11.50 TRY406.95	-93.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$645.10 ETB82,240.14	$592.54 TRY20,964.04	-8.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$422.74 ETB53,893.01	$399.36 TRY14,129.49	-5.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$124.84 ETB15,914.92	$53.07 TRY1,877.75	-57.5%
Average			-41.1%

Ethiopia vs. Ankara - Cost of housing

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pay 3.2 times more for childcare

	Ethiopia	Ankara
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$81.47 ETB10,386.56	$502.10 TRY17,764.43	+516.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$43,916.67 ETB5,598,686.43	$10,388.60 TRY367,550.84	-76.3%
Average			+220.0%

Ethiopia vs. Ankara - Cost of childcare

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pay 55.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Ankara
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.00 ETB127.48	$3.49 TRY123.47	+249.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.15 ETB146.57	$2.84 TRY100.57	+147.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 ETB509.94	$2.04 TRY72.03	-49.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$90.59 ETB11,549.44	$40.91 TRY1,447.29	-54.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.70 ETB854.14	$5.82 TRY205.79	-13.2%
Average			+55.8%

Ethiopia vs. Ankara - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 12.1% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Ankara
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$48.33 ETB6,161.74	$56.66 TRY2,004.67	+17.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB9,582.57	$45.57 TRY1,612.22	-39.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.84 ETB13,875.74	$104.18 TRY3,686.05	-4.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$119.32 ETB15,211.65	$93.27 TRY3,299.98	-21.8%
Average			-12.1%

Ethiopia vs. Ankara - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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