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Guinea vs. Mongolia Cost of Living Summary

Guinea is 41.4% more expensive than Mongolia overall.

Restaurants: pay 91.1% more in Guinea
Groceries: pay 26.4% more in Guinea
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Guinea
Housing: pay 2.5 times more in Guinea
Childcare: pay 16.9% less in Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.4% less in Guinea
Clothing: pay 62.8% less in Guinea

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

Guinea vs. Mongolia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Guinea instead of Mongolia, you would:

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pay 91.1% more for restaurants

	Mongolia	Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.08 MNT17,250.00	$6.43 GNF55,862	+26.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.86 MNT16,500.00	$10.77 GNF93,578	+121.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.84 MNT2,852.94	$1.56 GNF13,564	+86.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.52 MNT1,773.33	$1.20 GNF10,422	+129.9%
Average			+91.1%

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pay 26.4% more for groceries

	Mongolia	Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$0.92 MNT3,124.01	$1.32 GNF11,471	+43.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.82 MNT23,187.50	$9.28 GNF80,592	+36.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.44 MNT18,498.60	$8.22 GNF71,362	+50.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.21 MNT7,518.68	$2.80 GNF24,334	+26.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.04 MNT6,945.64	$2.83 GNF24,622	+38.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.69 MNT5,745.51	$1.35 GNF11,695	-20.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.30 MNT4,430.09	$1.11 GNF9,602	-15.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.91 MNT6,503.39	$0.92 GNF7,981	-52.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.47 MNT5,003.13	$1.28 GNF11,146	-12.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 MNT1,037.72	$0.72 GNF6,269	+136.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 MNT1,547.26	$0.72 GNF6,269	+58.5%
Average			+26.4%

Mongolia vs. Guinea - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Mongolia	Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.00 MNT13,586.19	$5.09 GNF44,170	+27.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.09 MNT27,500.00	$28.49 GNF247,442	+252.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,311.95 MNT103,000,000.00	$33,000.00 GNF286,612,098	+8.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.30 MNT18,000.00	$11.55 GNF100,314	+118.0%
Average			+101.5%

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

	Mongolia	Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$14.66 MNT49,800.00	$80.91 GNF702,709	+452.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$559.15 MNT1,900,000.00	$523.54 GNF4,547,051	-6.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$428.82 MNT1,457,142.86	$462.34 GNF4,015,482	+7.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.64 MNT199,261.01	??
Average			+151.2%

Mongolia vs. Guinea - Cost of housing

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pay 16.9% less for childcare

	Mongolia	Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$153.03 MNT520,000.00	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,690.11 MNT26,131,000.00	$6,389.60 GNF55,495,016	-16.9%
Average			-16.9%

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pay 0.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Mongolia	Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.77 MNT6,000.00	$2.37 GNF20,614	+34.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.52 MNT8,557.14	$2.00 GNF17,370	-20.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.77 MNT6,000.00	$1.16 GNF10,096	-34.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$59.96 MNT203,750.00	$70.01 GNF608,072	+16.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.56 MNT15,500.00	$4.63 GNF40,241	+1.6%
Average			-0.4%

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pay 62.8% less for clothing

	Mongolia	Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$66.51 MNT226,000.00	$20.00 GNF173,704	-69.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.62 MNT171,999.80	$25.00 GNF217,130	-50.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$88.29 MNT300,000.00	$30.00 GNF260,556	-66.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.24 MNT483,333.33	$50.00 GNF434,261	-64.8%
Average			-62.8%

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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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