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Nairobi vs. Morelia Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 18.1% more expensive than Morelia.

Restaurants: pay 26.2% less in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 16.5% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 12.3% more in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 82.4% more in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.8% more in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 35.3% less in Nairobi

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

Nairobi vs. Morelia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nairobi instead of Morelia, you would:

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pay 26.2% less for restaurants

	Morelia	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.45 MX$153.62	$3.85 KES498.16	-48.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.46 MX$112.66	$6.17 KES797.06	+12.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$22.27	$0.66 KES85.67	-38.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$15.94	$0.53 KES68.84	-31.1%
Average			-26.2%

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pay 16.5% less for groceries

	Morelia	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$50.59	$0.56 KES72.15	-77.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.31 MX$68.28	$5.59 KES722.65	+68.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$113.62	$3.35 KES433.29	-39.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$45.03	$1.70 KES220.13	-22.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.53 MX$72.78	$2.71 KES350.29	-23.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$25.20	$1.26 KES163.37	+3.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.60 MX$12.39	$0.50 KES64.59	-16.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 MX$12.39	$0.87 KES112.96	+45.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.07	$0.46 KES59.09	-44.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.56	$0.48 KES62.38	-43.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.07	$0.56 KES71.92	-32.8%
Average			-16.5%

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Morelia	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.51 MX$92.99	$6.17 KES798.23	+37.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$22.34 MX$460.86	$30.83 KES3,985.30	+38.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,410.01 MX$256,035.92	$19,266.80 KES2,490,811.99	+55.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$71.69	$13.87 KES1,793.38	+299.2%
Average			+107.4%

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pay 12.3% more for housing

	Morelia	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$502.98	$39.39 KES5,092.69	+61.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$314.39 MX$6,486.24	$428.53 KES55,400.11	+36.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$215.11 MX$4,437.96	$166.44 KES21,516.78	-22.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$625.36	$22.39 KES2,894.90	-26.1%
Average			+12.3%

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pay 82.4% more for childcare

	Morelia	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$173.74 MX$3,584.50	$166.67 KES21,547.71	-4.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,978.40 MX$61,448.62	$8,008.06 KES1,035,281.58	+168.9%
Average			+82.4%

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pay 2.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Morelia	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$56.33	$2.31 KES298.90	-15.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$62.02	$2.24 KES289.70	-25.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.82 MX$58.17	$3.08 KES398.53	+9.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$48.81 MX$1,007.07	$44.12 KES5,703.45	-9.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.97 MX$81.93	$6.17 KES797.06	+55.3%
Average			+2.8%

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pay 35.3% less for clothing

	Morelia	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$41.37 MX$853.45	$16.84 KES2,177.44	-59.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.13 MX$580.35	$22.95 KES2,966.83	-18.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$77.77 MX$1,604.49	$61.84 KES7,994.32	-20.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,896.63	$52.50 KES6,787.42	-42.9%
Average			-35.3%

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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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