Cost of living comparison
Nairobi is 60.6% cheaper than Redwood City.
If you lived in Nairobi instead of Redwood City, you would:
pay 74.4% less for restaurants
Redwood City
|
Nairobi
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$25.00
|
$3.85
KES497.03
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.00
|
$5.38
KES695.85
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.83
|
$0.59
KES75.65
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.30
|
$0.49
KES63.31
|
|
pay 55.8% less for groceries
Redwood City
|
Nairobi
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.19
|
$0.56
KES72.48
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.51
|
$5.70
KES736.02
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.23
|
$3.37
KES435.89
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.58
|
$1.69
KES218.82
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$7.60
|
$2.67
KES344.71
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.00
|
$1.12
KES144.43
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.30
|
$0.42
KES53.93
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.89
|
$0.78
KES100.18
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.99
|
$0.41
KES52.62
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.29
|
$0.42
KES54.33
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.89
|
$0.48
KES61.39
|
|
pay 22.1% less for transportation
Redwood City
|
Nairobi
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.65
|
$6.09
KES786.79
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$74.00
|
$34.46
KES4,453.42
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,536.00
|
$18,461.54
KES2,385,761.80
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.70
|
$12.62
KES1,630.27
|
|
pay 70.3% less for housing
Redwood City
|
Nairobi
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.08
|
$40.57
KES5,242.71
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$4,000.00
|
$418.88
KES54,131.49
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center | ?? |
$196.01
KES25,329.60
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$146.44
|
$22.29
KES2,880.85
|
|
pay 87.2% less for childcare
Redwood City
|
Nairobi
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$2,738.89
|
$146.63
KES18,949.41
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$37,770.00
|
$7,624.54
KES985,309.98
|
|
pay 59.1% less for entertainment and sports
Redwood City
|
Nairobi
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.50
|
$2.31
KES298.22
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.16
|
$2.24
KES289.34
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.89
|
$2.69
KES347.92
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym | ?? |
$45.86
KES5,926.56
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$16.00
|
$6.15
KES795.25
|
|
pay 55.1% less for clothing
Redwood City
|
Nairobi
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$69.25
|
$18.56
KES2,398.51
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$55.00
|
$24.95
KES3,223.62
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.00
|
$57.17
KES7,387.73
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$120.00
|
$52.46
KES6,779.50
|
|
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