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Nairobi vs. Romania Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 2.1% more expensive than Romania overall.

Restaurants: pay 45.4% less in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 10.7% more in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 37.9% more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 66.8% more in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 15.8% less in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.5% less in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 37.8% less in Nairobi

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

Nairobi vs. Romania Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 45.4% less for restaurants

	Romania	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.56 RON41.30	$3.85 KES498.16	-55.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.33 RON30.53	$6.17 KES797.06	-2.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.72 RON8.28	$0.66 KES85.67	-61.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.43 RON6.89	$0.53 KES68.84	-62.7%
Average			-45.4%

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pay 10.7% more for groceries

	Romania	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.08 RON5.20	$0.56 KES72.15	-48.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.79 RON18.29	$5.59 KES722.65	+47.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.46 RON26.34	$3.35 KES433.29	-38.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.83 RON13.65	$1.70 KES220.13	-39.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.70 RON13.03	$2.71 KES350.29	+0.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.47 RON2.28	$1.26 KES163.37	+167.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.66 RON3.17	$0.50 KES64.59	-23.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.65 RON3.12	$0.87 KES112.96	+35.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 RON4.10	$0.46 KES59.09	-46.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.38 RON1.82	$0.48 KES62.38	+28.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.41 RON1.98	$0.56 KES71.92	+35.8%
Average			+10.7%

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pay 37.9% more for transportation

	Romania	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.64 RON27.24	$6.17 KES798.23	+9.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.73 RON100.02	$30.83 KES3,985.30	+48.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,159.13 RON121,392.80	$19,266.80 KES2,490,811.99	-23.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.39 RON30.86	$13.87 KES1,793.38	+116.9%
Average			+37.9%

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pay 66.8% more for housing

	Romania	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$8.45 RON40.76	$39.39 KES5,092.69	+366.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$363.94 RON1,756.01	$428.53 KES55,400.11	+17.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$266.85 RON1,287.56	$166.44 KES21,516.78	-37.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$107.36 RON518.04	$22.39 KES2,894.90	-79.1%
Average			+66.8%

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pay 15.8% less for childcare

	Romania	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$405.62 RON1,957.10	$166.67 KES21,547.71	-58.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,284.14 RON30,320.96	$8,008.06 KES1,035,281.58	+27.4%
Average			-15.8%

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pay 1.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Romania	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.01 RON9.72	$2.31 KES298.90	+14.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.20 RON10.63	$2.24 KES289.70	+1.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.30 RON25.57	$3.08 KES398.53	-41.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$37.40 RON180.46	$44.12 KES5,703.45	+18.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.19 RON29.86	$6.17 KES797.06	-0.4%
Average			-1.5%

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pay 37.8% less for clothing

	Romania	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.67 RON278.26	$16.84 KES2,177.44	-70.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.90 RON168.39	$22.95 KES2,966.83	-34.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.76 RON336.58	$61.84 KES7,994.32	-11.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$80.53 RON388.56	$52.50 KES6,787.42	-34.8%
Average			-37.8%

Romania vs. Nairobi - 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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