Cost of living comparison

compared to

Nairobi vs. Taiwan Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 17.6% cheaper than Taiwan overall.

Restaurants: pay 5.7% less in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 41.9% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 14.8% more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 6.0% more in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 54.7% less in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.0% less in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 38.4% less in Nairobi

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

Nairobi vs. Taiwan Cost Breakdown

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

Display currency: USD

pay 5.7% less for restaurants

	Taiwan	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.21 NT$138.49	$3.85 KES498.16	-8.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.80 NT$158.08	$6.17 KES797.06	+28.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.95 NT$31.21	$0.66 KES85.67	-30.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 NT$20.09	$0.53 KES68.84	-12.7%
Average			-5.7%

Taiwan vs. Nairobi - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 41.9% less for groceries

	Taiwan	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.76 NT$58.00	$0.56 KES72.15	-68.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.11 NT$234.18	$5.59 KES722.65	-21.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.33 NT$373.02	$3.35 KES433.29	-70.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.53 NT$83.40	$1.70 KES220.13	-32.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.21 NT$105.68	$2.71 KES350.29	-15.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 NT$58.34	$1.26 KES163.37	-28.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 NT$26.30	$0.50 KES64.59	-37.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.10 NT$36.10	$0.87 KES112.96	-20.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.27 NT$41.71	$0.46 KES59.09	-63.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.21 NT$39.78	$0.48 KES62.38	-60.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.96 NT$31.50	$0.56 KES71.92	-41.9%
Average			-41.9%

Taiwan vs. Nairobi - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 14.8% more for transportation

	Taiwan	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.59 NT$118.20	$6.17 KES798.23	+72.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.87 NT$1,246.97	$30.83 KES3,985.30	-18.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,524.98 NT$1,103,887.09	$19,266.80 KES2,490,811.99	-42.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.35 NT$307.75	$13.87 KES1,793.38	+48.4%
Average			+14.8%

Taiwan vs. Nairobi - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 6.0% more for housing

	Taiwan	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$18.76 NT$617.78	$39.39 KES5,092.69	+110.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$386.89 NT$12,739.36	$428.53 KES55,400.11	+10.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$269.95 NT$8,888.69	$166.44 KES21,516.78	-38.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$54.00 NT$1,778.13	$22.39 KES2,894.90	-58.5%
Average			+6.0%

Taiwan vs. Nairobi - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 54.7% less for childcare

	Taiwan	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$472.11 NT$15,545.26	$166.67 KES21,547.71	-64.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,471.45 NT$476,505.72	$8,008.06 KES1,035,281.58	-44.7%
Average			-54.7%

Taiwan vs. Nairobi - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 3.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Taiwan	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.82 NT$59.95	$2.31 KES298.90	+27.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.59 NT$85.30	$2.24 KES289.70	-13.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 NT$131.61	$3.08 KES398.53	-22.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.52 NT$1,136.64	$44.12 KES5,703.45	+27.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.29 NT$305.77	$6.17 KES797.06	-33.6%
Average			-3.0%

Taiwan vs. Nairobi - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 38.4% less for clothing

	Taiwan	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$63.92 NT$2,104.83	$16.84 KES2,177.44	-73.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.11 NT$925.64	$22.95 KES2,966.83	-18.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.13 NT$2,506.72	$61.84 KES7,994.32	-18.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.74 NT$3,020.65	$52.50 KES6,787.42	-42.8%
Average			-38.4%

Taiwan vs. Nairobi - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

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

More cost comparisons

Taiwan vs.

Algiers

Taiwan vs.

Berlin

Taiwan vs.

Prague

Taiwan vs.

Athens

Taiwan vs.

Warsaw

Taiwan vs.

Canberra

Taiwan vs.

Beijing

Taiwan vs.

Manila

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

See the cost of living in Taiwan vs. Kenya. This provides a comparison of the average cost of living from cities within Taiwan and Kenya.

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Taiwan

Add prices for Nairobi

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Nairobi or Taiwan. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.