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Windhoek vs. Accra Cost of Living Summary

Windhoek is 61.2% more expensive than Accra.

Restaurants: pay 56.5% more in Windhoek
Groceries: pay 16.8% less in Windhoek
Transportation: pay 51.4% more in Windhoek
Housing: pay 87.6% more in Windhoek
Childcare: pay 87.5% more in Windhoek
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.2% less in Windhoek
Clothing: pay 2.7 times more in Windhoek

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

Windhoek vs. Accra Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Windhoek instead of Accra, you would:

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pay 56.5% more for restaurants

	Accra	Windhoek
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.00 GHS67.79	$10.97 NAD187.31	+82.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.92 GHS89.45	$5.19 NAD88.68	-34.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.96 GHS10.90	$0.98 NAD16.65	+1.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 GHS4.35	$1.06 NAD18.18	+176.7%
Average			+56.5%

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pay 16.8% less for groceries

	Accra	Windhoek
Bread 1 loaf	$1.53 GHS17.25	$0.87 NAD14.79	-43.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.37 GHS71.91	$3.40 NAD58.04	-46.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$13.37 GHS151.10	$5.39 NAD92.12	-59.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43 GHS27.44	$3.09 NAD52.76	+27.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.40 GHS27.11	$2.37 NAD40.41	-1.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.36 GHS15.40	$0.88 NAD15.03	-35.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.63 GHS7.07	$0.93 NAD15.87	+48.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.63 GHS7.13	$0.79 NAD13.42	+24.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.32 GHS14.88	$0.84 NAD14.37	-36.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.42 GHS16.04	$1.01 NAD17.18	-29.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.22 GHS13.77	$0.81 NAD13.79	-33.7%
Average			-16.8%

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pay 51.4% more for transportation

	Accra	Windhoek
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.13 GHS46.71	$4.74 NAD80.92	+14.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$35.04 GHS395.83	$46.19 NAD788.68	+31.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$8,000.00 GHS90,384.10	$23,093.12 NAD394,340.20	+188.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.89 GHS123.03	$7.68 NAD131.12	-29.5%
Average			+51.4%

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pay 87.6% more for housing

	Accra	Windhoek
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.96 GHS428.85	$54.55 NAD931.53	+43.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$513.87 GHS5,805.72	$537.56 NAD9,179.36	+4.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$165.82 GHS1,873.42	$397.07 NAD6,780.46	+139.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$39.97 GHS451.57	$104.92 NAD1,791.56	+162.5%
Average			+87.6%

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pay 87.5% more for childcare

	Accra	Windhoek
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$72.38 GHS817.77	$215.99 NAD3,688.31	+198.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,072.54 GHS79,905.65	$5,426.88 NAD92,669.95	-23.3%
Average			+87.5%

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pay 4.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Accra	Windhoek
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.54 GHS17.35	$2.02 NAD34.50	+31.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.72 GHS42.01	$2.00 NAD34.14	-46.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.03 GHS22.94	$2.89 NAD49.29	+42.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$39.69 GHS448.44	$39.44 NAD673.50	-0.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$10.00 GHS112.98	$5.20 NAD88.73	-48.0%
Average			-4.2%

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pay 2.7 times more for clothing

	Accra	Windhoek
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$14.52 GHS164.07	$53.61 NAD915.43	+269.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$18.80 GHS212.35	$27.98 NAD477.81	+48.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$27.35 GHS308.96	$93.20 NAD1,591.44	+240.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.22 GHS465.70	$85.16 NAD1,454.13	+106.6%
Average			+166.4%

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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: December 2025

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