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Nouakchott vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Nouakchott is 6.8% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 95.0% more in Nouakchott
Groceries: pay 1.4% more in Nouakchott
Transportation: pay 9.6% more in Nouakchott
Housing: pay 70.4% more in Nouakchott
Childcare: pay 69.0% less in Nouakchott
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.8% less in Nouakchott
Clothing: pay 52.3% less in Nouakchott

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

Nouakchott vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nouakchott instead of Ankara, you would:

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pay 95.0% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Nouakchott
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.62 TRY408.90	$3.01 MRO1,082	-68.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.42 TRY357.79	$6.28 MRO2,254	-25.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 TRY51.34	$1.77 MRO637	+46.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.41 TRY17.41	$2.16 MRO775	+427.1%
Average			+95.0%

Ankara vs. Nouakchott - Cost of restaurants

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pay 1.4% more for groceries

	Ankara	Nouakchott
Bread 1 loaf	$0.69 TRY29.33	$0.28 MRO99	-60.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.81 TRY204.37	$2.76 MRO990	-42.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.67 TRY155.89	$5.36 MRO1,923	+45.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.32 TRY98.58	$2.23 MRO800	-4.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55 TRY108.22	$2.51 MRO901	-1.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TRY29.62	$1.00 MRO360	+43.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.05 TRY44.66	$0.83 MRO299	-20.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.50	$0.65 MRO234	+8.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 TRY27.02	$0.45 MRO161	-29.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TRY12.53	$0.35 MRO126	+18.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.62	$0.39 MRO141	+57.1%
Average			+1.4%

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pay 9.6% more for transportation

	Ankara	Nouakchott
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.41 TRY187.37	$5.36 MRO1,924	+21.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.02 TRY383.35	$21.97 MRO7,889	+143.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,122.27 TRY2,044,517.96	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-84.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.74 TRY286.23	$3.89 MRO1,397	-42.2%
Average			+9.6%

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pay 70.4% more for housing

	Ankara	Nouakchott
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.72 TRY583.11	$60.27 MRO21,637	+339.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$717.46 TRY30,481.90	$225.73 MRO81,036	-68.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.73 TRY21,783.85	$162.03 MRO58,168	-68.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$62.15 TRY2,640.57	$111.41 MRO39,996	+79.3%
Average			+70.4%

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pay 69.0% less for childcare

	Ankara	Nouakchott
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$600.60 TRY25,517.16	$73.21 MRO26,284	-87.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,110.57 TRY599,500.26	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	-50.3%
Average			-69.0%

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pay 7.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Nouakchott
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.61 TRY153.34	$1.96 MRO703	-45.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.22 TRY136.92	$2.30 MRO825	-28.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY92.00	$2.51 MRO902	+16.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.91 TRY2,375.54	$87.27 MRO31,329	+56.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.44 TRY273.45	$4.08 MRO1,465	-36.6%
Average			-7.8%

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pay 52.3% less for clothing

	Ankara	Nouakchott
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.32 TRY2,435.36	$20.45 MRO7,342	-64.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.55 TRY1,935.30	$20.77 MRO7,455	-54.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY4,426.38	$69.22 MRO24,848	-33.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.96 TRY4,077.01	$41.44 MRO14,876	-56.8%
Average			-52.3%

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