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Bujumbura vs. Beijing Cost of Living Summary

Bujumbura is 63.2% more expensive than Beijing.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Bujumbura
Groceries: pay 18.5% more in Bujumbura
Transportation: pay 3.2 times more in Bujumbura
Housing: pay 2.0 times more in Bujumbura
Childcare: pay 69.8% less in Bujumbura
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.1% less in Bujumbura

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

Bujumbura vs. Beijing Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bujumbura instead of Beijing, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Beijing	Bujumbura
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.21 CN¥29.18	$2.71 BIF8,002	-35.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.91 CN¥34.05	$3.85 BIF11,366	-21.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.48 CN¥3.33	$1.70 BIF5,023	+254.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 CN¥2.13	$1.11 BIF3,270	+260.5%
Average			+114.4%

Beijing vs. Bujumbura - Cost of restaurants

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pay 18.5% more for groceries

	Beijing	Bujumbura
Bread 1 loaf	$1.71 CN¥11.84	$1.36 BIF4,030	-20.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.47 CN¥51.82	$5.15 BIF15,217	-31.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.64 CN¥46.09	$3.10 BIF9,151	-53.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.78 CN¥12.33	$3.40 BIF10,038	+91.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.53 CN¥10.63	$4.47 BIF13,221	+192.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 CN¥6.82	$2.66 BIF7,863	+170.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 CN¥5.34	$0.22 BIF650	-71.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 CN¥5.55	$0.78 BIF2,315	-2.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 CN¥4.18	$0.60 BIF1,786	+0.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 CN¥2.42	$0.22 BIF650	-36.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.41 CN¥2.86	$0.26 BIF780	-36.0%
Average			+18.5%

Beijing vs. Bujumbura - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.2 times more for transportation

	Beijing	Bujumbura
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.21 CN¥29.22	$5.12 BIF15,137	+21.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$31.54 CN¥218.89	$30.00 BIF88,646	-4.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,225.66 CN¥126K	??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.63 CN¥32.10	$34.83 BIF103K	+652.7%
Average			+223.1%

Beijing vs. Bujumbura - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.0 times more for housing

	Beijing	Bujumbura
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.93 CN¥89.73	$68.81 BIF203K	+432.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$935.23 CN¥6,489.54	$483.63 BIF1M	-48.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$504.41 CN¥3,500.05	$111.14 BIF328K	-78.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$39.27 CN¥272.46	??
Average			+101.9%

Beijing vs. Bujumbura - Cost of housing

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pay 69.8% less for childcare

	Beijing	Bujumbura
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$710.76 CN¥4,931.96	$105.93 BIF313K	-85.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,242.73 CN¥161K	$10,592.87 BIF31M	-54.4%
Average			-69.8%

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pay 9.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Beijing	Bujumbura
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.12 CN¥7.78	$2.37 BIF7,011	+111.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.90 CN¥20.14	$3.43 BIF10,137	+18.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.21 CN¥29.18	$2.43 BIF7,166	-42.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$57.84 CN¥401.32	$27.12 BIF80,130	-53.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.41 CN¥58.37	$1.69 BIF5,008	-79.9%
Average			-9.1%

Beijing vs. Bujumbura - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Beijing	Bujumbura
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$62.30 CN¥432.29	??
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.37 CN¥252.39	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.74 CN¥567.19	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$105.53 CN¥732.27	??

Beijing vs. Bujumbura - Cost of clothing

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