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Port-au-prince vs. Bujumbura Cost of Living Summary

Port-au-prince is 2.1 times more expensive than Bujumbura.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Port-au-prince
Groceries: pay 2.4 times more in Port-au-prince
Transportation: pay 46.5% less in Port-au-prince
Housing: pay 4.1 times more in Port-au-prince
Childcare: pay 20.4% less in Port-au-prince
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.4 times more in Port-au-prince

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

Port-au-prince vs. Bujumbura Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Port-au-prince instead of Bujumbura, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Bujumbura	Port-au-prince
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.71 BIF8,032	$12.00 HTG1,567.77	+343.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.85 BIF11,408	$11.39 HTG1,487.54	+196.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.70 BIF5,042	$2.00 HTG261.29	+17.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.11 BIF3,282	$1.50 HTG195.97	+35.6%
Average			+148.1%

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pay 2.4 times more for groceries

	Bujumbura	Port-au-prince
Bread 1 loaf	$1.36 BIF4,045	$2.50 HTG326.62	+83.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.15 BIF15,275	$5.00 HTG653.24	-2.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.10 BIF9,185	$5.68 HTG741.83	+83.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.40 BIF10,076	$2.80 HTG365.20	-17.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.47 BIF13,270	$6.91 HTG902.55	+54.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.66 BIF7,893	$2.27 HTG296.30	-14.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.22 BIF653	$0.54 HTG71.11	+147.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.78 BIF2,324	$0.45 HTG59.26	-42.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 BIF1,793	$0.45 HTG59.26	-24.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.22 BIF653	$2.27 HTG296.30	+930.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.26 BIF783	$1.27 HTG165.93	+381.1%
Average			+143.5%

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pay 46.5% less for transportation

	Bujumbura	Port-au-prince
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.12 BIF15,194	$4.28 HTG559.68	-16.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.00 BIF88,980	$20.00 HTG2,612.95	-33.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$35,000.00 HTG4,572,658.86
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$34.83 BIF103,292	$3.58 HTG467.72	-89.7%
Average			-46.5%

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pay 4.1 times more for housing

	Bujumbura	Port-au-prince
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$68.81 BIF204,095	$165.98 HTG21,684.96	+141.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$483.63 BIF1,434,435	$910.00 HTG118,889.13	+88.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$111.14 BIF329,631	$890.00 HTG116,276.18	+700.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$76.47 HTG9,990.68
Average			+310.1%

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pay 20.4% less for childcare

	Bujumbura	Port-au-prince
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$105.93 BIF314,185	$100.00 HTG13,064.74	-5.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,592.87 BIF31,418,460	$6,867.80 HTG897,260.41	-35.2%
Average			-20.4%

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pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Bujumbura	Port-au-prince
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.37 BIF7,038	$5.00 HTG653.24	+110.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.43 BIF10,175	$1.65 HTG215.26	-52.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.43 BIF7,193	$2.00 HTG261.29	-17.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.12 BIF80,431	$69.54 HTG9,085.42	+156.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.69 BIF5,027	$10.00 HTG1,306.47	+490.0%
Average			+137.5%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Bujumbura	Port-au-prince
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$80.00 HTG10,451.79
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$75.00 HTG9,798.55
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$120.00 HTG15,677.69
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$150.00 HTG19,597.11

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