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Kenya vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Kenya is 3.7 times more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 40.2% less in Kenya
Groceries: pay 31.5% less in Kenya
Transportation: pay 10.1% more in Kenya
Housing: pay 29.2% more in Kenya
Childcare: pay 20.9 times more in Kenya
Entertainment and Sports: pay 24.8% less in Kenya
Clothing: pay 67.1% less in Kenya

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

Kenya vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Kenya instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

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pay 40.2% less for restaurants

	Equatorial Guinea	Kenya
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	$3.74 KES482.13
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.90 FCFA4,987	$6.17 KES795.29	-30.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA499	$0.54 KES69.15	-39.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA499	$0.44 KES57.29	-50.1%
Average			-40.2%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Kenya - Cost of restaurants

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pay 31.5% less for groceries

	Equatorial Guinea	Kenya
Bread 1 loaf	??	$0.54 KES69.71
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.36 FCFA1,882	$4.37 KES562.92	+30.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.78 FCFA6,040	$2.52 KES324.87	-76.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27 FCFA2,394	$1.60 KES206.42	-62.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.09 FCFA1,732	$2.57 KES331.48	-16.9%
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.08 KES139.02
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$0.40 KES51.67
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$0.69 KES89.50
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.32 KES41.03
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.30 KES38.05
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.37 KES47.47
Average			-31.5%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Kenya - Cost of groceries

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pay 10.1% more for transportation

	Equatorial Guinea	Kenya
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$5.40 KES695.78
Monthly public transit pass	$26.33 FCFA14,747	$26.41 KES3,404.83	+0.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,972.23 FCFA18,467,631	$19,331.14 KES2,491,976.30	-41.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.01 FCFA4,488	$13.74 KES1,770.71	+71.4%
Average			+10.1%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Kenya - Cost of transportation

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pay 29.2% more for housing

	Equatorial Guinea	Kenya
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.81 FCFA9,973	$37.35 KES4,814.30	+109.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$267.09 FCFA149,595	$194.00 KES25,008.74	-27.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$124.64 FCFA69,811	$131.26 KES16,920.09	+5.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$24.47 KES3,154.04
Average			+29.2%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Kenya - Cost of housing

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pay 20.9 times more for childcare

	Equatorial Guinea	Kenya
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$172.28 KES22,208.64
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$356.12 FCFA199,460	$7,439.34 KES959,004.93	+1989.0%
Average			+1989.0%

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pay 24.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Equatorial Guinea	Kenya
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	??	$2.03 KES261.58
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.34 FCFA2,992	$2.28 KES293.75	-57.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.51 FCFA2,526	$2.80 KES361.00	-37.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$35.61 FCFA19,946	$29.27 KES3,772.63	-17.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.38 FCFA3,011	$6.10 KES786.94	+13.6%
Average			-24.8%

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pay 67.1% less for clothing

	Equatorial Guinea	Kenya
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$26.71 FCFA14,960	$12.46 KES1,605.60	-53.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$133.54 FCFA74,798	$20.02 KES2,581.25	-85.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$34.44 KES4,439.12
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.03 FCFA49,865	$32.93 KES4,245.01	-63.0%
Average			-67.1%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Kenya - Cost of clothing

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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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