Cost of living comparison

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Seychelles vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Seychelles is 2.4 times more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants
pay 67.4% more in Seychelles
Groceries
pay 32.9% more in Seychelles
Transportation
pay 8.6% less in Seychelles
Housing
pay 4.0 times more in Seychelles
Childcare
pay 25.5 times more in Seychelles
Entertainment and Sports
pay 2.5 times more in Seychelles

The cost of childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and groceries in Seychelles are more expensive than in Equatorial Guinea. Notably, childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Seychelles.

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Seychelles vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

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

pay 67.4% more for restaurants

 
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.54
FCFA4,999
$16.42
SCR225.93
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.54
FCFA4,999
$8.49
SCR116.77
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.85
FCFA500
$1.83
SCR25.16
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pay 32.9% more for groceries

 
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
Bread
1 loaf
 ?? $1.57
SCR21.55
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.37
FCFA1,973
$10.53
SCR144.91
Milk (1 gallon) $10.34
FCFA6,056
$7.50
SCR103.21
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pay 8.6% less for transportation

 
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $6.19
SCR85.18
Monthly public transit pass $26.40
FCFA15,461
$27.94
SCR384.41
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,056.06
FCFA19M
$26,759.63
SCR368K
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pay 4.0 times more for housing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 ?? $117.67
SCR1,619.15
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $978.82
SCR13,468.14
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $223.95
FCFA131K
$894.39
SCR12,306.50
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pay 25.5 times more for childcare

 
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $144.13
SCR1,983.14
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $341.40
FCFA200K
$8,698.34
SCR120K
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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.71
FCFA1,000
$9.02
SCR124.17
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.69
FCFA2,749
$5.18
SCR71.23
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.52
FCFA2,648
$20.19
SCR277.85
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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 ?? $33.50
SCR460.99
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 ?? $18.33
SCR252.15
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 ?? $68.86
SCR947.46
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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