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Nairobi vs. Fort Worth Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 49.8% cheaper than Fort Worth.

Restaurants: pay 64.2% less in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 47.8% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 1.2% more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 71.1% less in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 75.2% less in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 40.3% less in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 51.1% less in Nairobi

Expenses including childcare, housing, restaurants, clothing, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Nairobi.

Nairobi vs. Fort Worth Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nairobi instead of Fort Worth, you would:

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pay 64.2% less for restaurants

	Fort Worth	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00	$5.80 KES750.88	-67.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$6.97 KES901.06	-42.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.68	$0.70 KES90.79	-73.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.06	$0.55 KES71.04	-73.3%
Average			-64.2%

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pay 47.8% less for groceries

	Fort Worth	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$3.14	$0.55 KES70.69	-82.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.98	$5.57 KES720.08	+11.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.29	$3.36 KES434.10	+1.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.44	$1.64 KES212.73	-52.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.90	$2.92 KES377.51	-57.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.73	$1.41 KES181.96	-48.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.12	$0.47 KES61.40	-57.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.79	$0.89 KES115.07	-50.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.82	$0.46 KES59.01	-75.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.08	$0.49 KES63.50	-54.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.29	$0.51 KES65.52	-60.7%
Average			-47.8%

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pay 1.2% more for transportation

	Fort Worth	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.81	$5.40 KES698.38	+92.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$78.26	$30.96 KES4,004.71	-60.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,000.00	$21,671.83 KES2,803,297.63	-27.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.92	$17.03 KES2,202.59	+0.6%
Average			+1.2%

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pay 71.1% less for housing

	Fort Worth	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$75.00	$39.86 KES5,156.50	-46.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,623.75	$476.96 KES61,695.24	-70.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,250.83	$206.31 KES26,686.56	-83.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$176.25	$29.32 KES3,793.22	-83.4%
Average			-71.1%

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pay 75.2% less for childcare

	Fort Worth	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,853.57	$224.14 KES28,992.44	-87.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,333.33	$8,775.09 KES1,135,076.41	-62.4%
Average			-75.2%

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pay 40.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Fort Worth	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.00	$2.32 KES300.35	-53.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$6.37	$2.37 KES306.55	-62.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.00	$3.10 KES400.47	-65.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$35.88	$45.30 KES5,859.39	+26.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.50	$7.35 KES951.12	-45.5%
Average			-40.3%

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pay 51.1% less for clothing

	Fort Worth	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.85	$19.62 KES2,538.28	-67.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.20	$24.88 KES3,218.07	-45.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$114.43	$67.92 KES8,785.33	-40.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$127.23	$62.28 KES8,055.48	-51.1%
Average			-51.1%

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