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United Kingdom vs. Gambia Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 30.5 times more expensive than Gambia overall.

Restaurants: pay 56.5% more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 91.7% more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 8.6 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 11.1 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 185.0 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.1 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 16.4% more in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, housing, transportation, entertainment and sports, groceries, and restaurants in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Gambia. Notably, childcare, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Gambia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Gambia, you would:

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pay 56.5% more for restaurants

	Gambia	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.76 GMD489.86	$20.41 £15.41	+202.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.17 GMD591.97	$9.94 £7.51	+21.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.45 GMD177.41	$2.32 £1.75	-5.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.53 GMD111.24	$1.65 £1.24	+7.3%
Average			+56.5%

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pay 91.7% more for groceries

	Gambia	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$0.52 GMD37.96	$1.59 £1.20	+204.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.04 GMD220.44	$4.71 £3.55	+54.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.12 GMD370.87	$6.20 £4.68	+21.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.93 GMD139.61	$3.87 £2.92	+100.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.23 GMD88.88	$3.87 £2.92	+215.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.92 GMD66.66	$1.32 £1.00	+43.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.56 GMD40.74	$0.73 £0.55	+30.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 GMD59.25	$1.28 £0.97	+56.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.61 GMD44.44	$1.49 £1.13	+143.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.41 GMD29.63	$0.72 £0.54	+76.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.44 GMD31.85	$0.71 £0.54	+61.4%
Average			+91.7%

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pay 8.6 times more for transportation

	Gambia	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.00 GMD290.07	$7.22 £5.45	+80.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.55 GMD474.88	$99.05 £74.80	+1412.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$2,635.13 GMD191,047.31	$36,224.29 £27,355.86	+1274.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.74 GMD416.39	$22.08 £16.67	+284.5%
Average			+763.0%

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pay 11.1 times more for housing

	Gambia	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$45.05 GMD3,265.77	$41.90 £31.64	-7.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$102.56 GMD7,435.60	$1,285.79 £971.00	+1153.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$51.13 GMD3,706.65	$1,062.09 £802.07	+1977.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$23.25 GMD1,685.71	$233.57 £176.39	+904.6%
Average			+1007.2%

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pay 185.0 times more for childcare

	Gambia	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$6.76 GMD489.86	$1,530.71 £1,155.97	+22554.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$135.14 GMD9,797.30	$19,375.12 £14,631.70	+14237.6%
Average			+18396.1%

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pay 4.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Gambia	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.70 GMD340.63	$6.35 £4.79	+35.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.05 GMD221.42	$4.54 £3.43	+48.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.69 GMD122.47	$19.18 £14.48	+1035.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$23.65 GMD1,714.53	$49.26 £37.20	+108.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.38 GMD244.93	$13.88 £10.48	+310.9%
Average			+307.6%

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pay 16.4% more for clothing

	Gambia	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.00 GMD4,060.00	$86.00 £64.94	+53.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$44.34 GMD3,214.65	$44.20 £33.38	-0.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$99.43 GMD7,208.68	$95.21 £71.90	-4.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$86.99 GMD6,306.78	$101.36 £76.54	+16.5%
Average			+16.4%

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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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