Guinea-Bissau is 35.7% cheaper than Germany.

If you lived in Guinea-Bissau instead of Germany, you would:

pay 60.5% less for restaurants

 
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $12.84
€11.83
$3.35
CFA2,025
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.44
€8.69
$2.27
CFA1,369
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.65
€2.44
$1.23
CFA743

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pay 9.5% less for groceries

 
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Bread
1 loaf
$2.00
€1.84
$0.59
CFA355
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.74
€6.21
??
Milk (1 gallon) $4.22
€3.89
$6.34
CFA3,833

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pay 55.9% less for transportation

 
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Gasoline (1 gallon) $8.31
€7.65
$4.64
CFA2,801
Monthly public transit pass $73.47
€67.66
??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $27,050.12
€24,911.81
??

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pay 59.7% less for housing

 
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$37.93
€34.94
??
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $759.74
€699.68
$445.17
CFA268,926
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $577.93
€532.24
$231.30
CFA139,727

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $325.78
€300.03
??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $11,890.74
€10,950.78
??

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pay 41.9% less for entertainment and sports

 
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.05
€3.73
$0.92
CFA558
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.27
€3.01
$2.10
CFA1,266
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.03
€7.39
$1.68
CFA1,013

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pay 13.2% more for clothing

 
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$80.79
€74.40
$92.19
CFA55,690
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$39.60
€36.47
$58.66
CFA35,439
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$88.39
€81.41
$83.81
CFA50,627

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