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Puerto Rico vs. Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Puerto Rico is 71.4% more expensive than Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 51.1% more in Puerto Rico
Groceries: pay 47.9% more in Puerto Rico
Transportation: pay 0.6% more in Puerto Rico
Housing: pay 31.4% more in Puerto Rico
Childcare: pay 53.4% more in Puerto Rico
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.9 times more in Puerto Rico
Clothing: pay 2.2 times more in Puerto Rico

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

Puerto Rico vs. Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Puerto Rico instead of Guinea, you would:

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pay 51.1% more for restaurants

	Guinea	Puerto Rico
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00 GNF43,316	$15.10	+202.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.77 GNF93,341	$10.01	-7.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.62 GNF14,034	$1.58	-2.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.20 GNF10,396	$1.35	+12.2%
Average			+51.1%

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pay 47.9% more for groceries

	Guinea	Puerto Rico
Bread 1 loaf	$1.32 GNF11,442	$3.18	+140.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.28 GNF80,387	$4.16	-55.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.22 GNF71,181	$8.11	-1.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.95 GNF34,184	$5.34	+35.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.83 GNF24,560	$3.76	+32.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.27 GNF11,024	$2.50	+96.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.11 GNF9,577	$1.06	-4.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.92 GNF7,961	$1.54	+67.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.28 GNF11,117	$1.84	+43.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 GNF6,253	$1.65	+127.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.72 GNF6,253	$1.04	+43.9%
Average			+47.9%

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pay 0.6% more for transportation

	Guinea	Puerto Rico
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.26 GNF45,579	$3.65	-30.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.49 GNF246,814	$35.20	+23.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,000.00 GNF285,885,394	$34,700.00	+5.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.87 GNF76,801	$9.22	+4.0%
Average			+0.6%

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pay 31.4% more for housing

	Guinea	Puerto Rico
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$185.16 GNF1,604,048	$62.46	-66.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$630.52 GNF5,462,276	$800.93	+27.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.99 GNF2,754,801	$580.00	+82.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$132.79 GNF1,150,348	$242.07	+82.3%
Average			+31.4%

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pay 53.4% more for childcare

	Guinea	Puerto Rico
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$453.00
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,362.45 GNF55,119,145	$9,760.00	+53.4%
Average			+53.4%

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pay 2.9 times more for entertainment and sports

	Guinea	Puerto Rico
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.50 GNF21,658	$2.73	+9.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.32 GNF28,721	$3.38	+1.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.16 GNF10,071	$11.21	+863.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$89.25 GNF773,184	$37.37	-58.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.05 GNF35,100	$9.90	+144.3%
Average			+192.2%

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pay 2.2 times more for clothing

	Guinea	Puerto Rico
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.00 GNF173,264	$42.97	+114.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$25.00 GNF216,580	$54.22	+116.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$30.00 GNF259,896	$81.06	+170.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$50.00 GNF433,160	$96.00	+92.0%
Average			+123.5%

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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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