Turkey is 60.8% cheaper than Kinshasa.

If you lived in Turkey instead of Kinshasa, you would:

pay 73.8% less for restaurants

 
Kinshasa
Turkey
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.00
CDF41,438.77
$3.01
₺96.45
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.08
CDF27,834.51
$3.65
₺116.72
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.78
CDF7,668.19
$0.62
₺19.85

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pay 71.2% less for groceries

 
Kinshasa
Turkey
Bread
1 loaf
$2.26
CDF6,240.53
$0.39
₺12.56
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.75
CDF13,122.28
$2.61
₺83.70
Milk (1 gallon) $8.16
CDF22,555.30
$3.07
₺98.37

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pay 32.8% less for transportation

 
Kinshasa
Turkey
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.62
CDF12,758.18
$4.34
₺138.82
Monthly public transit pass ?? $15.27
₺488.82
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $44,341.60
CDF122,497,403.59
$34,350.89
₺1,099,479.15

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pay 88.2% less for housing

 
Kinshasa
Turkey
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$300.00
CDF828,775.32
$8.38
₺268.15
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,920.00
CDF5,304,162.07
$218.27
₺6,986.26
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $680.00
CDF1,878,557.40
$144.02
₺4,609.79

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pay 73.4% less for childcare

 
Kinshasa
Turkey
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,200.00
CDF3,315,101.30
$165.99
₺5,312.97
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,800.00
CDF24,310,742.84
$3,471.33
₺111,107.87

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pay 52.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
Kinshasa
Turkey
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.74
CDF4,806.15
$1.90
₺60.95
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.35
CDF12,012.93
$1.55
₺49.52
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.50
CDF9,669.05
$1.64
₺52.34

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pay 33.9% less for clothing

 
Kinshasa
Turkey
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$40.00
CDF110,503.38
$29.99
₺959.83
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$35.00
CDF96,690.45
$25.86
₺827.66
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$90.00
CDF248,632.60
$62.92
₺2,013.99

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