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Guinea vs. Kyrgyzstan Cost of Living Summary

Guinea is 2.4 times more expensive than Kyrgyzstan overall.

Restaurants: pay 98.1% more in Guinea
Groceries: pay 2.5 times more in Guinea
Transportation: pay 100.0% more in Guinea
Housing: pay 6.6 times more in Guinea
Childcare: pay 78.3% more in Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 52.7% more in Guinea
Clothing: pay 36.2% less in Guinea

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

Guinea vs. Kyrgyzstan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Guinea instead of Kyrgyzstan, you would:

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pay 98.1% more for restaurants

	Kyrgyzstan	Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.96 KGS433.33	$5.00 GNF43,752	+0.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.15 KGS625.00	$10.77 GNF94,280	+50.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.71 KGS62.22	$1.62 GNF14,175	+127.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 KGS33.53	$1.20 GNF10,500	+213.0%
Average			+98.1%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Guinea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

	Kyrgyzstan	Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$0.35 KGS30.46	$1.32 GNF11,557	+279.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.45 KGS301.80	$9.28 GNF81,196	+168.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.57 KGS312.24	$8.22 GNF71,897	+130.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.61 KGS141.14	$3.95 GNF34,528	+144.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.85 KGS161.84	$2.83 GNF24,807	+53.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.35 KGS30.30	$1.27 GNF11,135	+267.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.71 KGS61.66	$1.11 GNF9,674	+56.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 KGS84.93	$0.92 GNF8,041	-5.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.53 KGS46.49	$1.28 GNF11,229	+141.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.26 KGS22.44	$0.72 GNF6,316	+181.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.21 KGS18.43	$0.72 GNF6,316	+242.5%
Average			+150.9%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Guinea - Cost of groceries

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pay 100.0% more for transportation

	Kyrgyzstan	Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.09 KGS270.13	$5.26 GNF46,038	+70.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.84 KGS1,035.00	$28.49 GNF249K	+140.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,303.03 KGS3M	$33,000.00 GNF289M	+8.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.17 KGS277.00	$8.87 GNF77,574	+179.9%
Average			+100.0%

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pay 6.6 times more for housing

	Kyrgyzstan	Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.52 KGS832.78	$185.16 GNF2M	+1844.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$365.69 KGS31,979.79	$630.52 GNF6M	+72.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$261.21 KGS22,842.84	$317.99 GNF3M	+21.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$31.84 KGS2,784.30	$132.79 GNF1M	+317.1%
Average			+563.9%

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pay 78.3% more for childcare

	Kyrgyzstan	Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$169.45 KGS14,818.18	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,568.00 KGS312K	$6,362.45 GNF56M	+78.3%
Average			+78.3%

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pay 52.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Kyrgyzstan	Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.30 KGS113.33	$2.50 GNF21,876	+92.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.98 KGS173.21	$3.32 GNF29,010	+67.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.89 KGS165.00	$1.16 GNF10,172	-38.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.68 KGS3,207.94	$89.25 GNF781K	+143.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.12 KGS360.00	$4.05 GNF35,454	-1.6%
Average			+52.7%

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pay 36.2% less for clothing

	Kyrgyzstan	Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$29.45 KGS2,575.00	$20.00 GNF175K	-32.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$37.03 KGS3,238.46	$25.00 GNF219K	-32.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.65 KGS6,702.94	$30.00 GNF263K	-60.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.94 KGS5,416.67	$50.00 GNF438K	-19.3%
Average			-36.2%

Kyrgyzstan vs. Guinea - Cost of clothing

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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: March 2026

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