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Kenya vs. Mauritania Cost of Living Summary

Kenya is 11.3% more expensive than Mauritania overall.

Restaurants: pay 31.7% less in Kenya
Groceries: pay 1.2% less in Kenya
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Kenya
Housing: pay 37.3% less in Kenya
Childcare: pay 70.7% more in Kenya
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.5% less in Kenya
Clothing: pay 28.4% less in Kenya

The cost of transportation and childcare in Kenya are more expensive than in Mauritania. Expenses including housing, restaurants, clothing, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Kenya. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Kenya.

Kenya vs. Mauritania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Kenya instead of Mauritania, you would:

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pay 31.7% less for restaurants

	Mauritania	Kenya
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.01 MRO1,082	$3.74 KES484.15	+24.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.28 MRO2,254	$6.17 KES798.62	-1.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.77 MRO637	$0.54 KES69.44	-69.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.16 MRO775	$0.44 KES57.53	-79.4%
Average			-31.7%

Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of restaurants

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pay 1.2% less for groceries

	Mauritania	Kenya
Bread 1 loaf	$0.28 MRO99	$0.54 KES70.01	+95.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.76 MRO990	$4.37 KES565.28	+58.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,923	$2.52 KES326.23	-52.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.23 MRO800	$1.60 KES207.28	-28.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.51 MRO901	$2.57 KES332.87	+2.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.00 MRO360	$1.08 KES139.60	+7.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.83 MRO299	$0.40 KES51.88	-51.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.65 MRO234	$0.69 KES89.87	+6.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.45 MRO161	$0.32 KES41.21	-28.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 MRO126	$0.30 KES38.21	-15.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.39 MRO141	$0.37 KES47.67	-6.2%
Average			-1.2%

Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Mauritania	Kenya
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,924	$5.40 KES698.69	+0.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$21.97 MRO7,889	$26.41 KES3,419.10	+20.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	$19,331.14 KES2,502,416.20	+156.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.89 MRO1,397	$13.74 KES1,778.12	+252.9%
Average			+107.6%

Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of transportation

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pay 37.3% less for housing

	Mauritania	Kenya
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$60.27 MRO21,637	$37.35 KES4,834.47	-38.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$225.73 MRO81,036	$194.00 KES25,113.52	-14.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$162.03 MRO58,168	$131.26 KES16,990.97	-19.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$111.41 MRO39,996	$24.47 KES3,167.26	-78.0%
Average			-37.3%

Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of housing

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pay 70.7% more for childcare

	Mauritania	Kenya
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$73.21 MRO26,284	$172.28 KES22,301.68	+135.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	$7,439.34 KES963,022.59	+6.1%
Average			+70.7%

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pay 0.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Mauritania	Kenya
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.96 MRO703	$2.03 KES262.67	+3.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.30 MRO825	$2.28 KES294.98	-0.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.51 MRO902	$2.80 KES362.51	+11.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$87.27 MRO31,329	$29.27 KES3,788.44	-66.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.08 MRO1,465	$6.10 KES790.23	+49.6%
Average			-0.5%

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pay 28.4% less for clothing

	Mauritania	Kenya
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.45 MRO7,342	$12.46 KES1,612.32	-39.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$20.77 MRO7,455	$20.02 KES2,592.06	-3.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.22 MRO24,848	$34.44 KES4,457.72	-50.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.44 MRO14,876	$32.93 KES4,262.80	-20.5%
Average			-28.4%

Mauritania vs. Kenya - 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: December 2025

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