Cost of living comparison

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N'djamena is 39.5% more expensive than Mexico City.

If you lived in N'djamena instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 22.2% less for restaurants

 
Mexico City
N'djamena
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $9.93
MX$200.47
$8.17
FCFA5,070
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.45
MX$150.36
$4.29
FCFA2,660
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.08
MX$21.79
$0.90
FCFA560

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pay 12.5% more for groceries

 
Mexico City
N'djamena
Bread
1 loaf
$2.45
MX$49.51
$0.33
FCFA203
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.87
MX$98.27
$1.63
FCFA1,014
Milk (1 gallon) $5.51
MX$111.20
$11.03
FCFA6,845

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pay 77.0% more for transportation

 
Mexico City
N'djamena
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.64
MX$93.64
$3.92
FCFA2,433
Monthly public transit pass $17.87
MX$360.85
$81.69
FCFA50,696
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $18,615.02
MX$375,889.33
$11,273.85
FCFA6,996,040

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pay 4.0 times more for housing

 
Mexico City
N'djamena
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$24.38
MX$492.28
$190.62
FCFA118,291
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $893.52
MX$18,042.69
$1,386.33
FCFA860,294
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $544.24
MX$10,989.64
$179.73
FCFA111,531

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pay 85.6% less for childcare

 
Mexico City
N'djamena
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $381.33
MX$7,700.04
$35.95
FCFA22,306
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,426.99
MX$170,164.50
$1,633.89
FCFA1,013,919

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pay 2.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Mexico City
N'djamena
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.73
MX$55.13
$1.23
FCFA760
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.01
MX$60.70
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Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.92
MX$79.19
$0.94
FCFA583

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pay 4.9% less for clothing

 
Mexico City
N'djamena
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$56.36
MX$1,137.97
$32.68
FCFA20,278
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$41.06
MX$829.10
$61.27
FCFA38,022
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$91.99
MX$1,857.59
$53.10
FCFA32,952

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