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Guinea vs. Moldova Cost of Living Summary

Guinea is 2.0 times more expensive than Moldova overall.

Restaurants: pay 47.3% more in Guinea
Groceries: pay 92.9% more in Guinea
Transportation: pay 47.8% more in Guinea
Housing: pay 5.3 times more in Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 48.1% more in Guinea
Clothing: pay 58.6% less in Guinea

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

Guinea vs. Moldova Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 47.3% more for restaurants

	Moldova	Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.86 MDL152.14	$5.00 GNF43,900	-43.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.75 MDL133.13	$10.77 GNF94,600	+39.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.86 MDL14.85	$1.62 GNF14,223	+87.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 MDL9.98	$1.20 GNF10,536	+106.4%
Average			+47.3%

Moldova vs. Guinea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 92.9% more for groceries

	Moldova	Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$0.46 MDL7.84	$1.32 GNF11,596	+189.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.18 MDL88.89	$9.28 GNF81,471	+79.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.54 MDL77.92	$8.22 GNF72,141	+81.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.13 MDL36.60	$3.95 GNF34,645	+85.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.43 MDL41.65	$2.83 GNF24,891	+16.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.41 MDL7.01	$1.27 GNF11,172	+211.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.86 MDL14.73	$1.11 GNF9,706	+28.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.81 MDL13.94	$0.92 GNF8,069	+13.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MDL16.52	$1.28 GNF11,267	+33.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.34 MDL5.82	$0.72 GNF6,338	+112.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.27 MDL4.57	$0.72 GNF6,338	+171.2%
Average			+92.9%

Moldova vs. Guinea - Cost of groceries

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pay 47.8% more for transportation

	Moldova	Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.28 MDL90.58	$5.26 GNF46,194	-0.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$16.10 MDL276.48	$28.49 GNF250K	+76.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,784.24 MDL546K	$33,000.00 GNF290M	+3.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.21 MDL72.24	$8.87 GNF77,837	+110.7%
Average			+47.8%

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pay 5.3 times more for housing

	Moldova	Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.63 MDL182.55	$185.16 GNF2M	+1641.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$424.82 MDL7,293.66	$630.52 GNF6M	+48.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.71 MDL5,420.35	$317.99 GNF3M	+0.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$104.05 MDL1,786.45	$132.79 GNF1M	+27.6%
Average			+429.5%

Moldova vs. Guinea - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Moldova	Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$314.41 MDL5,398.12	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,362.73 MDL109K	$6,362.45 GNF56M

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pay 48.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Moldova	Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.61 MDL27.64	$2.50 GNF21,950	+55.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.68 MDL28.89	$3.32 GNF29,108	+97.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.36 MDL57.75	$1.16 GNF10,207	-65.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.99 MDL549.28	$89.25 GNF784K	+179.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.42 MDL93.12	$4.05 GNF35,574	-25.3%
Average			+48.1%

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pay 58.6% less for clothing

	Moldova	Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.94 MDL977.59	$20.00 GNF176K	-64.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.36 MDL830.25	$25.00 GNF220K	-48.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$116.20 MDL1,995.10	$30.00 GNF263K	-74.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.29 MDL1,618.93	$50.00 GNF439K	-47.0%
Average			-58.6%

Moldova 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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