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Albania vs. Mozambique Cost of Living Summary

Albania is 18.8% more expensive than Mozambique overall.

Restaurants: pay 54.5% more in Albania
Groceries: pay 14.3% more in Albania
Transportation: pay 45.8% more in Albania
Housing: pay 15.3% less in Albania
Childcare: pay 11.8% less in Albania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 30.2% more in Albania
Clothing: pay 13.9% more in Albania

The cost of restaurants, transportation, entertainment and sports, groceries, and clothing in Albania are more expensive than in Mozambique. Expenses including housing and childcare are lower in Albania.

Albania vs. Mozambique Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Albania instead of Mozambique, you would:

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pay 54.5% more for restaurants

	Mozambique	Albania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.85 MZN437.52	$9.59 ALL789	+40.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.82 MZN500.00	$8.67 ALL714	+10.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.81 MZN51.69	$1.77 ALL146	+118.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.56 MZN35.86	$0.83 ALL69	+48.5%
Average			+54.5%

Mozambique vs. Albania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 14.3% more for groceries

	Mozambique	Albania
Bread 1 loaf	$0.77 MZN49.25	$1.03 ALL85	+33.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.30 MZN402.72	$5.40 ALL445	-14.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.29 MZN401.71	$7.89 ALL649	+25.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.58 MZN164.80	$3.20 ALL264	+24.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.96 MZN125.41	$3.26 ALL269	+66.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.02 MZN65.13	$0.65 ALL53	-36.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.71 MZN45.36	$1.13 ALL93	+59.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.79 MZN50.34	$0.74 ALL61	-6.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.57 MZN36.52	$0.66 ALL54	+15.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 MZN34.81	$0.51 ALL42	-6.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.55 MZN35.03	$0.53 ALL43	-4.0%
Average			+14.3%

Mozambique vs. Albania - Cost of groceries

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pay 45.8% more for transportation

	Mozambique	Albania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.43 MZN347.08	$8.27 ALL681	+52.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$13.16 MZN841.30	$19.40 ALL1,597	+47.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,164.61 MZN1,800,000.00	$31,384.43 ALL2,583,861	+11.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.96 MZN1,148.10	$30.95 ALL2,548	+72.3%
Average			+45.8%

Mozambique vs. Albania - Cost of transportation

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pay 15.3% less for housing

	Mozambique	Albania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$107.11 MZN6,845.28	$16.59 ALL1,366	-84.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$462.89 MZN29,583.33	$521.48 ALL42,933	+12.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$267.30 MZN17,083.33	$357.61 ALL29,442	+33.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$80.17 MZN5,123.90	$61.56 ALL5,068	-23.2%
Average			-15.3%

Mozambique vs. Albania - Cost of housing

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pay 11.8% less for childcare

	Mozambique	Albania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$162.34 MZN10,375.00	$175.46 ALL14,446	+8.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,789.39 MZN370,000.00	$3,951.26 ALL325,305	-31.7%
Average			-11.8%

Mozambique vs. Albania - Cost of childcare

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pay 30.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Mozambique	Albania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.33 MZN85.01	$2.46 ALL202	+84.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.08 MZN132.78	$1.95 ALL160	-6.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.82 MZN180.00	$4.30 ALL354	+52.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$43.13 MZN2,756.25	$52.57 ALL4,328	+21.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.82 MZN500.00	$7.66 ALL630	-2.1%
Average			+30.2%

Mozambique vs. Albania - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 13.9% more for clothing

	Mozambique	Albania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.64 MZN3,300.00	$54.19 ALL4,462	+5.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$61.61 MZN3,937.50	$39.78 ALL3,275	-35.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$86.07 MZN5,500.47	$94.48 ALL7,778	+9.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$78.89 MZN5,041.67	$139.08 ALL11,450	+76.3%
Average			+13.9%

Mozambique vs. Albania - 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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