Cost of living comparison

compared to

Australia is 5.6 times more expensive than N'djamena.

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

pay 2.7 times more for restaurants

 
N'djamena
Australia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.35
FCFA2,025
$15.31
A$23.50
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$13.41
FCFA8,100
$8.98
A$13.78
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.92
FCFA557
$2.45
A$3.76

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pay 50.5% more for groceries

 
N'djamena
Australia
Bread
1 loaf
?? $2.00
A$3.07
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $4.24
A$6.50
Milk (1 gallon) $6.82
FCFA4,120
$5.00
A$7.67

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pay 88.8% more for transportation

 
N'djamena
Australia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.29
FCFA1,985
$4.95
A$7.59
Monthly public transit pass ?? $81.92
A$125.72
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $9,721.38
FCFA5,872,723
$22,079.60
A$33,885.56

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

 
N'djamena
Australia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$78.22
FCFA47,252
$55.83
A$85.68
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,168.19
FCFA705,708
$1,119.19
A$1,717.62
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $136.88
FCFA82,691
$889.00
A$1,364.34

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pay 25.6 times more for childcare

 
N'djamena
Australia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $31.01
FCFA18,732
$1,373.48
A$2,107.88
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,676.10
FCFA1,012,538
$11,458.00
A$17,584.59

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pay 4.2 times more for entertainment and sports

 
N'djamena
Australia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.34
FCFA810
$5.72
A$8.77
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.82
FCFA1,097
$3.30
A$5.06
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.01
FCFA1,215
$24.53
A$37.65

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pay 39.7% more for clothing

 
N'djamena
Australia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$33.52
FCFA20,251
$71.47
A$109.69
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$92.19
FCFA55,690
$41.82
A$64.18
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$46.09
FCFA27,845
$101.71
A$156.09

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