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Cabo San Lucas vs. Nairobi Cost of Living Summary

Cabo San Lucas is 56.4% more expensive than Nairobi.

Restaurants: pay 73.0% more in Cabo San Lucas
Groceries: pay 73.3% more in Cabo San Lucas
Transportation: pay 33.0% more in Cabo San Lucas
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Cabo San Lucas
Childcare: pay 23.5% less in Cabo San Lucas
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.1% more in Cabo San Lucas
Clothing: pay 2.0 times more in Cabo San Lucas

The cost of housing, clothing, groceries, restaurants, transportation, and entertainment and sports in Cabo San Lucas are more expensive than in Nairobi. Notably, housing and clothing are significantly more expensive in Cabo San Lucas.

Cabo San Lucas vs. Nairobi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo San Lucas instead of Nairobi, you would:

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pay 73.0% more for restaurants

	Nairobi	Cabo San Lucas
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.80 KES747.37	$10.29 MX$185.35	+77.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.97 KES896.85	$8.66 MX$156.08	+24.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.70 KES90.36	$1.45 MX$26.20	+107.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.55 KES70.70	$1.01 MX$18.12	+83.1%
Average			+73.0%

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pay 73.3% more for groceries

	Nairobi	Cabo San Lucas
Bread 1 loaf	$0.55 KES70.35	$3.05 MX$54.87	+457.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.57 KES716.71	$5.78 MX$104.06	+3.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.36 KES432.07	$6.66 MX$120.02	+98.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.64 KES211.74	$2.29 MX$41.22	+39.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.92 KES375.75	$4.42 MX$79.65	+51.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.41 KES181.11	$1.19 MX$21.39	-15.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.47 KES61.12	$0.70 MX$12.54	+46.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.89 KES114.54	$0.72 MX$12.98	-19.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 KES58.73	$0.75 MX$13.57	+65.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.49 KES63.20	$0.55 MX$9.96	+12.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.51 KES65.21	$0.84 MX$15.19	+66.5%
Average			+73.3%

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pay 33.0% more for transportation

	Nairobi	Cabo San Lucas
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.40 KES695.11	$5.02 MX$90.44	-7.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.96 KES3,985.98	$51.99 MX$936.51	+67.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,671.83 KES2,790,186.52	$22,378.40 MX$403,122.29	+3.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.03 KES2,192.29	$28.56 MX$514.48	+67.7%
Average			+33.0%

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Nairobi	Cabo San Lucas
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$39.86 KES5,132.38	$26.48 MX$477.03	-33.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$476.96 KES61,406.69	$880.01 MX$15,852.33	+84.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$206.31 KES26,561.75	$852.93 MX$15,364.57	+313.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$29.32 KES3,775.48	$64.23 MX$1,157.03	+119.0%
Average			+120.8%

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pay 23.5% less for childcare

	Nairobi	Cabo San Lucas
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$224.14 KES28,856.84	$135.39 MX$2,438.82	-39.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,775.09 KES1,129,767.62	$8,123.13 MX$146,329.19	-7.4%
Average			-23.5%

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pay 13.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Nairobi	Cabo San Lucas
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.32 KES298.95	$2.44 MX$43.90	+5.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.37 KES305.12	$3.52 MX$63.41	+48.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.10 KES398.60	$4.87 MX$87.80	+57.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$45.30 KES5,831.99	$45.13 MX$812.94	-0.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.35 KES946.67	$4.06 MX$73.16	-44.8%
Average			+13.1%

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pay 2.0 times more for clothing

	Nairobi	Cabo San Lucas
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$19.62 KES2,526.41	$72.21 MX$1,300.70	+268.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$24.88 KES3,203.02	$51.45 MX$926.75	+106.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$67.92 KES8,744.25	$93.87 MX$1,690.92	+38.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$62.28 KES8,017.80	$66.79 MX$1,203.15	+7.2%
Average			+105.0%

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