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Tijuana vs. Nairobi Cost of Living Summary

Tijuana is 42.5% more expensive than Nairobi.

Restaurants: pay 90.3% more in Tijuana
Groceries: pay 69.2% more in Tijuana
Transportation: pay 13.4% more in Tijuana
Housing: pay 56.5% more in Tijuana
Childcare: pay 28.6% less in Tijuana
Entertainment and Sports: pay 23.7% more in Tijuana
Clothing: pay 73.2% more in Tijuana

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

Tijuana vs. Nairobi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tijuana instead of Nairobi, you would:

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pay 90.3% more for restaurants

	Nairobi	Tijuana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.80 KES750.88	$11.99 MX$217.94	+106.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.97 KES901.06	$8.69 MX$157.85	+24.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.70 KES90.79	$1.45 MX$26.34	+106.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.55 KES71.04	$1.23 MX$22.32	+123.6%
Average			+90.3%

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pay 69.2% more for groceries

	Nairobi	Tijuana
Bread 1 loaf	$0.55 KES70.69	$2.62 MX$47.59	+379.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.57 KES720.08	$3.32 MX$60.30	-40.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.36 KES434.10	$6.63 MX$120.44	+97.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.64 KES212.73	$3.36 MX$61.03	+104.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.92 KES377.51	$3.00 MX$54.47	+2.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.41 KES181.96	$1.17 MX$21.20	-17.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.47 KES61.40	$0.83 MX$15.05	+74.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.89 KES115.07	$0.78 MX$14.22	-12.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 KES59.01	$0.75 MX$13.68	+65.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.49 KES63.50	$0.69 MX$12.51	+40.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.51 KES65.52	$0.85 MX$15.45	+67.8%
Average			+69.2%

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pay 13.4% more for transportation

	Nairobi	Tijuana
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.40 KES698.38	$5.03 MX$91.46	-6.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.96 KES4,004.71	$24.89 MX$452.34	-19.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,671.83 KES2,803,297.63	$23,857.41 MX$433,598.87	+10.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.03 KES2,202.59	$28.91 MX$525.35	+69.8%
Average			+13.4%

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pay 56.5% more for housing

	Nairobi	Tijuana
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$39.86 KES5,156.50	$30.26 MX$550.01	-24.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$476.96 KES61,695.24	$790.12 MX$14,360.17	+65.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$206.31 KES26,686.56	$504.17 MX$9,163.10	+144.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$29.32 KES3,793.22	$41.03 MX$745.73	+39.9%
Average			+56.5%

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pay 28.6% less for childcare

	Nairobi	Tijuana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$224.14 KES28,992.44	$203.56 MX$3,699.65	-9.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,775.09 KES1,135,076.41	$4,559.78 MX$82,872.14	-48.0%
Average			-28.6%

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pay 23.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Nairobi	Tijuana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.32 KES300.35	$2.71 MX$49.33	+16.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.37 KES306.55	$4.26 MX$77.50	+79.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.10 KES400.47	$4.34 MX$78.93	+40.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$45.30 KES5,859.39	$41.33 MX$751.20	-8.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.35 KES951.12	$6.65 MX$120.86	-9.6%
Average			+23.7%

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pay 73.2% more for clothing

	Nairobi	Tijuana
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$19.62 KES2,538.28	$49.22 MX$894.49	+150.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$24.88 KES3,218.07	$45.46 MX$826.25	+82.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$67.92 KES8,785.33	$98.61 MX$1,792.27	+45.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$62.28 KES8,055.48	$71.02 MX$1,290.77	+14.0%
Average			+73.2%

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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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