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Cabo Verde vs. Nicaragua Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 58.7% more expensive than Nicaragua overall.

Restaurants: pay 87.4% more in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 58.5% more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 3.0 times more in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 42.2% more in Cabo Verde
Childcare: pay 12.7% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 40.1% more in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 4.6% less in Cabo Verde

The cost of transportation, restaurants, groceries, housing, and entertainment and sports in Cabo Verde are more expensive than in Nicaragua. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Cabo Verde. Notably, transportation and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde vs. Nicaragua Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Nicaragua, you would:

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pay 87.4% more for restaurants

	Nicaragua	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.57 NIO167.54	$7.62 CVE724.49	+66.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.80 NIO249.70	$7.18 CVE682.70	+5.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.82 NIO30.05	$2.28 CVE217.07	+178.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 NIO22.01	$1.19 CVE113.14	+98.4%
Average			+87.4%

Nicaragua vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of restaurants

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pay 58.5% more for groceries

	Nicaragua	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$1.74 NIO63.99	$1.85 CVE176.13	+6.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.29 NIO120.87	$9.18 CVE872.32	+178.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.55 NIO166.90	$5.62 CVE534.56	+23.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.98 NIO72.59	$2.65 CVE251.54	+33.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.48 NIO90.82	$3.86 CVE367.35	+56.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 NIO64.95	$1.60 CVE151.87	-9.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.39 NIO14.44	$1.17 CVE111.52	+198.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 NIO29.96	$1.48 CVE141.13	+81.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.87 NIO32.04	$2.05 CVE194.46	+134.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.24 NIO45.67	$0.60 CVE57.16	-51.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.88 NIO32.12	$0.81 CVE76.81	-7.7%
Average			+58.5%

Nicaragua vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.0 times more for transportation

	Nicaragua	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.95 NIO181.64	$6.20 CVE589.23	+25.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$5.00 NIO183.61	$30.66 CVE2,915.18	+512.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,973.64 NIO843,003.80	$30,364.84 CVE2,886,735.02	+32.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.56 NIO204.17	$18.41 CVE1,750.16	+230.9%
Average			+200.3%

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pay 42.2% more for housing

	Nicaragua	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$36.35 NIO1,333.96	$55.12 CVE5,240.24	+51.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$326.67 NIO11,986.84	$408.47 CVE38,832.51	+25.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$283.96 NIO10,419.68	$282.06 CVE26,814.92	-0.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$55.87 NIO2,050.11	$107.81 CVE10,249.01	+93.0%
Average			+42.2%

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pay 12.7% less for childcare

	Nicaragua	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$118.12 NIO4,334.53	$149.25 CVE14,189.32	+26.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,000.00 NIO220,166.41	$2,897.28 CVE275,439.20	-51.7%
Average			-12.7%

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pay 40.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Nicaragua	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.31 NIO47.93	$3.41 CVE324.06	+161.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.16 NIO79.30	$1.71 CVE163.00	-20.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.66 NIO97.58	$4.97 CVE472.60	+86.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.69 NIO1,236.40	$33.73 CVE3,206.56	+0.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.00 NIO293.56	$5.86 CVE557.09	-26.8%
Average			+40.1%

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pay 4.6% less for clothing

	Nicaragua	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$61.83 NIO2,268.67	$60.02 CVE5,706.03	-2.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$61.88 NIO2,270.47	$31.96 CVE3,038.67	-48.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.23 NIO3,971.55	$85.23 CVE8,103.12	-21.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.99 NIO3,302.29	$138.47 CVE13,163.67	+53.9%
Average			-4.6%

Nicaragua vs. Cabo Verde - 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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