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Nairobi vs. Porto Seguro Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 37.2% more expensive than Porto Seguro.

Restaurants: pay 8.2% less in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 4.5% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 19.6% less in Nairobi
Housing: pay 71.8% more in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 3.1 times more in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 38.9% more in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 32.0% less in Nairobi

The cost of childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports in Nairobi are more expensive than in Porto Seguro. Expenses including clothing, transportation, restaurants, and groceries are lower in Nairobi. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Nairobi.

Nairobi vs. Porto Seguro Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nairobi instead of Porto Seguro, you would:

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pay 8.2% less for restaurants

	Porto Seguro	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.59 R$30.41	$5.80 KES750.88	+3.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.80 R$37.00	$6.97 KES901.06	+2.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.12 R$6.08	$0.70 KES90.79	-37.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.56 R$3.04	$0.55 KES71.04	-1.8%
Average			-8.2%

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pay 4.5% less for groceries

	Porto Seguro	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.37 R$7.43	$0.55 KES70.69	-60.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.43 R$24.07	$5.57 KES720.08	+25.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.94 R$26.86	$3.36 KES434.10	-32.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.66 R$25.34	$1.64 KES212.73	-64.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.69 R$9.19	$2.92 KES377.51	+72.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.85 R$4.60	$1.41 KES181.96	+66.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.59 R$3.22	$0.47 KES61.40	-19.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.76 R$4.14	$0.89 KES115.07	+16.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.68 R$3.68	$0.46 KES59.01	-32.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.63 R$3.45	$0.49 KES63.50	-22.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.51 R$2.76	$0.51 KES65.52	-0.1%
Average			-4.5%

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pay 19.6% less for transportation

	Porto Seguro	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.89 R$26.59	$5.40 KES698.38	+10.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$65.22 R$354.75	$30.96 KES4,004.71	-52.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,087.28 R$141,899.15	$21,671.83 KES2,803,297.63	-16.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$17.03 KES2,202.59
Average			-19.6%

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pay 71.8% more for housing

	Porto Seguro	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.14 R$87.81	$39.86 KES5,156.50	+146.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$223.61 R$1,216.28	$476.96 KES61,695.24	+113.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$139.75 R$760.17	$206.31 KES26,686.56	+47.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.05 R$201.52	$29.32 KES3,793.22	-20.8%
Average			+71.8%

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pay 3.1 times more for childcare

	Porto Seguro	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$224.14 KES28,992.44
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,795.07 R$15,203.48	$8,775.09 KES1,135,076.41	+213.9%
Average			+213.9%

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pay 38.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Porto Seguro	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.68 R$9.12	$2.32 KES300.35	+38.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.05 R$11.15	$2.37 KES306.55	+15.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$3.10 KES400.47
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.36 R$121.63	$45.30 KES5,859.39	+102.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.45 R$40.54	$7.35 KES951.12	-1.3%
Average			+38.9%

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pay 32.0% less for clothing

	Porto Seguro	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$93.17 R$506.78	$19.62 KES2,538.28	-78.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$55.90 R$304.07	$24.88 KES3,218.07	-55.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.17 R$506.78	$67.92 KES8,785.33	-27.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$46.58 R$253.39	$62.28 KES8,055.48	+33.7%
Average			-32.0%

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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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