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Nairobi vs. Rasht Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 2.6 times more expensive than Rasht.

Restaurants: pay 27.9% more in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 3.0 times more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 3.7 times more in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 3.5 times more in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.4 times more in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 6.7% less in Nairobi

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

Nairobi vs. Rasht Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 27.9% more for restaurants

	Rasht	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.80 IRR160,066	$5.80 KES747.37	+52.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.50 IRR189,551	$6.97 KES896.85	+54.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 IRR19,803	$0.70 KES90.36	+49.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 IRR42,122	$0.55 KES70.70	-45.1%
Average			+27.9%

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Rasht	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$0.50 IRR21,061	$0.55 KES70.35	+9.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.89 IRR79,457	$5.57 KES716.71	+195.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.31 IRR97,265	$3.36 KES432.07	+45.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.11 IRR46,879	$1.64 KES211.74	+47.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.18 IRR49,677	$2.92 KES375.75	+147.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.34 IRR14,489	$1.41 KES181.11	+309.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.59 IRR24,838	$0.47 KES61.12	-19.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.34 IRR14,330	$0.89 KES114.54	+161.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.21 IRR9,018	$0.46 KES58.73	+113.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.23 IRR9,515	$0.49 KES63.20	+117.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.22 IRR9,171	$0.51 KES65.21	+132.6%
Average			+114.5%

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pay 3.0 times more for transportation

	Rasht	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.75 IRR115,757	$5.40 KES695.11	+96.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.00 IRR463,348	$30.96 KES3,985.98	+181.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$68,000.00 IRR2,864,330,000	$21,671.83 KES2,790,186.52	-68.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.45 IRR103,200	$17.03 KES2,192.29	+595.0%
Average			+201.2%

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pay 3.7 times more for housing

	Rasht	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$4.67 IRR196,572	$39.86 KES5,132.38	+754.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.33 IRR8,986,133	$476.96 KES61,406.69	+123.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$203.33 IRR8,564,908	$206.31 KES26,561.75	+1.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$10.32 IRR434,853	$29.32 KES3,775.48	+184.1%
Average			+265.9%

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pay 3.5 times more for childcare

	Rasht	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$83.90 IRR3,534,078	$224.14 KES28,856.84	+167.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,011.10 IRR84,712,359	$8,775.09 KES1,129,767.62	+336.3%
Average			+251.7%

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pay 3.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Rasht	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.65 IRR27,380	$2.32 KES298.95	+257.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.23 IRR51,930	$2.37 KES305.12	+92.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.65 IRR69,292	$3.10 KES398.60	+88.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$18.75 IRR789,797	$45.30 KES5,831.99	+141.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.00 IRR42,122	$7.35 KES946.67	+635.3%
Average			+242.9%

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pay 6.7% less for clothing

	Rasht	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$16.00 IRR673,960	$19.62 KES2,526.41	+22.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$25.00 IRR1,053,062	$24.88 KES3,203.02	-0.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$110.00 IRR4,633,475	$67.92 KES8,744.25	-38.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$69.84 IRR2,941,635	$62.28 KES8,017.80	-10.8%
Average			-6.7%

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