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Greece vs. Rwanda Cost of Living Summary

Greece is 61.6% more expensive than Rwanda overall.

Restaurants
pay 2.9 times more in Greece
Groceries
pay 84.7% more in Greece
Transportation
pay 20.0% more in Greece
Housing
pay 11.9% more in Greece
Childcare
pay 61.1% more in Greece
Entertainment and Sports
pay 2.4 times more in Greece
Clothing
pay 3.6 times more in Greece

The cost of clothing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, childcare, and transportation in Greece are more expensive than in Rwanda. Notably, clothing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Greece.

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Greece vs. Rwanda Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Greece instead of Rwanda, you would:

pay 2.9 times more for restaurants

 
Rwanda
Greece
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.71
RWF4,001
$15.08
€13.46
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $6.77
RWF10,001
$10.42
€9.30
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.78
RWF1,154
$2.46
€2.20
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pay 84.7% more for groceries

 
Rwanda
Greece
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.05
RWF1,546
$1.43
€1.28
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.11
RWF3,112
$6.59
€5.88
Milk (1 gallon) $3.16
RWF4,669
$6.33
€5.65
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pay 20.0% more for transportation

 
Rwanda
Greece
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.00
RWF10,332
$8.09
€7.22
Monthly public transit pass $25.40
RWF37,505
$43.58
€38.90
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,080.15
RWF39M
$28,260.91
€25,223.94
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pay 11.9% more for housing

 
Rwanda
Greece
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $21.00
RWF31,004
$33.05
€29.50
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $666.07
RWF983K
$568.48
€507.39
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $413.79
RWF611K
$438.39
€391.28
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pay 61.1% more for childcare

 
Rwanda
Greece
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $112.90
RWF167K
$416.57
€371.80
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,510.48
RWF14M
$6,690.51
€5,971.53
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pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Rwanda
Greece
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.02
RWF1,500
$4.76
€4.25
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.42
RWF3,574
$3.78
€3.38
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.03
RWF3,000
$5.28
€4.71
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pay 3.6 times more for clothing

 
Rwanda
Greece
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $17.39
RWF25,670
$82.73
€73.84
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $15.58
RWF23,003
$40.66
€36.29
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $22.24
RWF32,838
$91.41
€81.59
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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