Cost of living comparison
Guinea is 6.5% more expensive than Slovakia.
If you lived in Guinea instead of Slovakia, you would:
pay 3.7% more for restaurants
Slovakia
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.70
€7.22
|
$5.00
FG43,000
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.27
€6.82
|
$11.00
FG94,600
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.50
€1.40
|
$1.37
FG11,820
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.12
€1.05
|
$1.20
FG10,320
|
|
pay 33.9% more for groceries
Slovakia
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.09
€1.03
|
$0.75
FG6,450
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.43
€5.09
|
$7.00
FG60,200
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.30
€3.10
|
$7.95
FG68,365
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.64
€2.47
|
$2.60
FG22,360
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.84
€2.66
|
$2.95
FG25,356
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.71
€0.67
|
$1.27
FG10,931
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.76
€0.72
|
$0.91
FG7,802
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.84
€0.79
|
$0.79
FG6,827
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.52
€1.43
|
$1.04
FG8,956
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.41
|
$0.79
FG6,827
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.41
€0.39
|
$0.79
FG6,827
|
|
pay 55.5% less for transportation
Slovakia
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.62
€6.21
|
$3.79
FG32,555
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$23.13
€21.69
|
$15.00
FG129,000
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,325.40
€19,062.50
|
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Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$11.42
€10.71
|
$1.30
FG11,180
|
|
pay 70.8% more for housing
Slovakia
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$20.68
€19.40
|
$100.00
FG860,000
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$525.97
€493.29
|
$540.38
FG4,647,291
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$430.57
€403.81
|
$300.00
FG2,580,000
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$154.00
€144.43
|
$42.06
FG361,706
|
|
pay 48.8% more for childcare
Slovakia
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$367.52
€344.69
|
$755.00
FG6,493,000
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,594.62
€7,122.73
|
$7,000.00
FG60,200,000
|
|
pay 20.6% less for entertainment and sports
Slovakia
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.59
€1.49
|
$2.37
FG20,411
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.06
€1.93
|
$2.00
FG17,200
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.75
€4.45
|
$1.50
FG12,900
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$36.25
€34.00
|
$25.34
FG217,952
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.09
€6.65
|
$3.49
FG29,992
|
|
pay 35.7% less for clothing
Slovakia
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$56.64
€53.12
|
$20.00
FG172,000
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.72
€30.68
|
$30.00
FG258,000
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$68.42
€64.17
|
$50.00
FG430,000
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$87.74
€82.29
|
$50.00
FG430,000
|
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