Guinea-Bissau is 16.6% more expensive than South Africa.

If you lived in Guinea-Bissau instead of South Africa, you would:

pay 16.4% more for restaurants

 
South Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.74
R147.55
$3.35
CFA2,025
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$3.92
R74.78
$2.27
CFA1,369
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.87
R16.57
$1.23
CFA743

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pay 34.1% more for groceries

 
South Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Bread
1 loaf
$0.82
R15.60
$0.59
CFA355
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.09
R58.97
??
Milk (1 gallon) $3.51
R66.90
$6.34
CFA3,833

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pay 2.9% less for transportation

 
South Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.65
R88.60
$4.64
CFA2,801
Monthly public transit pass $40.67
R775.11
??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $18,011.69
R343,270.72
??

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pay 13.4% less for housing

 
South Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$48.06
R915.87
??
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $341.02
R6,499.30
$445.17
CFA268,926
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $317.79
R6,056.53
$231.30
CFA139,727

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
South Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $157.19
R2,995.71
??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $3,082.89
R58,754.36
??

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pay 6.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
South Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.70
R32.32
$0.92
CFA558
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.67
R31.90
$2.10
CFA1,266
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.56
R48.86
$1.68
CFA1,013

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pay 71.7% more for clothing

 
South Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$43.19
R823.07
$92.19
CFA55,690
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$26.96
R513.75
$58.66
CFA35,439
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$80.72
R1,538.31
$83.81
CFA50,627

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