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Kigali vs. Sucre Cost of Living Summary

Kigali is 15.4% more expensive than Sucre.

Restaurants: pay 35.8% more in Kigali
Groceries: pay 11.8% more in Kigali
Transportation: pay 42.3% more in Kigali
Housing: pay 65.3% more in Kigali
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.3% less in Kigali
Clothing: pay 52.2% less in Kigali

The cost of housing, transportation, restaurants, and groceries in Kigali are more expensive than in Sucre. Expenses including clothing and entertainment and sports are lower in Kigali.

Kigali vs. Sucre Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Kigali instead of Sucre, you would:

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pay 35.8% more for restaurants

	Sucre	Kigali
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.80 BOB12.43	$3.45 RWF5,000	+91.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.79 BOB39.87	$6.89 RWF9,999	+19.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.64 BOB4.42	$0.86 RWF1,244	+33.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 BOB3.98	$0.57 RWF830	-0.8%
Average			+35.8%

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pay 11.8% more for groceries

	Sucre	Kigali
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 BOB9.95	$1.05 RWF1,517	-27.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.20 BOB15.16	$2.26 RWF3,273	+2.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.27 BOB22.54	$2.64 RWF3,833	-19.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.73 BOB11.91	$1.65 RWF2,400	-4.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.36 BOB9.38	$2.10 RWF3,039	+54.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82 BOB5.63	$1.15 RWF1,673	+41.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.39 BOB2.69	$0.37 RWF535	-5.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.33 BOB2.25	$0.70 RWF1,018	+114.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.30 BOB8.97	$0.48 RWF695	-63.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.20 BOB1.34	$0.23 RWF330	+16.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.33 BOB2.25	$0.39 RWF567	+19.7%
Average			+11.8%

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pay 42.3% more for transportation

	Sucre	Kigali
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.79 BOB26.08	$4.42 RWF6,414	+16.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.15 BOB159.49	$29.30 RWF42,498	+26.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$14,466.20 BOB99,680.01	$26,543.61 RWF38,497,764	+83.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$14.48 RWF20,999
Average			+42.3%

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pay 65.3% more for housing

	Sucre	Kigali
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$26.00 BOB179.15	$19.48 RWF28,248	-25.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$501.26 BOB3,453.98	$575.44 RWF834,601	+14.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.31 BOB2,172.65	$322.51 RWF467,756	+2.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$10.83 BOB74.65	$39.98 RWF57,987	+269.1%
Average			+65.3%

Sucre vs. Kigali - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Sucre	Kigali
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$166.62 RWF241,653
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$7,842.43 RWF11,374,339

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pay 10.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Sucre	Kigali
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.42 BOB9.80	$1.03 RWF1,500	-27.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.43 BOB16.78	$2.31 RWF3,355	-5.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.88 BOB12.96	$1.72 RWF2,500	-8.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$23.05 BOB158.83	$31.41 RWF45,553	+36.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.53 BOB45.01	$3.45 RWF5,000	-47.2%
Average			-10.3%

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pay 52.2% less for clothing

	Sucre	Kigali
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$36.00 BOB248.06	$19.19 RWF27,832	-46.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$19.30 RWF27,998
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$72.00 BOB496.12	$22.98 RWF33,331	-68.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$65.00 BOB447.89	$37.92 RWF54,997	-41.7%
Average			-52.2%

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