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Nouakchott vs. Sucre Cost of Living Summary

Nouakchott is 72.7% more expensive than Sucre.

Restaurants: pay 2.3 times more in Nouakchott
Groceries: pay 35.6% more in Nouakchott
Transportation: pay 3.8% less in Nouakchott
Housing: pay 3.4 times more in Nouakchott
Entertainment and Sports: pay 61.4% more in Nouakchott
Clothing: pay 27.8% less in Nouakchott

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

Nouakchott vs. Sucre Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

	Sucre	Nouakchott
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.80 BOB12.43	$3.01 MRO1,082	+67.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.79 BOB39.87	$6.28 MRO2,254	+8.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.64 BOB4.42	$1.77 MRO637	+176.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 BOB3.98	$2.16 MRO775	+274.3%
Average			+131.6%

Sucre vs. Nouakchott - Cost of restaurants

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pay 35.6% more for groceries

	Sucre	Nouakchott
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 BOB9.95	$0.28 MRO99	-80.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.20 BOB15.16	$2.76 MRO990	+25.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.27 BOB22.54	$5.36 MRO1,923	+63.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.73 BOB11.91	$2.23 MRO800	+28.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.36 BOB9.38	$2.51 MRO901	+84.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82 BOB5.63	$1.00 MRO360	+22.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.39 BOB2.69	$0.83 MRO299	+113.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.33 BOB2.25	$0.65 MRO234	+99.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.30 BOB8.97	$0.45 MRO161	-65.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.20 BOB1.34	$0.35 MRO126	+79.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.33 BOB2.25	$0.39 MRO141	+20.2%
Average			+35.6%

Sucre vs. Nouakchott - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.8% less for transportation

	Sucre	Nouakchott
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.79 BOB26.08	$5.36 MRO1,924	+41.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.15 BOB159.49	$21.97 MRO7,889	-5.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$14,466.20 BOB99,680.01	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-47.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$3.89 MRO1,397
Average			-3.8%

Sucre vs. Nouakchott - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.4 times more for housing

	Sucre	Nouakchott
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$26.00 BOB179.15	$60.27 MRO21,637	+131.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$501.26 BOB3,453.98	$225.73 MRO81,036	-55.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.31 BOB2,172.65	$162.03 MRO58,168	-48.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$10.83 BOB74.65	$111.41 MRO39,996	+928.4%
Average			+239.2%

Sucre vs. Nouakchott - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Sucre	Nouakchott
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$73.21 MRO26,284
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211

Sucre vs. Nouakchott - Cost of childcare

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pay 61.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Sucre	Nouakchott
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.42 BOB9.80	$1.96 MRO703	+37.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.43 BOB16.78	$2.30 MRO825	-5.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.88 BOB12.96	$2.51 MRO902	+33.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$23.05 BOB158.83	$87.27 MRO31,329	+278.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.53 BOB45.01	$4.08 MRO1,465	-37.5%
Average			+61.4%

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pay 27.8% less for clothing

	Sucre	Nouakchott
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$36.00 BOB248.06	$20.45 MRO7,342	-43.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$20.77 MRO7,455
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$72.00 BOB496.12	$69.22 MRO24,848	-3.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$65.00 BOB447.89	$41.44 MRO14,876	-36.3%
Average			-27.8%

Sucre vs. Nouakchott - Cost of clothing

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