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Nairobi vs. Taipei Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 28.5% cheaper than Taipei.

Restaurants: pay 17.6% less in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 50.0% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 15.9% more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 24.3% less in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 64.5% less in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 15.6% less in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 43.2% less in Nairobi

Expenses including childcare, groceries, clothing, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are lower in Nairobi.

Nairobi vs. Taipei Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nairobi instead of Taipei, you would:

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pay 17.6% less for restaurants

	Taipei	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.18 NT$203.39	$3.85 KES499.09	-37.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.01 NT$164.75	$6.17 KES798.54	+23.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 NT$33.04	$0.66 KES85.83	-34.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.68 NT$22.35	$0.53 KES68.96	-21.6%
Average			-17.6%

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pay 50.0% less for groceries

	Taipei	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.86 NT$61.14	$0.56 KES72.29	-70.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.37 NT$275.48	$5.59 KES723.99	-33.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.77 NT$354.29	$3.35 KES434.10	-68.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.72 NT$89.39	$1.70 KES220.53	-37.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.37 NT$143.62	$2.71 KES350.94	-37.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.06 NT$67.83	$1.26 KES163.67	-38.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.01 NT$33.32	$0.50 KES64.71	-50.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.25 NT$41.01	$0.87 KES113.17	-29.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.56 NT$51.15	$0.46 KES59.20	-70.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.30 NT$42.74	$0.48 KES62.49	-62.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.11 NT$36.52	$0.56 KES72.05	-49.9%
Average			-50.0%

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pay 15.9% more for transportation

	Taipei	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.68 NT$121.20	$6.17 KES799.71	+67.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.10 NT$1,220.36	$30.83 KES3,992.70	-16.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$34,750.62 NT$1,143,069.37	$19,266.80 KES2,495,436.02	-44.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.81 NT$289.84	$13.87 KES1,796.71	+57.4%
Average			+15.9%

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pay 24.3% less for housing

	Taipei	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.04 NT$790.71	$39.39 KES5,102.14	+63.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$630.95 NT$20,754.13	$428.53 KES55,502.96	-32.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$465.35 NT$15,307.09	$166.44 KES21,556.73	-64.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$63.62 NT$2,092.70	$22.39 KES2,900.27	-64.8%
Average			-24.3%

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pay 64.5% less for childcare

	Taipei	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$610.09 NT$20,068.12	$166.67 KES21,587.71	-72.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$18,275.33 NT$601,139.68	$8,008.06 KES1,037,203.51	-56.2%
Average			-64.5%

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pay 15.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Taipei	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.63 NT$86.44	$2.31 KES299.45	-12.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.05 NT$100.24	$2.24 KES290.24	-26.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.71 NT$122.04	$3.08 KES399.27	-16.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.32 NT$1,260.36	$44.12 KES5,714.04	+15.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.89 NT$325.43	$6.17 KES798.54	-37.7%
Average			-15.6%

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pay 43.2% less for clothing

	Taipei	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.02 NT$1,842.74	$16.84 KES2,181.49	-69.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$31.15 NT$1,024.75	$22.95 KES2,972.34	-26.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$85.26 NT$2,804.48	$61.84 KES8,009.16	-27.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.43 NT$3,402.21	$52.50 KES6,800.02	-49.2%
Average			-43.2%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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