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Guinea vs. Tanzania Cost of Living Summary

Guinea is 52.4% more expensive than Tanzania overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.2 times more in Guinea
Groceries: pay 88.5% more in Guinea
Transportation: pay 37.1% more in Guinea
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Guinea
Childcare: pay 55.5% less in Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 23.8% more in Guinea
Clothing: pay 6.7% more in Guinea

The cost of housing, restaurants, groceries, transportation, entertainment and sports, and clothing in Guinea are more expensive than in Tanzania. Notably, housing, restaurants, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Guinea.

Guinea vs. Tanzania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Guinea instead of Tanzania, you would:

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pay 2.2 times more for restaurants

	Tanzania	Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.92 TZS9,790.03	$5.00 GNF43,430	+27.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.49 TZS21,190.78	$10.77 GNF93,587	+26.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.66 TZS1,648.57	$1.62 GNF14,071	+145.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.30 TZS757.32	$1.20 GNF10,423	+295.3%
Average			+123.7%

Tanzania vs. Guinea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 88.5% more for groceries

	Tanzania	Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$0.73 TZS1,829.01	$1.32 GNF11,472	+80.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.41 TZS10,994.72	$9.28 GNF80,599	+110.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.59 TZS13,952.87	$8.22 GNF71,368	+46.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 TZS5,685.86	$3.95 GNF34,274	+73.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.88 TZS4,700.46	$2.83 GNF24,624	+50.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.30 TZS3,246.34	$1.27 GNF11,053	-2.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49 TZS1,230.36	$1.11 GNF9,602	+124.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.43 TZS1,073.64	$0.92 GNF7,982	+113.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS894.39	$1.28 GNF11,147	+258.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS894.39	$0.72 GNF6,270	+101.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.61 TZS1,531.72	$0.72 GNF6,270	+17.6%
Average			+88.5%

Tanzania vs. Guinea - Cost of groceries

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pay 37.1% more for transportation

	Tanzania	Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 TZS11,701.38	$5.26 GNF45,699	+12.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$15.76 TZS39,315.15	$28.49 GNF247,464	+80.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,898.05 TZS44,655,635.00	$33,000.00 GNF286,638,000	+84.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.49 TZS31,161.08	$8.87 GNF77,003	-29.0%
Average			+37.1%

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Tanzania	Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$46.82 TZS116,817.24	$185.16 GNF1,608,270	+295.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$334.35 TZS834,205.29	$630.52 GNF5,476,656	+88.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$178.27 TZS444,776.07	$317.99 GNF2,762,053	+78.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$64.23 TZS160,251.01	$132.79 GNF1,153,376	+106.7%
Average			+142.3%

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pay 55.5% less for childcare

	Tanzania	Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$427.61 TZS1,066,885.52	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,288.25 TZS35,649,172.17	$6,362.45 GNF55,264,249	-55.5%
Average			-55.5%

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pay 23.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Tanzania	Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.37 TZS3,420.99	$2.50 GNF21,715	+82.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.04 TZS5,096.97	$3.32 GNF28,796	+62.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 TZS4,983.50	$1.16 GNF10,097	-41.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.55 TZS146,092.96	$89.25 GNF775,219	+52.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.35 TZS15,832.56	$4.05 GNF35,193	-36.2%
Average			+23.8%

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pay 6.7% more for clothing

	Tanzania	Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$18.07 TZS45,076.56	$20.00 GNF173,720	+10.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$27.59 TZS68,839.79	$25.00 GNF217,150	-9.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$28.27 TZS70,525.01	$30.00 GNF260,580	+6.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.90 TZS104,552.82	$50.00 GNF434,300	+19.3%
Average			+6.7%

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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: December 2025

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