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Georgetown vs. Windhoek Cost of Living Summary

Georgetown is 90.3% more expensive than Windhoek.

Restaurants: pay 17.6% more in Georgetown
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Georgetown
Transportation: pay 56.6% more in Georgetown
Housing: pay 9.5% more in Georgetown
Childcare: pay 4.5 times more in Georgetown
Entertainment and Sports: pay 40.2% more in Georgetown
Clothing: pay 45.5% more in Georgetown

The cost of childcare, groceries, transportation, clothing, entertainment and sports, and restaurants in Georgetown are more expensive than in Windhoek. Notably, childcare and groceries are significantly more expensive in Georgetown.

Georgetown vs. Windhoek Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Georgetown instead of Windhoek, you would:

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pay 17.6% more for restaurants

	Windhoek	Georgetown
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.97 NAD184.77	$11.95 GYD2,495.14	+8.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 NAD87.48	$9.37 GYD1,956.19	+80.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.98 NAD16.42	$1.18 GYD246.19	+20.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.06 NAD17.94	$0.64 GYD133.74	-39.9%
Average			+17.6%

Windhoek vs. Georgetown - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Windhoek	Georgetown
Bread 1 loaf	$0.87 NAD14.59	$2.09 GYD436.30	+141.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.40 NAD57.25	$6.94 GYD1,448.97	+104.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.39 NAD90.87	$13.04 GYD2,723.90	+141.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.09 NAD52.05	$4.55 GYD949.82	+47.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.37 NAD39.86	$3.03 GYD632.48	+28.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.88 NAD14.83	$3.47 GYD723.79	+293.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.93 NAD15.66	$1.53 GYD320.16	+64.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.79 NAD13.23	$1.66 GYD347.46	+111.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.84 NAD14.17	$2.74 GYD572.48	+225.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.01 NAD16.95	$1.09 GYD227.78	+8.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.81 NAD13.60	$1.46 GYD305.96	+81.4%
Average			+113.5%

Windhoek vs. Georgetown - Cost of groceries

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pay 56.6% more for transportation

	Windhoek	Georgetown
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.74 NAD79.82	$3.89 GYD812.28	-17.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$46.19 NAD777.99	$28.67 GYD5,988.34	-37.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,093.12 NAD388,995.92	$22,218.32 GYD4,640,962.76	-3.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.68 NAD129.34	$29.62 GYD6,187.95	+285.8%
Average			+56.6%

Windhoek vs. Georgetown - Cost of transportation

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pay 9.5% more for housing

	Windhoek	Georgetown
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$54.55 NAD918.91	$50.36 GYD10,519.52	-7.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$537.56 NAD9,054.96	$906.97 GYD189,447.48	+68.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$397.07 NAD6,688.57	$410.12 GYD85,666.52	+3.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$104.92 NAD1,767.28	$77.46 GYD16,180.26	-26.2%
Average			+9.5%

Windhoek vs. Georgetown - Cost of housing

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pay 4.5 times more for childcare

	Windhoek	Georgetown
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$215.99 NAD3,638.33	$1,014.45 GYD211,897.88	+369.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,426.88 NAD91,414.04	$23,232.76 GYD4,852,858.23	+328.1%
Average			+348.9%

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pay 40.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Windhoek	Georgetown
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.02 NAD34.04	$2.03 GYD424.17	+0.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.00 NAD33.67	$5.83 GYD1,217.63	+191.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.89 NAD48.62	$2.68 GYD558.91	-7.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$39.44 NAD664.37	$38.23 GYD7,984.45	-3.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.20 NAD87.52	$6.21 GYD1,297.47	+19.5%
Average			+40.2%

Windhoek vs. Georgetown - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 45.5% more for clothing

	Windhoek	Georgetown
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.61 NAD903.03	$50.17 GYD10,479.59	-6.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$27.98 NAD471.33	$52.56 GYD10,978.62	+87.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.20 NAD1,569.88	$148.12 GYD30,939.75	+58.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$85.16 NAD1,434.42	$120.65 GYD25,200.93	+41.7%
Average			+45.5%

Windhoek vs. Georgetown - Cost of clothing

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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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