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Nairobi vs. Zhubei City Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 15.6% cheaper than Zhubei City.

Restaurants: pay 4.0% more in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 46.3% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 32.9% more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 9.0% more in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 53.6% less in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.4% less in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 44.1% less in Nairobi

The cost of transportation, housing, and restaurants in Nairobi are more expensive than in Zhubei City. Expenses including childcare, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Nairobi.

Nairobi vs. Zhubei City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nairobi instead of Zhubei City, you would:

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pay 4.0% more for restaurants

	Zhubei City	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.92 NT$153.80	$5.80 KES750.88	+18.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.41 NT$169.19	$6.97 KES901.06	+28.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.87 NT$27.34	$0.70 KES90.79	-19.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 NT$19.32	$0.55 KES71.04	-11.1%
Average			+4.0%

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pay 46.3% less for groceries

	Zhubei City	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.97 NT$61.52	$0.55 KES70.69	-72.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.43 NT$201.10	$5.57 KES720.08	-13.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.62 NT$363.56	$3.36 KES434.10	-71.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.82 NT$88.18	$1.64 KES212.73	-41.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.56 NT$111.25	$2.92 KES377.51	-17.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.93 NT$60.46	$1.41 KES181.96	-27.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.09 NT$34.15	$0.47 KES61.40	-56.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.04 NT$32.44	$0.89 KES115.07	-14.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.56 NT$48.84	$0.46 KES59.01	-70.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 NT$51.16	$0.49 KES63.50	-70.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.10 NT$34.42	$0.51 KES65.52	-54.0%
Average			-46.3%

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pay 32.9% more for transportation

	Zhubei City	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.82 NT$119.38	$5.40 KES698.38	+41.5%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$30.96 KES4,004.71
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,686.38 NT$1,179,169.22	$21,671.83 KES2,803,297.63	-42.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.52 NT$266.59	$17.03 KES2,202.59	+99.8%
Average			+32.9%

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pay 9.0% more for housing

	Zhubei City	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.93 NT$717.41	$39.86 KES5,156.50	+73.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	??	$476.96 KES61,695.24
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$203.18 NT$6,357.26	$206.31 KES26,686.56	+1.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$56.76 NT$1,775.99	$29.32 KES3,793.22	-48.3%
Average			+9.0%

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pay 53.6% less for childcare

	Zhubei City	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$655.42 NT$20,507.29	$224.14 KES28,992.44	-65.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,992.63 NT$469,104.28	$8,775.09 KES1,135,076.41	-41.5%
Average			-53.6%

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pay 11.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Zhubei City	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.29 NT$71.78	$2.32 KES300.35	+1.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.36 NT$105.10	$2.37 KES306.55	-29.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.92 NT$153.80	$3.10 KES400.47	-37.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.77 NT$1,025.36	$45.30 KES5,859.39	+38.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$10.49 NT$328.12	$7.35 KES951.12	-29.9%
Average			-11.4%

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pay 44.1% less for clothing

	Zhubei City	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$81.93 NT$2,563.41	$19.62 KES2,538.28	-76.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$37.28 NT$1,166.35	$24.88 KES3,218.07	-33.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$95.04 NT$2,973.56	$67.92 KES8,785.33	-28.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$101.58 NT$3,178.43	$62.28 KES8,055.48	-38.7%
Average			-44.1%

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