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São Paulo is 13% more expensive than Nairobi.

Monthly cost for one person, renting in the city centre. Includes rent, food, transport, bills and going out.

Where you live now

NairobiKenya

KES 151,275

per month

City to compare

São PauloBrazil

R$6,722

per month, about KES 171,447

Monthly costs by category

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CategoryNairobiSão PauloDifference
Rent77,87384,362+8%
Groceries27,72031,693+14%
Eating out14,56518,626+28%
Getting around7,1088,749+23%
Bills15,31917,900+17%
Going out6,3027,598+21%
Clothes2,3872,519+6%
Total per month151,275171,447+13%

São Paulo: no reports yet, so these numbers are starting estimates from the city's overall price level.How this is calculated

Everyday prices in São Paulo

The typical price people paid recently, and how it compares with Nairobi. "Estimated" means we don't have many reports yet.

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ItemTypical priceWhat people paidvs NairobiReports
Cappuccino, regularEstimated KES 257 +28% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Meal at an inexpensive restaurantEstimated KES 1,072 +31% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Monthly public transport passEstimated KES 7,310 +23% vs Nairobi 0 reports
1-bedroom flat, city centreEstimated KES 84,362 +8% vs Nairobi 0 reports
1-bedroom flat, outside the centreEstimated KES 60,741 +8% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Milk, 1 LEstimated KES 101 +13% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Eggs, 12Estimated KES 357 +16% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Chicken fillets, 1 kgEstimated KES 1,012 +13% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Electricity, water, heating and cooling for 85 m²Estimated KES 13,789 +18% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Home internet, 60 Mbps or fasterEstimated KES 4,647 +16% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Mobile plan with calls and 10 GB+ dataEstimated KES 4,290 +16% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Gym membership, monthlyEstimated KES 5,427 +21% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Cinema ticketEstimated KES 1,085 +21% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Jeans, Levi's 501 or similarEstimated KES 6,818 +5% vs Nairobi 0 reports
Most reports (10th–90th percentile) Middle half of reports Same item in Nairobi
All prices in São Paulo

Where the numbers come from

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  3. We work out the typical price

    We use the middle price of recent reports. When a city has only a few reports, we estimate the rest and label it "Estimated".

No reports in the last 30 days yet. When they arrive, you'll see here how many were counted, held for a second opinion or turned down.

Most and least expensive cities

Monthly cost for one person renting in the city centre, in Kenyan shillings. Pick a city to compare it with Nairobi. See all cities

Most expensive

  1. 1New YorkUnited StatesKES 738,647
  2. 2San FranciscoUnited StatesKES 629,494
  3. 3ZurichSwitzerlandKES 604,570
  4. 4BostonUnited StatesKES 598,208
  5. 5GenevaSwitzerlandKES 573,340
  6. 6SingaporeSingaporeKES 553,035
  7. 7LondonUnited KingdomKES 537,857
  8. 8Los AngelesUnited StatesKES 514,997

Least expensive

  1. 118KarachiPakistanKES 73,204
  2. 117KathmanduNepalKES 83,378
  3. 116CairoEgyptKES 88,645
  4. 115DhakaBangladeshKES 89,868
  5. 114New DelhiIndiaKES 106,486
  6. 113TunisTunisiaKES 107,159
  7. 112BengaluruIndiaKES 112,975
  8. 111Chiang MaiThailandKES 116,517

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