Bissau vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bissau	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$889	$820
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2085	$2067
🏠 One person rent	$393	$381
🏘️ Family rent	$698	$662
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$64.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$396	$592
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	4	21
😀 Quality of life	15	22
🏙️ Population	492K	2.45M

The cost of living in Bissau is 8% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 6166th and 6363rd ($889 vs $820) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Guinea-Bissau vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bissau compared to 0.7 months in Ouagadougou. Bissau ranked 1st best city to live in Guinea-Bissau vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 9033rd and 8805th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bissau vs Ouagadougou infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bissau/ouagadougou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bissau vs Ouagadougou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bissau/ouagadougou" target="_blank">Bissau vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bissau vs Ouagadougou

Prices for goods and services in Bissau and Ouagadougou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bissau	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.2	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.31	$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.35	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$395
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$253	$224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$676	$641
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$464
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$73
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.51%	12.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$225
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1455	$905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.8	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.19	$5.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$2.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$3.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.26	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.5	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$4.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$4.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$41
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.71	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.1	$26.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$62.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.4	$127
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2979	$15640

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bissau

Distance	City	Cost of living
108 km or 67 mi	Bafata	$866
109 km or 68 mi	Ziguinchor	$1061
135 km or 84 mi	Kolda	$1039
194 km or 120 mi	Brikama	$569
204 km or 127 mi	Lamin	$520
207 km or 128 mi	Banjul	$488
254 km or 158 mi	Boffa	$972
259 km or 161 mi	Kaolack	$1062
287 km or 179 mi	Fatick	$1051
333 km or 207 mi	Conakry	$1030
355 km or 221 mi	Thies	$1203
357 km or 222 mi	Forecariah	$974
366 km or 227 mi	Rufisque	$1095
378 km or 235 mi	Dakar	$1198
417 km or 259 mi	Mamou	$994
423 km or 263 mi	Louga	$1003
456 km or 283 mi	Freetown	$1213
474 km or 295 mi	Saint-Louis	$1018
518 km or 322 mi	Rosso	$649
605 km or 376 mi	Bo	$1138
655 km or 407 mi	Kenema	$1146
693 km or 430 mi	Nouakchott	$678
701 km or 436 mi	Gueckedou	$983
706 km or 439 mi	Kankan	$979
811 km or 504 mi	Monrovia	$528
826 km or 513 mi	Kakata	$494
831 km or 516 mi	Bamako	$574
872 km or 542 mi	Nzerekore	$971
879 km or 546 mi	Koulikoro	$497
885 km or 550 mi	Bougouni	$496
903 km or 561 mi	Banamba	$495
906 km or 563 mi	Sanniquellie	$495
908 km or 564 mi	Yekepa	$494
921 km or 572 mi	Praia	$835
944 km or 586 mi	Assomada	$840
1027 km or 638 mi	Segou	$498
1048 km or 651 mi	Greenville	$494
1052 km or 654 mi	Markala	$496
1083 km or 673 mi	Sikasso	$503
1121 km or 697 mi	Korhogo	$1047

Cities near Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$744
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$761
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$751
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$753
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$760
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$742
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$757
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$745
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$766
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1073
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$656
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$503
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$652
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$652
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$496
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$498
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$1047
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$655
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$570
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$412
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$1071
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$656
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$644
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$495
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$496
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$497
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$1015
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$345
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$546
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$617
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$574
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$585
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$453
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1021
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$711
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$546
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$368
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$747
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$1012