Curitiba vs Nairobi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Curitiba	Nairobi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1903	$2089
🏠 One person rent	$331	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$581	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.5	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$399
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	60	68
😀 Quality of life	55	59
🏙️ Population	1.77M	5.55M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 0.7% less expensive than in Nairobi. Cities ranked 6656th and 6622nd ($755 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Brazil and Kenya, respectively. Check Brazil vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 0.5 months in Nairobi. Curitiba ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Nairobi ranked 1st in Kenya, while ranked 5882nd and 5369th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Nairobi

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	Curitiba	Nairobi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.86	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$38.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.35	$6.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$2.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$395
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$558	$1080
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$20
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$31.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.2	$37.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95%	14.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1874	$1743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1232	$998
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.72	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$6.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$5.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.02	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.97	$2.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.32	$3.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$42
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.93	$6.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$4.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$19.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$59.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$187
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7461	$7984

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$652
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$642
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$555
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$581
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$662
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$594
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$567
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$614
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$659
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$621
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$658
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$632
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$639
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$506
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$594
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$552
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$612
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$581
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$594
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$600
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$609
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$611
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$497
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$615
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$624
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$580
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$577
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$612
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$548
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$600
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$575
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$571

Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$589
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$408
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$500
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$541
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$638
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$561
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$483
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$522
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$490
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$602
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$605
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$498
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$580
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$562
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$625
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$545
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$646
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$698
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$502
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$552
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$486
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$594
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$650
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$613
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$771
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$648
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$573
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$518
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$801
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$648
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$413
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$651
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$648
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$585
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$479
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$785