Indianapolis vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$559
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	22
😀 Quality of life	89	21
🏙️ Population	888K	2.45M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 152% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 1378th and 6195th ($2189 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 1st in the United States and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check the United States vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 191st and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Ouagadougou

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	Indianapolis	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$15761

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

Cities near Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882