Nairobi vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nairobi	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$760	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2089	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$262	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$281	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$399	$2831
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	68	87
😀 Quality of life	59	90
🏙️ Population	5.55M	518K

The cost of living in Nairobi is 57% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 6622nd and 2490th ($760 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 147th in Kenya and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Kenya vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Nairobi compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5369th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Sheffield

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	Nairobi	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.6	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.64	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1080	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$418	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.1	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.8%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1743	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$998	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.08	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.6	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.17	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$187	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7984	$9487

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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

Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750