Niamey vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niamey	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$1970
🏠 One person rent	$609	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.1	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$397
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	12	27
😀 Quality of life	35	52
🏙️ Population	1.5M	3.15M

The cost of living in Niamey is 31% more expensive than in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Cities ranked 5369th and 6526th ($1019 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Niger and Bolivia, respectively. Check Niger vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Niamey compared to 0.5 months in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 7468th and 6116th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niamey vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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	Niamey	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$414	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$54.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$1141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$947	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$4.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$5.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.94	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.1	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$899	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4390	$4204

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Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709

Cities near Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Distance	City	Cost of living
258 km or 161 mi	Sucre	$666
304 km or 189 mi	Sacaba	$538
317 km or 197 mi	Cochabamba	$535
335 km or 208 mi	Potosi	$507
376 km or 233 mi	Trinidad	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Oruro	$600
446 km or 277 mi	Tarija	$630
528 km or 328 mi	Tartagal	$804
545 km or 339 mi	La Paz	$688
550 km or 342 mi	El Alto	$673
601 km or 373 mi	Corumba	$583
606 km or 377 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
617 km or 384 mi	Caceres	$643
650 km or 404 mi	Vilhena	$577
688 km or 428 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
691 km or 430 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
737 km or 458 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
744 km or 462 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
747 km or 464 mi	Tacna	$414
757 km or 470 mi	Arica	$748
758 km or 471 mi	Puno	$520
772 km or 480 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
779 km or 484 mi	Iquique	$923
779 km or 484 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
781 km or 485 mi	Juliaca	$547
789 km or 490 mi	Varzea Grande	$682
792 km or 492 mi	Calama	$673
795 km or 494 mi	Cuiaba	$725
811 km or 504 mi	Salta	$1121
863 km or 536 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
865 km or 537 mi	Concepcion	$521
876 km or 544 mi	Ariquemes	$575
900 km or 559 mi	Arequipa	$588
921 km or 573 mi	Rondonopolis	$546
941 km or 585 mi	Ponta Pora	$586
944 km or 587 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$502
949 km or 589 mi	Campo Grande	$588
992 km or 616 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
1001 km or 622 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1005 km or 625 mi	Dourados	$599