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Cost of Living in Accra
Summary about cost of living in Accra:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 3,045.67$ without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 823.96$ without rent.
- Cost of living index in Accra is 36.60% lower than in New York.
- Cost of living rank 298th out of 516 cities in the world.
- Accra has a cost of living index of 63.40.
| Restaurants | [ Edit ] | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 5.13 $ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 38.94 $ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 6.51 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 1.60 $ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 2.50 $ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 2.57 $ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (11.2 oz small bottle) | 0.97 $ | |
| Water (11.2 oz small bottle) | 0.79 $ | |
| Markets | [ Edit ] | |
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 8.76 $ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 1.15 $ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.08 $ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 2.46 $ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 10.68 $ | |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) | 3.12 $ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 2.89 $ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 1.19 $ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 0.39 $ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 0.39 $ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 1.26 $ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 1.40 $ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 0.95 $ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 0.68 $ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.57 $ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 10.00 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 1.32 $ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 1.41 $ | |
| Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro) | 3.90 $ | |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] | |
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 0.69 $ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 207.20 $ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 1.14 $ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 1.93 $ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 6.70 $ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 3.52 $ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 21,417.73 $ | |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 16,090.52 $ | |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] | |
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 73.94 $ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.06 $ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 52.28 $ | |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] | |
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 45.38 $ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 8.95 $ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 7.67 $ | |
| Childcare | [ Edit ] | |
| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 376.35 $ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 4,895.14 $ | |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] | |
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 41.63 $ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 33.75 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 61.37 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 71.59 $ | |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 890.00 $ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 265.22 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 2,712.50 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,250.00 $ | |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 302.47 $ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 110.75 $ | |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] | |
| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 301.86 $ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly | 26.57 |
Prices in Accra
These data are based on 542 entries in the past 18 months from 59 different contributors.
Last update: September 2017
Last update: September 2017
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97 Comments so far
Probably I will move to Ghana this year.
I would like to know more about the cost of life in Accra.
We are a family with 2 adults and 1 children 7 years old.
How much will I spend in average these utilities?
1. Elctricity
2. Water
3. Fast speed Internet
4. Heat
5. Car fuel
5.cell phone package
6.Cable TV package
7. Government taxes and fees regarding car and house
8. Rent A 3 bedroom town house or apartment and charges and fees
9. A housekeeper/ cock at least 3 days per week
10. Private English classes for my wife and daughter
11. Groceries as rice, beans, fruits, vegetables, meat, milk, cookies ( in general and imported)
12. Spending weekends in good but not luxurious beach hotels and resorts
13. A place with at least a 25m swimming pool and gym
14. Tourism e.g. 3 or 4 days Safaris in Mole park
15. Maybe a driver
What kind of documents do I need?
1. Drive license
2. Permanent visa
3. Expat ID
4. Other
I know everithing depends on the place...so every remark, opinions, ideas will be welcome
BEST REGARDS
Please i need i guide on how much i need to provide for my daughter's monthly up keep allowance(excluding accommodation) who has just been given admission to study Medicine in University of Ghana.
Tayo (Nigeria)
looking to help a friend, long time friend from Nigeria, who wants to move to ghana, find a jobb and follow Dutch classes to move on to the Netherlands.
The max. to pay for a fully furnished small room, or a bed and break fast, monthly is 450 Ghans credi, is ny one has something, feel free to contact me.
Double check your prices and add 200% more then these prices.
thanks
It seems I found the answer to my own question!
Yeah, from now on I am sure that a certain "Winnie Robertson" from Accra - Ghana using the mail adress: winiluv32@gmail.com is a SCAMMER.
I would like to have your opinion about what it can be a SCAM! The fact is that I met a 32 y.o.girl that at first was from Double Springs, Alabama, USA, but after we started chating on the hangout of gmail she told me she was living in Accra Ghana thou she was daughter of an american man and a local lady, bla, bla, bla,...OK! from that moment on a dozen of red flags started to ask for my attention to the details of that potential affective relationship. The true is that I have already asked her for a chat through SKYPE and she showd up with thw same pretty face and in accordance with the initial outlines...now, my question is: In the middle of an hangout chat if you, out of the blue, would ask her for an imediate chat through SKYPE and she accepted and appeared with the same face like the photos and the same talk, would that be enough to put away in your mind the chance of a SCAM??? Obviously we haven´t speaken yet about money or I have sent any amount.
OK! in my country we have a proverb that goes this way, "caution and chicken soup never hurt anyone" anyway, from your expertise, what would you say to me?
Cheers all
Let me start by enlightening you that in Ghana, unlike the Philippines and other countries in Asia, Europe, the America, and Europe, we do not use weighing scales in selling our food stuffs (commodities) except some imported food stuffs like rice, fish-red fish, herrings milk and so on. In Ghana, we use bowls (locally called Olonka/kruwa), cups, sacks (bags), cans/tins, and rubber buckets or pans in selling food stuffs in almost all markets in Ghana. The weight of particular food stuff is not the determining factor in the pricing of a commodity in the Ghanaian market but rather the size, demand & supply (availability/scarcity), quality, and the type of material used to measure it. For example, the price of maize depends on whether it is being measured with a bowl or a cup or a sack; whether there are plenty in the market or it is scarce; whether it is new or old. To explain further, a bowl (olonka/kruwa) of maize has different weights from a bowl (olonka/kruwa) of pepper and therefore cannot be said that the weight of maize in an “olonka” is equivalent to the weight of a bowl of pepper in the same “olonka”.
A bowl (an olonka/kruwa) of maize has a weight of about 4kg while fertilizer (1/2 bag) and cocoa sacks have about 80 kg and 200kg respectively. One bowl of maize (about 4 kg) costs about GHc5 (US$1.30) in Accra presently whilst same costs GHs4 (US$1.05) and GHs3.50US$0.92) in Kumasi and Techiman/Kintampo respectively. In the Philippines, 1 kg of maize costs averagely P45 in Manila and P38 in Cebu city, Legaspi, Cagayan, and P30 in Davao (the cheapest price of maize in the whole Philippines). Now, if a bowl (olonka/kruwa) of maize in Ghana is equivalent to 4 kg and costs GHs 5 in Accra, then by a simple arithmetic, 1 kg of maize in Accra costs about GHs1.25 (US $0.33). Please, note that 1 kg of maize cost 45 pesos in Manila (almost US$1) on the average (depending on the variety). You can do the rest of the calculations for the various cities on your own.
In Ghana, a bowl (olonka/kruwa) of white beans cost GHc10 (US$2.63 or GHc2.25/US$0.59 for 1kg) in Accra, GHc8 (US$2.37) and GHc6 (US$1.58) for Kumasi and Techiman respectively. A bowl (olonka/kruwa) of red beans costs GHc8 (US$2.37 or GHc2/US$0.53 for 1kg) in Accra, GHc7 (US$1.84), in Kumasi, and GHc4 (US$1.05) Techiman/Kintampo respectively.
In the Philippines, 1kg of white beans costs P100 (US$2.17) in Manila, P90 (US$1.96) in Cebu, Davao and other cities. Red beans costs P100 in Manila, Legaspi, Davao, Cebu, Cagayan and others. If one bowl (olonka/kruwa) of beans (cowpea) in Ghana is equivalent to 4kg, then 1 kg of white bean Ghc2.25(USS0.59) in Accra, and about GHc2 in Kumasi and GHc1.50 others. On the other hand, 1kg of white bean costs more than US$2 in Manila and almost US$2 in other cities.
1 kg of red tilapia fish(cold store price)in Accra costs GHc7(less than US$2) but in Philippines, 1 kg of red tilapia fish costs P450(close to US$10) at Robinson, SM, Ayala, Shopwise, Fooda, and almost all the malls/super markets. The Cheapest fish I have found in my entire (almost) five years in the Philippines was 1 kg of herring sold at P100 (more than US$2) at one of the local markets in Legaspi city.
125 ml of Carnation milk (condensa) costs GHc1.50 (US$0.39) in Accra, and Philippines P45 (US$1) at SM in Manila. A liter of soya cooking oil costs Ghc7 (less than US$2) in Accra. But the same cooking oil costs P150 (more than US$3) in Manila. A bottle of vita-milk drink (chocolate) costs GHc2 (US$0.52) in Ghana but it costs 35 pesos (US$0.76) in Manila. 125ml of close-up toothpaste costs GHc4 (US$1.05) in Accra; 135ml of the same close-up costs P110 (US$2.39) in Manila. Pepsodent toothbrush is sold for GHc1.50 (US$0.39) in Accra, but a similar quality of that toothbrush is sold for P100 (US$2.17) in Manila. The list can go on and on but just to cite you a few food/grocery items.
. dating sites are not safe, i met her on one and several others in uk and usa,i want to give her benifit of doubt but i cant help feeling suspicus
kind regards
The currency has seen wild fluctuations vs US$ and GBP. That might continue for some time. Ghana's export revenue comes from gold, oil, cocoa, bauxite, timber. Most commodities have gone down a lot and that hurts them, couple this with inflation and severe load shedding since last November and you can figure out that all is not well.
As far as a black market for currencies: it's not really a black market. Forex can be freely exchanged. The forex dealers basically give better rates around mid market than the local and regional banks. The banks go roughly 10% either side of mid market. Forex bureaus are much tighter.
Taking cash here on a holiday or biz trip and exchange it here at a forex bureau is much cheaper than load it on your visa or master card. Amex is not widely accepted, only in the big hotels sometimes.
1 kg local oranges, high quality, is GHC 1.89
A can of carlsberg or Heineken 0.33 later is GHC 4.5 at Say Cheers or Shoprite
Fitness club costs:
Branch Fitness at Spintex Rd, a BIG gym. Annual membership GHC 1200 or USD 318.
Monthly membership is GHC 195 or USD 51. That's very uneconomical when you know you're here for a year. The USD 130 a month is probably at the Movenpick or Labadi Beach Hotel, but definitely not in big gyms around accra.
I feel terrible not sending her anything.
She is very pretty, claims her Skype account has been hacked a few times. While on video chat.The video simply switched to a whole different person for a few seconds. Freaked me out. I now question everything.
Can anyone help Identify this Anita to verify that she is in fact who she says she is?
email me back boltonles@yahoo.com
1. How much should be the monthly salary to live life royal size in Accra ?
2. How safe is it to live in Accra ?
3. How much would a 1BHK apt. cost for rent in Accra at a prime location ?
Can anyone PLEASE answer to all 3 of them .
Please, please, please stop sending money to people in Ghana that you don't know. It's all a scam.
I am a Ghanaian, and I can tell you truthfully that anyone who asks you for money is out to scam you. If they are really in need, they will get help from a family member.
STOP SENDING MONEY TO PEOPLE YOU DON@T KNOW
I am a Ghanaian, and I can tell you truthfully that anyone who asks you for money is out to scam you. If they are really in need, they will get help from a family member.
Those who have been deceived should try and lodge a case with their local authorities providing the full name and email address and all clear pictures you have of the person, although many times scammers use pictures of others.
They will keep that on record and hopefully oneday they will be able to trace such a person.
Please anyone willing to visit or do anything in Ghana should find the legitimate way of doing things in real life and all will be well.
Every country works differently and U ought to learn the way things work in Ghana. Ghana is a great country but as with any other country in the world it also has its own problems. Scam and fraud is an international issue we all trying to fight and is quite sad to hear that it happens to many good and great people who have much passion and love for others. It affects all.
Please do a thorough research before embarking on any journey, google every info you need, get the company numbers and call in. Check their website. You can verify info with the government institutions and always use the most popular companies who accredited.
Seek for second opinions which out the other person or company knowing.
Do not believe people that ask money over the internet if u have not met in person to see all the business or life of the person. There are international companies in Ghana, use such companies also ti find info, as such companies also have websites and email in the company name and that will be great help.
Get more info from the your country's embassy website or office abut Ghana and also from Ghana embassy as well.
Note: do not buy negative perceptions and wrong ideas other spread of Africa, when you get here yourself, you will see that life happens the same as any other country like USA, London etc. Is a great place to be.
I have paid for her passport and visa here to the UK of which she has sent scan copies and also then I have sent her over half of the airfare to London so I asked this travel agent to sent me the proof and reciept of booking so I can send him the rest in full so Freda can fly over ib July and so far I have no response from him as she introduced thi guy who says his company is Asempa Travel, I also have been paying Freda's Acoomodation which is GHC280 PCM and sending money for food and so far I have reciept for all that which comes to the total of £4500 and noew I feel I have been scammed and wonder if you could help me there, I have photo's and all her mail including chats on facebook and yahoo, some are very explicit and intimate. Looking forward to some advice.
Rod Butler
There are cheaper gyms but most of tge are out of date or simple misding he equipment. Therefor ive put the price 200 usd a month...
Ive lived in accra 8 years now so I should kniw te prices by now.
Accra is very safe. People are very nice but like any other city in the world it doesn't mean some won't take advantage of foreigners. That salary is much more than enough for all your needs. I was told ministers make 4k usd What is important and costly potentially is education for kids if you want them to go to an international school where other foreigners and diplomats send their kids. Can range from 9k usd or higher per trimester.
Best of luck.
My husband has been offered to work in Accra ghana with a salary of USD 3500 with free five bedroom accommodation. I just want to ask how is the area? is it safe? what about the malaria? Also what about other cost of living? Please we badly need answers. Thank you
What's d education cost der like?pls comment
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I would be glade to hear from you guys, thanks and God bless
Thank you.
Thank you.