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Cost of Living in Accra
Summary about cost of living in Accra:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 2,940.00$ (13,944.79₵) without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 800.72$ (3,797.90₵) without rent.
- Cost of living rank 315th out of 534 cities in the world.
- Accra has a cost of living index of 53.01.
| Restaurants | [ Edit ] | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 20.00 ₵ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 138.42 ₵ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 23.00 ₵ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 5.00 ₵ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 9.00 ₵ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 10.58 ₵ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (11.2 oz small bottle) | 4.09 ₵ | |
| Water (11.2 oz small bottle) | 2.22 ₵ | |
| Markets | [ Edit ] | |
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 37.32 ₵ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 4.25 ₵ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 4.23 ₵ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 11.08 ₵ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 42.45 ₵ | |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) | 11.91 ₵ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 13.37 ₵ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 5.08 ₵ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 1.80 ₵ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 3.49 ₵ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 5.10 ₵ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 5.22 ₵ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 3.18 ₵ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 4.33 ₵ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 2.38 ₵ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 32.50 ₵ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 5.00 ₵ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 7.50 ₵ | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 9.55 ₵ | |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] | |
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 3.00 ₵ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 1,072.79 ₵ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 5.00 ₵ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 8.05 ₵ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 19.09 ₵ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 17.10 ₵ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 95,453.82 ₵ | |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 93,333.33 ₵ | |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] | |
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 367.35 ₵ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.24 ₵ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 246.33 ₵ | |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] | |
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 242.00 ₵ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 35.00 ₵ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 36.59 ₵ | |
| Childcare | [ Edit ] | |
| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 1,543.17 ₵ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 24,559.04 ₵ | |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] | |
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 237.91 ₵ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 149.32 ₵ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 275.61 ₵ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 273.48 ₵ | |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 4,727.26 ₵ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 1,144.88 ₵ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 14,465.86 ₵ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 4,818.92 ₵ | |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 1,278.61 ₵ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 1,191.57 ₵ | |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] | |
| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 1,318.75 ₵ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 26.00 |
Prices in Accra
These data are based on 409 entries in the past 18 months from 61 different contributors.
Last update: August 2018
Last update: August 2018
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67 Comments so far
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Probably I will move to Accra, 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 3 years old.
How much will I spend in average these utilities?
1. Electricity
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 2 bedroom town house or apartment and charges and fees
9. A housekeeper/ cock at least 3 days per week
10. Groceries as rice, beans, fruits, vegetables, meat, milk, cookies ( in general and imported)
11. Spending weekends in good but not luxurious beach hotels and resorts
15. 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
thank you advance
BEST REGARDS
He's claiming to be a helicopter pilot in Ghana .He sent me pictures and he even sent me a video of him naked in shower.Their all the same person.He had him home he supposedly owns in florida on facebook so i took afdress and googled directions once i told him he deleted his account.Who can I contact about this scam
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.