Survey: The most expensive cities in Southern and East Africa 2020!

Global transportation service Hoppa has released its report into the most expensive vs cheapest destinations for 2020. The annual survey is taking a look at 100 destinations worldwide to find out which holiday destinations are most affordable and which are exorbitantly pricey. Criteria include average hotel prices per night, taxi fares, and meals for two, along with the cost of unexpected medical costs and average currency exchange rates. Flight prices were excluded. According to Hoppa's findings, Grand Cayman (a British territory) ranked as the most expensive location in the world, where costs total £459.58 per day, while Antalya in Turkey is the cheapest destination with a total cost of £63.79 per day. Seven cities from Southern and East Africa also made the list. Johannesburg in South Africa ranked as the 60th most expensive city in the world and the most expensive city in Southern and East Africa, costing international travellers £134.37 on average. Kampala (GBP130.11) in Uganda is the second most expensive city in the region and the 66th most expensive city in the world, followed by Dar es Salaam (GBP112.96 | #3, #78). According to the survey, Cape Town in South Africa is only the 5th most expensive city in Southern and East Africa and the 81th most expensive city in the world.

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The most expensive cities in Southern and East Africa 2020:

1. (60) Johannesburg, South Africa - GBP134.37 (4th cheapest cocktails in the world - GBP3.47)
2. (66) Kampala, Uganda - GBP130.11 (cheapest beer in the world - GBP0.88)
3. (78) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - GBP112.96 (2nd cheapest beer in the world - GBP0.95)
4. (80) Gaborone, Botswana - GBP111.31 (7th cheapest beer in the world - GBP1.20)
5. (81) Cape Town, South Africa - 110.12 (3rd chapest cocktails in the world - GBP3.43)
6. (82) Port Louis, Mauritius - 108.72 (5th cheapest hotel rates in the world - approx. GBP26.00)
7. (98) Nairobi, Kenya - GBP75.23 (cheapest hotel rates in the world - approx. GBP17.50)

Survey: Durban has Africa's second best quality of living 2019!

According to the 2019 editon of Mercer's annual Quality of Living survey, Durban (global ranking #88) in South Africa has the second best quality of living in Africa, followed by Cape Town (#95) and Johannesburg (#96). Windhoek in Namibia came in on 7th rank, followed by Gaborone in Botswana on 8th position and Lusaka in Zambia on 9th position. Port Louis (#83), the capital city of Mauritius, is the city with the best quality of living in Africa 2019.
The Mercer Quality of Living Survey 2019 ranks 231 cities on quality of life. The data for the 2019 survey was analysed between September and November 2018. Mercer evaluates local living conditions in more than 450 cities surveyed worldwide. Living conditions are analysed according to 39 factors, grouped in 10 categories. Kudos @ Mercer!

African cities ordered according to the Mercer "Quality of Living"-Rankings 2019:

1. #083 (global rank) Port Louis, Mauritius
2. #088 Durban, South Africa
3. #095 Cape Town, South Africa
4. #096 Johannesburg, South Africa
5. #114 Tunis, Tunisia
6. #117 Rabat, Morocco
7. #124 Casablanca, Morocco
8. #131 Windhoek, Namibia
9. #141 Gaborone, Botswana
10. #150 Lusaka, Zambia
11. #163 Dakar, Senegal
12. #165 Accra, Ghana
13. #166 Libreville, Gabon
14. #172 Kampala, Uganda
15. #177 Cairo, Eqypt
16. #179 Banjul, Gambia
17. #181 Blantyre, Malawi
18. #182 Cotonou, Benin
19. #183 Maputo, Mozambique
20. #185 Algiers, Algeria
21. #186 Nairobi, Kenya
22. #189 Djibouti, Djibouti
23. #191 Kigali, Rwanda
24. #197 Douala, Cameroon
25. #198 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
26. #199 Luanda, Angola
27. #203 Lome, Togo
28. #208 Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
29. #209 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
30. #210 Harare, Zimbabwe
31. #212 Lagos, Nigeria
32. #213 Abuja, Nigeria
33. #214 Antananarivo, Madagascar
34. #216 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
35. #218 Tripoli, Libya
36. #218 Niamey, Niger
37. #220 Bamako, Mali
38. #221 Nouakchott, Mauritania
39. #222 Conakry, Guinea Republic
40. #223 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
41. #224 Brazzaville, Congo
42. #226 N'Djamena, Chad
43. #227 Khartoum, Sudan
44. #230 Bangui, Central African Republic

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