The defaults describe a single person in a mid-range Accra suburb who takes trotros, cooks some meals and buys others. Change every line to match your own life.
Accra cost of living calculator
Build a realistic monthly budget for Accra - rent, food, trotro fares, ECG credit, water, data and gas - and compare it to the minimum wage.
What the defaults assume
- Rent at the mid-range one-bedroom figure of ₵2,500 a month. Remember that you pay this 12 months at a time. — The rent advance
- Food mostly from markets and chop bars rather than supermarkets. A plate of waakye is about ₵20.
- Transport by trotro, at ₵2.50 to ₵12, with the occasional Bolt trip at around ₵25.
- Electricity without air conditioning. AC roughly doubles this line on its own. — Electricity and dumsor
- Cooking gas at around ₵350 per refill, lasting a single person about two months.
The lines people forget
Funerals, family support, church or mosque contributions, weddings and outdoorings. For most Accra households these are a real and recurring expense, and they belong in the “everything else” line rather than being discovered later.
Funerals and social obligations
For context
- Daily minimum wage: ₵19.97, roughly ₵519 a month
- Median monthly earnings: around ₵1,200
Compare against your net pay, not your gross.