Below you’ll find a chart of average prices across Nicaragua in US$ at the prevailing exchange rate.

Highlighting some of the particulars…

You can get a decent meal for 1 at an inexpensive restaurant for US$7. A meal at McDonald’s will set you back US$6.52.

Local beer is less than a US$2.00, as is a liter of milk. If you’d like to take a taxi to town, you’ll pay about US$23 for 30 kilometers (19 miles).  And if you’d like the taxi driver to wait for an hour while you shop, you’ll pay just over US$8.

Electricity should run you around US$70 and decent internet slightly over US$50. Rents vary depending on the area but you can easily find something for under US$550 a month.

Please take a look at the table below to get a better idea of the average cost of living in Nicaragua.