Bouira
- Population
- 69,000
- Coordinates
- 36.37ยฐ N, 3.90ยฐ E
- Time zone
- Africa/Algiers
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $362 a month in Bouira, rent included: 94% less than in New York. The average net salary is $395 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Bouira; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%65
- Safetycountry20%49
- Health carecountry15%52
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%43
- Connectivitycountry10%38
- Cost10%96
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Bouira | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $3.44 | $25.00 | โ86% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $28.70 | $140 | โ80% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $4.44 | $14.00 | โ68% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.30 | $8.00 | โ71% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.30 | $10.00 | โ77% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $1.13 | $6.37 | โ82% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.63 | $3.80 | โ83% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.29 | $2.89 | โ90% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.57 | $1.36 | โ58% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.14 | $4.68 | โ97% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.16 | $6.97 | โ83% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.21 | $5.73 | โ79% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.14 | $17.38 | โ53% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $3.09 | $15.11 | โ80% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $11.48 | $17.77 | โ35% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.12 | $6.11 | โ65% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.53 | $2.20 | +15% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $0.97 | $5.77 | โ83% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $0.83 | $6.25 | โ87% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.62 | $3.47 | โ82% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.49 | $4.17 | โ88% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.80 | $2.72 | โ71% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.27 | $2.50 | โ89% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $6.89 | $20.00 | โ66% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.15 | $3.21 | โ64% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.72 | $3.96 | โ57% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $2.30 | $19.00 | โ88% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | โ | $3.00 | โ |
| Monthly pass, regular price | โ | $140 | โ |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $0.57 | $3.00 | โ81% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.46 | $2.18 | โ79% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $5.74 | $42.00 | โ86% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.35 | $1.10 | โ68% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $36,160 | $35,458 | +2% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $35,218 | $25,309 | +39% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mยฒ apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | โ | โ | โ |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $7.92 | $73.50 | โ89% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $12.63 | $71.93 | โ82% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | โ | $126 | โ |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $5.43 | $62.38 | โ91% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $3.96 | $23.00 | โ83% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $63.23 | $3,366 | โ98% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $6,514 | $60,589 | โ89% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $33.06 | $72.80 | โ55% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $35.59 | $53.22 | โ33% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $70.80 | $118 | โ40% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $82.60 | $125 | โ34% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $71.14 | $4,417 | โ98% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $23.71 | $3,033 | โ99% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $119 | $9,242 | โ99% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $79.04 | $5,461 | โ99% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $728 | $18,759 | โ96% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $430 | $6,523 | โ93% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $395 | $5,178 | โ92% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.30% | 6.49% | โ1.2 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | โ | $71.14 | $395 |
| Nov 2025 | โ | โ | $395 |
| Aug 2025 | โ | $72.13 | $401 |
| May 2025 | โ | $69.31 | $385 |
| Apr 2025 | โ | $70.93 | $394 |
| Mar 2025 | โ | $65.76 | $365 |
| Feb 2025 | โ | $64.38 | $358 |
| Jan 2025 | โ | $64.19 | $357 |
| Dec 2024 | โ | $65.03 | $230 |
| Oct 2024 | โ | $67.23 | $238 |
| Sep 2024 | โ | $68.64 | $313 |
| Aug 2024 | โ | $67.09 | $373 |
| Jul 2024 | โ | $66.40 | $369 |
| Jun 2024 | โ | $67.04 | $372 |
| May 2024 | 11.8 | $66.19 | $368 |
| Apr 2024 | 13.5 | $67.30 | $374 |
| Mar 2024 | 13.6 | โ | โ |
| Feb 2024 | โ | โ | โ |
| Jan 2024 | โ | โ | โ |
| Dec 2023 | โ | $111 | $260 |
| Nov 2023 | โ | $110 | $257 |
| Oct 2023 | โ | $109 | $255 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Algeria's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Bouira yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Bouira. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Bouira on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Bouira yet.
- Annual mean
- โ
- Warmest month
- โ
- Coldest month
- โ
- Rain a year
- โ
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- โ
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- โ
- Clear-sky daysA year
- โ
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 ยฐC
- โ
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Bouira.
Internet
Algeria median; city not listed- Upload
- 32Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 8ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 77Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 22ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 7.3Years of income, 90 mยฒ flat
- Price to rent
- 48.6Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 2.1%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- โ20-year fixed
- 80 mยฒ in the centre
- 12.3Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Bouira
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 4Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 2 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 93%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026