Travel Money Index

Your USD goes further in Ghana

+3.5% further

$2,000 now goes as far as $2,069.26 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 23,424 GHS

That is 784 GHS more than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $66.94 today.

GHS per 1 USD Then 11.32 · Today 11.71
1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in Ghana

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

580 GHS a night
1 more night
Costs you today
$49.52
Cost you 1 year ago
$51.24
Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

1,000 GHS a night
$2.96 less a night
Costs you today
$85.38
Cost you 1 year ago
$88.34
Eat Estimate

Street food or casual meal

54 GHS a meal
14 more meals
Costs you today
$4.61
Cost you 1 year ago
$4.77
Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

340 GHS a dinner
2 more dinners
Costs you today
$29.03
Cost you 1 year ago
$30.04
Do Estimate

Museum entry

130 GHS a ticket
6 more tickets
Costs you today
$11.10
Cost you 1 year ago
$11.48
Do Estimate

Guided day tour

620 GHS a tour
1 more tour
Costs you today
$52.94
Cost you 1 year ago
$54.77
Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

500 GHS a ride
1 more ride
Costs you today
$42.69
Cost you 1 year ago
$44.17
Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

410 GHS a ticket
1 more ticket
Costs you today
$35.01
Cost you 1 year ago
$36.22

Rate history

GHS per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

12.00 11.16 10.32 October 2025 Today
Rate 1 year ago
A price ofCosts you todayCost you 1 year ago
100 GHS$8.54$8.83
500 GHS$42.69$44.17
2,000 GHS$170.76$176.68
10,000 GHS$853.82$883.38

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates)