Cost of living comparison
Paramaribo is 26.1% cheaper than Basseterre.
If you lived in Paramaribo instead of Basseterre, you would:
pay 60.4% less for restaurants
Basseterre
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$22.20
EC$60.00
|
$6.74
SRD212.90
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$13.98
EC$37.77
|
$7.34
SRD231.66
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.04
EC$5.50
|
$1.03
SRD32.38
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.28
EC$6.17
|
$0.58
SRD18.17
|
|
pay 18.3% more for groceries
Basseterre
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$4.07
EC$10.99
|
$1.22
SRD38.56
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.51
EC$14.88
|
$6.54
SRD206.60
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$12.19
EC$32.94
|
$5.02
SRD158.35
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.99
EC$16.20
|
$3.05
SRD96.25
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.63
EC$15.21
|
$2.04
SRD64.56
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.01
EC$2.72
|
$2.27
SRD71.62
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.11
EC$3.00
|
$0.93
SRD29.52
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.84
EC$2.27
|
$1.23
SRD38.99
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.66
EC$1.79
|
$2.54
SRD80.34
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.50
EC$1.36
|
$0.50
SRD15.64
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.71
EC$1.93
|
$0.61
SRD19.12
|
|
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Basseterre
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) | ?? |
$4.11
SRD129.65
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$90.00
SRD2,841.48
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$25,000.00
SRD789,300.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$26.18
SRD826.40
|
pay 37.0% less for housing
Basseterre
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
?? |
$31.82
SRD1,004.50
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$700.00
EC$1,891.78
|
$509.69
SRD16,091.88
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center | ?? |
$205.88
SRD6,500.13
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$76.47
EC$206.67
|
$40.77
SRD1,287.10
|
|
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Basseterre
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly | ?? |
$44.54
SRD1,406.22
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$420.77
SRD13,284.62
|
pay 25.4% less for entertainment and sports
Basseterre
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.22
EC$6.00
|
$1.60
SRD50.58
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.70
EC$10.00
|
$1.89
SRD59.54
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.55
EC$15.00
|
$5.64
SRD178.21
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym | ?? |
$13.45
SRD424.54
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.29
EC$17.00
|
$4.63
SRD146.33
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Basseterre
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
?? |
$29.12
SRD919.37
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
?? |
$28.05
SRD885.65
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
?? |
$75.52
SRD2,384.26
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) | ?? |
$140.56
SRD4,437.85
|
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