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San Salvador vs. Bandar Seri Begawan Cost of Living Summary

San Salvador is 12.6% more expensive than Bandar Seri Begawan.

Restaurants: pay 46.3% more in San Salvador
Groceries: pay 11.8% more in San Salvador
Transportation: pay 46.2% more in San Salvador
Housing: pay 24.6% more in San Salvador
Childcare: pay 27.4% less in San Salvador
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.7% less in San Salvador
Clothing: pay 4.4% more in San Salvador

The cost of restaurants, transportation, housing, groceries, and clothing in San Salvador are more expensive than in Bandar Seri Begawan. Expenses including childcare and entertainment and sports are lower in San Salvador.

San Salvador vs. Bandar Seri Begawan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Salvador instead of Bandar Seri Begawan, you would:

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pay 46.3% more for restaurants

	Bandar Seri Begawan	San Salvador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.68 BND4.70	$7.00 SVC61.25	+90.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.15 BND7.87	$7.00 SVC61.25	+13.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.97 BND1.25	$1.14 SVC9.93	+16.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.55 BND0.71	$0.91 SVC7.98	+64.4%
Average			+46.3%

Bandar Seri Begawan vs. San Salvador - Cost of restaurants

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pay 11.8% more for groceries

	Bandar Seri Begawan	San Salvador
Bread 1 loaf	$1.73 BND2.22	$1.95 SVC17.06	+12.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.61 BND4.62	$3.77 SVC32.95	+4.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.83 BND8.74	$6.84 SVC59.84	+0.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.24 BND2.87	$3.01 SVC26.33	+34.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.02 BND2.58	$2.99 SVC26.13	+48.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.40 BND1.80	$1.77 SVC15.50	+26.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.98 BND1.26	$0.76 SVC6.62	-23.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.32 BND1.68	$1.17 SVC10.20	-11.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.14 BND1.46	$1.22 SVC10.64	+6.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.76 BND0.98	$0.97 SVC8.47	+26.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.92 BND1.18	$0.98 SVC8.53	+5.9%
Average			+11.8%

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pay 46.2% more for transportation

	Bandar Seri Begawan	San Salvador
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.48 BND1.89	$3.82 SVC33.44	+158.9%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$15.00 SVC131.24
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,674.88 BND49,487.13	$25,500.00 SVC223K	-34.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$26.30 BND33.65	$29.93 SVC261.84	+13.8%
Average			+46.2%

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pay 24.6% more for housing

	Bandar Seri Begawan	San Salvador
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$68.09 BND87.13	$43.33 SVC379.14	-36.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$719.61 BND920.79	$900.00 SVC7,874.36	+25.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$451.29 BND577.45	$758.33 SVC6,634.88	+68.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$57.89 BND74.08	$82.16 SVC718.81	+41.9%
Average			+24.6%

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pay 27.4% less for childcare

	Bandar Seri Begawan	San Salvador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$156.63 BND200.42	$162.67 SVC1,423.22	+3.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$15,593.11 BND19,952.45	$6,420.00 SVC56,170.45	-58.8%
Average			-27.4%

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pay 17.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Bandar Seri Begawan	San Salvador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.93 BND2.47	$2.00 SVC17.50	+3.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.71 BND4.75	$3.25 SVC28.43	-12.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$15.47 BND19.79	$4.00 SVC35.00	-74.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.59 BND40.43	$30.80 SVC269.48	-2.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.41 BND6.93	$5.25 SVC45.93	-3.0%
Average			-17.7%

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pay 4.4% more for clothing

	Bandar Seri Begawan	San Salvador
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$95.43 BND122.11	$62.60 SVC547.71	-34.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$68.10 BND87.14	$45.83 SVC401.01	-32.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$116.07 BND148.52	$131.80 SVC1,153.16	+13.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$63.82 BND81.67	$109.17 SVC955.13	+71.0%
Average			+4.4%

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