Cost of living comparison
Santo Domingo is 2.1 times more expensive than Buenos Aires.
If you lived in Santo Domingo instead of Buenos Aires, you would:
pay 2.6% more for restaurants
Buenos Aires
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.00
$6,119.30
|
$9.57
$562.60
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.00
$4,370.93
|
$7.30
$429.04
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.03
$899.30
|
$0.76
$44.44
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.90
$784.37
|
$0.49
$28.60
|
|
pay 83.5% more for groceries
Buenos Aires
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.34
$1,172.99
|
$2.22
$130.32
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.51
$3,071.77
|
$3.54
$208.00
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.15
$2,757.18
|
$4.92
$288.88
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.46
$1,274.82
|
$2.00
$117.27
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.76
$1,541.89
|
$2.78
$163.11
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.66
$576.85
|
$1.34
$78.47
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.57
$495.37
|
$0.29
$16.84
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.31
$270.96
|
$1.25
$73.17
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.67
$587.81
|
$0.63
$37.13
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.30
$260.60
|
$0.69
$40.32
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.33
$292.32
|
$1.08
$63.57
|
|
pay 5.2 times more for transportation
Buenos Aires
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.52
$3,074.21
|
$4.93
$289.78
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$6.80
$5,944.46
|
$91.26
$5,362.97
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,000.00
$21,854,637.27
|
$33,765.29
$1,984,300.31
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.00
$4,370.93
|
$22.77
$1,337.94
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for housing
Buenos Aires
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$23.47
$20,519.23
|
$50.90
$2,991.35
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$313.32
$273,900.20
|
$918.25
$53,962.98
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$225.62
$197,229.70
|
$473.61
$27,832.66
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$36.96
$32,308.85
|
$73.91
$4,343.44
|
|
pay 98.3% more for childcare
Buenos Aires
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$187.40
$163,822.36
|
$479.10
$28,155.61
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$5,653.81
$4,942,477.36
|
$7,969.82
$468,366.38
|
|
pay 64.5% more for entertainment and sports
Buenos Aires
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.00
$1,748.37
|
$2.74
$160.89
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.72
$1,501.24
|
$2.27
$133.40
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.00
$1,748.37
|
$4.56
$268.15
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$22.07
$19,293.96
|
$45.61
$2,680.15
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.00
$4,370.93
|
$5.93
$348.59
|
|
pay 3.6% less for clothing
Buenos Aires
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$67.11
$58,663.01
|
$61.04
$3,587.23
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$57.53
$50,294.98
|
$45.17
$2,654.67
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$107.00
$93,540.76
|
$118.63
$6,971.87
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$98.70
$86,283.63
|
$103.81
$6,100.38
|
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