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Burundi

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El Salvador

San Salvador vs. Bujumbura Cost of Living Summary

San Salvador is 81.9% more expensive than Bujumbura.

Restaurants: pay 45.3% more in San Salvador
Groceries: pay 14.4% more in San Salvador
Transportation: pay 4.2% more in San Salvador
Housing: pay 3.8 times more in San Salvador
Childcare: pay 12.3% less in San Salvador
Entertainment and Sports: pay 44.7% more in San Salvador

The cost of housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, and transportation in San Salvador are more expensive than in Bujumbura. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in San Salvador.

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San Salvador vs. Bujumbura Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Salvador instead of Bujumbura, you would:

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pay 45.3% more for restaurants

	Bujumbura	San Salvador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.85 BIF11,557	$6.75 SVC59.07	+75.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.81 BIF11,436	$7.00 SVC61.25	+83.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.76 BIF5,274	$1.14 SVC10.01	-34.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.35 BIF4,056	$0.83 SVC7.29	-38.4%
Average			+45.3%

Bujumbura vs. San Salvador - Cost of restaurants

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pay 14.4% more for groceries

	Bujumbura	San Salvador
Bread 1 loaf	$2.01 BIF6,019	$2.85 SVC24.94	+42.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.16 BIF12,491	$3.85 SVC33.72	-7.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.80 BIF11,392	$6.95 SVC60.82	+83.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.60 BIF10,806	$3.02 SVC26.39	-16.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.07 BIF15,208	$3.16 SVC27.66	-37.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.65 BIF7,945	$2.29 SVC20.07	-13.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$0.63 SVC5.54
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 BIF2,730	$1.18 SVC10.35	+30.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.76 BIF2,266	$1.56 SVC13.68	+107.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$1.33 SVC11.65
Onions (1 lb)	??	$1.49 SVC13.05
Average			+14.4%

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pay 4.2% more for transportation

	Bujumbura	San Salvador
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.04 BIF15,131	$4.75 SVC41.60	-5.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.09 BIF90,283	$37.50 SVC328.14	+24.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$25,000.00 SVC219K
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$31.70 BIF95,096	$30.00 SVC262.51	-5.4%
Average			+4.2%

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pay 3.8 times more for housing

	Bujumbura	San Salvador
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$67.62 BIF203K	$42.50 SVC371.89	-37.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$433.02 BIF1M	$898.99 SVC7,866.53	+107.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$90.78 BIF272K	$770.00 SVC6,737.80	+748.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$99.35 SVC869.38
Average			+275.3%

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pay 12.3% less for childcare

	Bujumbura	San Salvador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$99.93 BIF300K	$162.67 SVC1,423.40	+62.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,992.86 BIF30M	$4,720.00 SVC41,301.84	-52.8%
Average			-12.3%

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pay 44.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Bujumbura	San Salvador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.17 BIF6,507	$2.00 SVC17.50	-7.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.03 BIF9,083	$3.55 SVC31.02	+17.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$4.00 SVC35.00
Monthly membership at local gym	$26.65 BIF79,943	$31.60 SVC276.51	+18.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.67 BIF4,996	$5.00 SVC43.75	+200.2%
Average			+44.7%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Bujumbura	San Salvador
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$67.15 SVC587.59
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$47.00 SVC411.27
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$118.33 SVC1,035.46
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$117.00 SVC1,023.80

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