Cost of living comparison
Tirana is 42.2% more expensive than Caracas.
If you lived in Tirana instead of Caracas, you would:
pay 12.1% less for restaurants
Caracas
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
$6.82
ALL636
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
$6.82
ALL636
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.26
VEF12.56
|
$1.57
ALL147
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.87
VEF8.65
|
$0.78
ALL73
|
|
pay 5.3% less for groceries
Caracas
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.23
VEF22.25
|
$0.88
ALL82
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.86
VEF28.55
|
$4.26
ALL397
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.06
VEF70.44
|
$6.34
ALL591
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.29
VEF22.79
|
$3.31
ALL309
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.66
VEF26.54
|
$3.10
ALL289
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.87
VEF18.65
|
$0.51
ALL48
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
VEF4.98
|
$0.91
ALL84
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.73
VEF7.24
|
$0.65
ALL61
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.68
VEF6.74
|
$0.64
ALL60
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.73
VEF7.31
|
$0.40
ALL38
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.74
VEF7.40
|
$0.40
ALL37
|
|
pay 77.2% more for transportation
Caracas
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.89
VEF18.88
|
$8.27
ALL771
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.00
VEF299.24
|
$15.60
ALL1,454
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$32,000.00
VEF319,184.03
|
$20,815.16
ALL1,940,961
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$17.00
VEF169.57
|
$26.32
ALL2,454
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for housing
Caracas
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$42.00
VEF418.93
|
$16.74
ALL1,561
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$360.00
VEF3,590.82
|
$496.12
ALL46,262
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$345.00
VEF3,441.20
|
$320.47
ALL29,883
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$10.46
VEF104.34
|
$72.54
ALL6,764
|
|
pay 71.8% more for childcare
Caracas
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$73.54
VEF733.54
|
$203.42
ALL18,968
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$5,633.33
VEF56,189.69
|
$3,770.26
ALL351,567
|
|
pay 2.2% more for entertainment and sports
Caracas
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.50
VEF14.96
|
$1.95
ALL182
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.79
VEF17.82
|
$1.51
ALL141
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.50
VEF34.91
|
$3.41
ALL318
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$51.31
VEF511.77
|
$40.37
ALL3,764
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.00
VEF59.85
|
$7.21
ALL673
|
|
pay 20.3% more for clothing
Caracas
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$42.19
VEF420.80
|
$52.10
ALL4,858
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.00
VEF379.03
|
$38.16
ALL3,558
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$75.77
VEF755.76
|
$83.51
ALL7,787
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$65.25
VEF650.84
|
$96.12
ALL8,963
|
|
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