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Cabo Verde vs. Costa Rica Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 15.2% cheaper than Costa Rica overall.

Restaurants: pay 14.2% less in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 9.3% more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 7.4% less in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 4.2% less in Cabo Verde
Childcare: pay 70.4% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 19.2% less in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 0.4% less in Cabo Verde

Expenses including childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, housing, and clothing are lower in Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde vs. Costa Rica Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Costa Rica, you would:

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pay 14.2% less for restaurants

	Costa Rica	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.77 CRC4,857.39	$7.62 CVE724.49	-22.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.53 CRC4,739.57	$7.18 CVE682.70	-24.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.00 CRC995.21	$2.28 CVE217.07	+14.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.57 CRC781.41	$1.19 CVE113.14	-24.3%
Average			-14.2%

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pay 9.3% more for groceries

	Costa Rica	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$2.54 CRC1,262.79	$1.85 CVE176.13	-27.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.50 CRC2,237.94	$9.18 CVE872.32	+103.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.52 CRC3,740.34	$5.62 CVE534.56	-25.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.80 CRC1,389.74	$2.65 CVE251.54	-5.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.83 CRC1,902.77	$3.86 CVE367.35	+1.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.78 CRC886.81	$1.60 CVE151.87	-10.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.62 CRC305.74	$1.17 CVE111.52	+90.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.65 CRC819.01	$1.48 CVE141.13	-9.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.24 CRC617.46	$2.05 CVE194.46	+64.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.28 CRC635.24	$0.60 CVE57.16	-52.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.10 CRC547.12	$0.81 CVE76.81	-26.6%
Average			+9.3%

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pay 7.4% less for transportation

	Costa Rica	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.47 CRC2,719.23	$6.20 CVE589.23	+13.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$54.59 CRC27,137.81	$30.66 CVE2,915.18	-43.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,444.91 CRC18,117,972.89	$30,364.84 CVE2,886,735.02	-16.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$15.68 CRC7,794.48	$18.41 CVE1,750.16	+17.4%
Average			-7.4%

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pay 4.2% less for housing

	Costa Rica	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$49.17 CRC24,446.08	$55.12 CVE5,240.24	+12.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$805.28 CRC400,329.95	$408.47 CVE38,832.51	-49.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$555.89 CRC276,349.98	$282.06 CVE26,814.92	-49.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$63.57 CRC31,602.67	$107.81 CVE10,249.01	+69.6%
Average			-4.2%

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pay 70.4% less for childcare

	Costa Rica	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$517.09 CRC257,060.35	$149.25 CVE14,189.32	-71.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,552.94 CRC4,749,083.93	$2,897.28 CVE275,439.20	-69.7%
Average			-70.4%

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pay 19.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Costa Rica	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.59 CRC1,285.81	$3.41 CVE324.06	+31.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.84 CRC1,908.38	$1.71 CVE163.00	-55.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.70 CRC2,336.25	$4.97 CVE472.60	+5.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.68 CRC29,171.56	$33.73 CVE3,206.56	-42.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.11 CRC4,527.37	$5.86 CVE557.09	-35.7%
Average			-19.2%

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pay 0.4% less for clothing

	Costa Rica	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.22 CRC28,941.22	$60.02 CVE5,706.03	+3.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$44.70 CRC22,222.99	$31.96 CVE3,038.67	-28.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$112.79 CRC56,072.28	$85.23 CVE8,103.12	-24.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$93.41 CRC46,435.67	$138.47 CVE13,163.67	+48.2%
Average			-0.4%

Costa Rica vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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