Cost of living comparison

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Port Vila vs. Dodoma Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Port Vila instead of Dodoma, you would:

pay (unknown) more for restaurants

 
Dodoma
Port Vila
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant ?? $12.52
VUV1,503
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
?? $9.56
VUV1,147
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) ?? $2.55
VUV306

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pay (unknown) more for groceries

 
Dodoma
Port Vila
Bread
1 loaf
?? $2.54
VUV305
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $10.02
VUV1,202
Milk (1 gallon) ?? $9.06
VUV1,087

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

 
Dodoma
Port Vila
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $7.11
VUV853
Monthly public transit pass ?? $66.78
VUV8,014
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $22,956.84
VUV3M

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pay (unknown) more for housing

 
Dodoma
Port Vila
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $226.79
VUV27,213
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $1,906.11
VUV229K
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $1,278.71
VUV153K

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Dodoma
Port Vila
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $617.75
VUV74,127
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $6,795.22
VUV815K

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pay (unknown) more for entertainment and sports

 
Dodoma
Port Vila
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) ?? $4.81
VUV577
Cappuccino in mid-range area ?? $5.70
VUV684
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
?? $9.18
VUV1,102

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Dodoma
Port Vila
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $33.39
VUV4,007
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $66.78
VUV8,014
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? ??

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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: February 2026
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