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Cabo Verde vs. Ecuador Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 43.6% more expensive than Ecuador overall.

Restaurants: pay 89.7% more in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 65.6% more in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 71.3% more in Cabo Verde
Childcare: pay 39.6% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.5% more in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 13.3% more in Cabo Verde

The cost of groceries, restaurants, housing, transportation, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Cabo Verde are more expensive than in Ecuador. Notably, groceries and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde vs. Ecuador Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Ecuador, you would:

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pay 89.7% more for restaurants

	Ecuador	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.56	$7.62 CVE717.56	+114.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.93	$7.18 CVE676.17	+3.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.91	$2.28 CVE214.99	+150.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.63	$1.19 CVE112.05	+90.1%
Average			+89.7%

Ecuador vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Ecuador	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.85 CVE174.45	+14.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.11	$9.18 CVE863.98	+195.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.00	$5.62 CVE529.45	+40.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28	$2.65 CVE249.14	+15.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55	$3.86 CVE363.84	+51.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.83	$1.60 CVE150.42	+92.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49	$1.17 CVE110.46	+137.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.52	$1.48 CVE139.78	+185.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.51	$2.05 CVE192.60	+304.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.57	$0.60 CVE56.62	+4.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46	$0.81 CVE76.08	+74.3%
Average			+101.5%

Ecuador vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of groceries

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pay 65.6% more for transportation

	Ecuador	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.52	$6.20 CVE583.60	+146.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$26.64	$30.66 CVE2,887.30	+15.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,000.00	$30,364.84 CVE2,859,126.58	+32.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.89	$18.41 CVE1,733.42	+69.0%
Average			+65.6%

Ecuador vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of transportation

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pay 71.3% more for housing

	Ecuador	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$29.34	$55.12 CVE5,190.13	+87.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$360.30	$408.47 CVE38,461.12	+13.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$278.34	$282.06 CVE26,558.46	+1.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$38.16	$107.81 CVE10,150.99	+182.5%
Average			+71.3%

Ecuador vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of housing

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pay 39.6% less for childcare

	Ecuador	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$233.05	$149.25 CVE14,053.61	-36.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,103.33	$2,897.28 CVE272,804.92	-43.2%
Average			-39.6%

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pay 3.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Ecuador	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.01	$3.41 CVE320.96	+69.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.43	$1.71 CVE161.44	-29.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.75	$4.97 CVE468.08	-13.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.69	$33.73 CVE3,175.89	+3.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.67	$5.86 CVE551.76	-12.2%
Average			+3.5%

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pay 13.3% more for clothing

	Ecuador	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$55.39	$60.02 CVE5,651.45	+8.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.48	$31.96 CVE3,009.61	-24.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.41	$85.23 CVE8,025.62	-12.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$76.05	$138.47 CVE13,037.77	+82.1%
Average			+13.3%

Ecuador 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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