Cost of living comparison
Montenegro is 45.7% more expensive than Ecuador.
If you lived in Montenegro instead of Ecuador, you would:
pay 2.2 times more for restaurants
Ecuador
|
Montenegro
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$3.45
|
$10.03
€9.13
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.27
|
$6.98
€6.35
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.92
|
$2.07
€1.88
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.60
|
$1.47
€1.34
|
|
pay 23.2% more for groceries
Ecuador
|
Montenegro
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.65
|
$0.91
€0.83
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.79
|
$4.20
€3.83
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.08
|
$5.15
€4.69
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.95
|
$2.91
€2.65
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.44
|
$3.08
€2.80
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.92
|
$0.54
€0.49
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
|
$0.78
€0.71
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.64
|
$0.66
€0.60
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.52
|
$1.12
€1.02
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.50
|
$0.48
€0.44
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.47
|
$0.56
€0.51
|
|
pay 61.1% more for transportation
Ecuador
|
Montenegro
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.48
|
$6.19
€5.64
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.66
|
$35.69
€32.49
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$22,909.09
|
$25,337.87
€23,072.18
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$12.40
|
$10.16
€9.25
|
|
pay 73.0% more for housing
Ecuador
|
Montenegro
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$33.66
|
$27.71
€25.24
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$347.73
|
$604.28
€550.25
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$270.55
|
$455.38
€414.66
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$36.41
|
$97.48
€88.77
|
|
pay 33.9% more for childcare
Ecuador
|
Montenegro
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$219.10
|
$317.80
€289.38
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,167.67
|
$7,564.83
€6,888.39
|
|
pay 2.6% less for entertainment and sports
Ecuador
|
Montenegro
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.18
|
$2.74
€2.49
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.34
|
$2.09
€1.91
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.88
|
$3.64
€3.31
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$32.11
|
$40.01
€36.43
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.62
|
$5.66
€5.15
|
|
pay 13.8% more for clothing
Ecuador
|
Montenegro
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$52.21
|
$71.96
€65.53
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$44.65
|
$30.57
€27.84
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$95.02
|
$96.13
€87.53
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$81.02
|
$119.85
€109.13
|
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