Costa Rica is 62.2% more expensive than El Salvador.

If you lived in Costa Rica instead of El Salvador, you would:

pay 91.4% more for restaurants

 
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.83
SVC50.81
$9.42
₡4,763
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.91
SVC51.51
$8.16
₡4,129
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.71
SVC6.18
$1.73
₡874

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pay 16.1% more for groceries

 
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Bread
1 loaf
$1.83
SVC15.98
$1.87
₡947
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.97
SVC25.86
$4.15
₡2,100
Milk (1 gallon) $6.82
SVC59.42
$6.45
₡3,264

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pay 34.0% more for transportation

 
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.88
SVC33.84
$5.58
₡2,825
Monthly public transit pass $21.74
SVC189.37
$44.09
₡22,303
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $18,000.00
SVC156,796.90
$25,829.98
₡13,066,552

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pay 30.1% more for housing

 
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$43.89
SVC382.31
$53.15
₡26,885
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $610.09
SVC5,314.44
$813.71
₡411,630
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $369.44
SVC3,218.21
$522.16
₡264,146

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pay 3.0 times more for childcare

 
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $96.15
SVC837.54
$366.72
₡185,510
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $3,776.67
SVC32,898.31
$8,358.53
₡4,228,308

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pay 50.5% more for entertainment and sports

 
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
SVC13.07
$2.88
₡1,458
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.31
SVC20.09
$2.93
₡1,480
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.00
SVC34.84
$4.48
₡2,268

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pay 12.3% more for clothing

 
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$53.50
SVC466.04
$66.61
₡33,694
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$41.12
SVC358.24
$44.99
₡22,761
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$81.36
SVC708.75
$101.09
₡51,140

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