Cost of Living Comparison

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Virginia is 4.6 times more expensive than Guyana.

If you lived in Virginia instead of Guyana, you would:

pay 75.4% more for restaurants

	Guyana	Virginia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.74 $1,161	$14.41	+151.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.69 $1,354	$7.11	+6.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13 $229	$1.92	+69.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.91 $184	$1.58	+74.6%
Average			+75.4%

Guyana vs. Virginia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 68.7% more for groceries

	Guyana	Virginia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.42 $287	$2.78	+96.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.33 $675	$5.81	+74.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.06 $1,428	$3.20	-54.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.41 $487	$2.03	-15.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.21 $447	$4.23	+91.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.63 $533	$2.21	-15.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.08 $218	$0.66	-38.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.52 $308	$1.75	+15.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.94 $190	$2.15	+129.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.42 $86	$1.45	+244.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 $84	$1.38	+231.4%
Average			+68.7%

Guyana vs. Virginia - Cost of groceries

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pay 49.7% more for transportation

	Guyana	Virginia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.94 $798	$2.33	-40.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$34.20 $6,919	$97.66	+185.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$11,474.65 $2,321,781	$21,231.67	+85.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$21.28 $4,305	$14.70	-30.9%
Average			+49.7%

Guyana vs. Virginia - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.0 times more for housing

	Guyana	Virginia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$55.32 $11,194	$69.40	+25.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$232.23 $46,988	$1,324.53	+470.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$150.26 $30,404	$1,071.94	+613.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$63.72 $12,893	$116.68	+83.1%
Average			+298.1%

Guyana vs. Virginia - Cost of housing

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pay 20.5 times more for childcare

	Guyana	Virginia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$55.38 $11,206	$1,002.73	+1710.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$856.61 $173,327	$19,613.10	+2189.6%
Average			+1950.1%

Guyana vs. Virginia - Cost of childcare

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pay 98.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Guyana	Virginia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.15 $435	$4.94	+129.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.03 $815	$4.25	+5.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.91 $387	$6.50	+239.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.30 $6,131	$43.07	+42.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.17 $1,451	$12.41	+73.1%
Average			+98.0%

Guyana vs. Virginia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 7.3% more for clothing

	Guyana	Virginia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$39.61 $8,016	$42.07	+6.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.22 $9,352	$36.30	-21.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.55 $15,893	$77.43	-1.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$65.57 $13,267	$95.45	+45.6%
Average			+7.3%

Guyana vs. Virginia - Cost of clothing

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