Cost of living comparison
Sao Tome and Principe is 21.2% more expensive than Latvia.
If you lived in Sao Tome and Principe instead of Latvia, you would:
pay 62.2% more for restaurants
Latvia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.99
€8.35
|
$19.24
STD428,710
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.17
€5.73
|
$9.35
STD208,231
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.20
€1.12
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.10
€1.02
|
$1.10
STD24,498
|
|
pay 90.9% more for groceries
Latvia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.19
€1.11
|
$0.97
STD21,649
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.58
€4.25
|
$9.62
STD214,355
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.83
€4.49
|
$4.86
STD108,190
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.38
€2.21
|
$3.52
STD78,393
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.23
€3.00
|
$8.73
STD194,460
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.49
€0.45
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.73
€0.68
|
$0.50
STD11,112
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.87
€0.81
|
$1.75
STD38,892
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.31
€1.21
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.32
€0.29
|
$1.12
STD25,002
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.35
€0.33
|
$0.87
STD19,446
|
|
pay 37.5% less for transportation
Latvia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.32
€6.80
|
$4.58
STD102,007
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$38.37
€35.63
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$21,439.27
€19,909.58
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$7.64
€7.10
|
?? | |
pay 7.3% less for housing
Latvia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$16.90
€15.69
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$342.38
€317.95
|
$329.83
STD7,349,315
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$247.16
€229.52
|
$219.89
STD4,899,543
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$199.93
€185.66
|
?? | |
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Latvia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$261.48
€242.83
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$14,283.25
€13,264.14
|
?? |
pay 2.3% less for entertainment and sports
Latvia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.94
€2.73
|
$0.60
STD13,474
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.55
€2.37
|
$1.65
STD36,747
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.55
€4.23
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$37.76
€35.06
|
$35.18
STD783,927
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.56
€7.02
|
$19.79
STD440,959
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Latvia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$68.48
€63.59
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$40.46
€37.57
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$75.05
€69.69
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$104.60
€97.14
|
?? |
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