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Dominican Republic vs. Lesotho Cost of Living Summary

Dominican Republic is 84.7% more expensive than Lesotho overall.

Restaurants: pay 27.3% less in Dominican Republic
Groceries: pay 6.7% more in Dominican Republic
Transportation: pay 76.5% more in Dominican Republic
Housing: pay 3.0 times more in Dominican Republic
Childcare: pay 4.3 times more in Dominican Republic
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.3% more in Dominican Republic
Clothing: pay 12.6% less in Dominican Republic

The cost of childcare, housing, transportation, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Dominican Republic are more expensive than in Lesotho. Expenses including restaurants and clothing are lower in Dominican Republic. Notably, childcare, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic vs. Lesotho Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Dominican Republic instead of Lesotho, you would:

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pay 27.3% less for restaurants

	Lesotho	Dominican Republic
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.52 LSL194.11	$6.57 DOP419.50	-43.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.07 LSL135.88	$7.06 DOP450.97	-12.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.33 LSL22.32	$0.92 DOP59.04	-30.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 LSL13.26	$0.60 DOP38.45	-23.5%
Average			-27.3%

Lesotho vs. Dominican Republic - Cost of restaurants

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pay 6.7% more for groceries

	Lesotho	Dominican Republic
Bread 1 loaf	$0.74 LSL12.43	$1.44 DOP91.98	+95.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.65 LSL61.55	$3.10 DOP197.68	-15.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.99 LSL67.26	$4.52 DOP288.45	+13.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.44 LSL24.26	$1.74 DOP111.14	+20.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.68 LSL45.16	$2.20 DOP140.19	-18.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82 LSL13.76	$1.17 DOP74.97	+43.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.97 LSL16.41	$0.37 DOP23.76	-61.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.18 LSL19.82	$1.09 DOP69.89	-7.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.05 LSL17.62	$0.70 DOP44.88	-32.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68 LSL11.45	$0.67 DOP42.92	-1.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.70 LSL11.78	$0.96 DOP61.36	+37.4%
Average			+6.7%

Lesotho vs. Dominican Republic - Cost of groceries

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pay 76.5% more for transportation

	Lesotho	Dominican Republic
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.58 LSL77.07	$4.63 DOP295.82	+1.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.81 LSL485.28	$31.27 DOP1,996.77	+8.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,166.39 LSL339,696.04	$27,585.12 DOP1,761,309.67	+36.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.70 LSL96.09	$20.50 DOP1,309.08	+259.4%
Average			+76.5%

Lesotho vs. Dominican Republic - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.0 times more for housing

	Lesotho	Dominican Republic
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$32.68 LSL550.40	$31.80 DOP2,030.18	-2.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$145.97 LSL2,458.75	$495.90 DOP31,663.49	+239.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$73.94 LSL1,245.55	$352.53 DOP22,509.31	+376.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$49.81 DOP3,180.24
Average			+204.6%

Lesotho vs. Dominican Republic - Cost of housing

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pay 4.3 times more for childcare

	Lesotho	Dominican Republic
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$49.99 LSL842.12	$203.07 DOP12,966.31	+306.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,133.16 LSL19,087.68	$5,232.64 DOP334,104.37	+361.8%
Average			+334.0%

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pay 11.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Lesotho	Dominican Republic
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.02 LSL33.97	$2.40 DOP153.03	+18.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.82 LSL30.73	$1.93 DOP123.27	+5.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.90 LSL82.50	$4.53 DOP289.32	-7.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.09 LSL372.05	$28.27 DOP1,804.92	+28.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$6.24 DOP398.14
Average			+11.3%

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pay 12.6% less for clothing

	Lesotho	Dominican Republic
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$44.17 LSL744.10	$44.65 DOP2,850.82	+1.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.33 LSL679.39	$43.79 DOP2,795.87	+8.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.79 LSL1,714.66	$75.83 DOP4,841.97	-25.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$144.05 LSL2,426.40	$93.99 DOP6,001.38	-34.7%
Average			-12.6%

Lesotho vs. Dominican Republic - 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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