Cost of Living Comparison

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Pennsylvania is 80.4% more expensive than Lesotho.

If you lived in Pennsylvania instead of Lesotho, you would:

pay 80.0% more for restaurants

	Lesotho	Pennsylvania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.23 LSL56.12	$14.17	+234.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.84 LSL64.14	$7.53	+55.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.51 LSL20.04	$1.97	+30.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.51 LSL20.04	$1.51	-0.4%
Average			+80.0%

Lesotho vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Lesotho	Pennsylvania
Bread 1 loaf	$0.64 LSL8.42	$2.58	+306.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.68 LSL48.77	$5.53	+50.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.27 LSL56.65	$3.79	-11.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.67 LSL22.13	$2.16	+29.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.27 LSL30.06	$4.00	+76.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.76 LSL10.06	$2.20	+189.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 LSL10.18	$0.67	-13.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.78 LSL10.30	$2.45	+214.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.84 LSL11.15	$2.08	+147.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.69 LSL9.09	$1.53	+122.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.60 LSL8.00	$1.64	+172.4%
Average			+116.8%

Lesotho vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Lesotho	Pennsylvania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.06 LSL40.59	$2.63	-14.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.00 LSL397.65	$77.17	+157.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,566.30 LSL272,585.21	$22,567.68	+9.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.36 LSL57.72	$17.46	+300.9%
Average			+113.4%

Lesotho vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of transportation

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pay 93.7% more for housing

	Lesotho	Pennsylvania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$63.51 LSL841.81	$71.65	+12.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$574.65 LSL7,616.35	$1,037.78	+80.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$403.26 LSL5,344.81	$859.99	+113.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$55.51 LSL735.70	$148.69	+167.9%
Average			+93.7%

Lesotho vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Lesotho	Pennsylvania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$892.95
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$13,013.17

Lesotho vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of childcare

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pay 58.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Lesotho	Pennsylvania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.42 LSL32.07	$3.81	+57.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.42 LSL32.07	$3.96	+63.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$8.00
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.88 LSL462.33	$32.70	-6.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.29 LSL70.15	$11.51	+117.5%
Average			+58.1%

Lesotho vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 20.6% more for clothing

	Lesotho	Pennsylvania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$39.98 LSL529.90	$42.46	+6.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$20.11 LSL266.60	$35.80	+78.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$72.59 LSL962.07	$77.71	+7.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.98 LSL1,378.19	$94.98	-8.7%
Average			+20.6%

Lesotho vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of clothing

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