Cost of living comparison
Sao Tome and Principe is 18.1% more expensive than Lithuania.
If you lived in Sao Tome and Principe instead of Lithuania, you would:
pay 38.9% more for restaurants
Lithuania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$9.60
€8.96
|
$19.24
STD428,710
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.46
€6.04
|
$9.35
STD208,231
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.64
€1.53
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.44
€1.34
|
$1.10
STD24,498
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for groceries
Lithuania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.28
€1.20
|
$0.97
STD21,649
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.50
€4.20
|
$9.62
STD214,355
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.00
€4.67
|
$4.86
STD108,190
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.31
€2.16
|
$3.52
STD78,393
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.81
€2.62
|
$8.73
STD194,460
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.54
€0.51
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.66
€0.62
|
$0.50
STD11,112
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.73
€0.68
|
$1.75
STD38,892
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.13
€1.05
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
€0.26
|
$1.12
STD25,002
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.27
€0.25
|
$0.87
STD19,446
|
|
pay 30.3% less for transportation
Lithuania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.57
€6.14
|
$4.58
STD102,007
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.24
€28.25
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,112.58
€21,589.60
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.67
€6.23
|
?? | |
pay 21.9% less for housing
Lithuania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$13.14
€12.27
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$411.89
€384.75
|
$329.83
STD7,349,315
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$288.97
€269.92
|
$219.89
STD4,899,543
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$146.55
€136.89
|
?? | |
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Lithuania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$398.36
€372.11
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,476.89
€6,050.11
|
?? |
pay 4.8% less for entertainment and sports
Lithuania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.77
€3.52
|
$0.60
STD13,474
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.65
€2.48
|
$1.65
STD36,747
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.68
€4.37
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$35.04
€32.73
|
$35.18
STD783,927
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.90
€7.38
|
$19.79
STD440,959
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Lithuania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$78.17
€73.02
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$43.64
€40.76
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$78.57
€73.39
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$115.33
€107.73
|
?? |
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