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Sucre vs. Maseru Cost of Living Summary

Sucre is 7.6% more expensive than Maseru.

Restaurants: pay 47.8% less in Sucre
Groceries: pay 20.3% less in Sucre
Transportation: pay 21.8% less in Sucre
Housing: pay 2.8 times more in Sucre
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.3% less in Sucre
Clothing: pay 34.2% less in Sucre

Expenses including restaurants, clothing, transportation, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Sucre. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Sucre.

Sucre vs. Maseru Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Sucre instead of Maseru, you would:

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pay 47.8% less for restaurants

	Maseru	Sucre
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.52 LSL196.78	$1.80 BOB12.43	-84.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.07 LSL137.75	$5.79 BOB39.87	-28.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.33 LSL22.63	$0.64 BOB4.42	-51.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 LSL13.45	$0.58 BOB3.98	-26.7%
Average			-47.8%

Maseru vs. Sucre - Cost of restaurants

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pay 20.3% less for groceries

	Maseru	Sucre
Bread 1 loaf	$0.74 LSL12.60	$1.44 BOB9.95	+95.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.65 LSL62.39	$2.20 BOB15.16	-39.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.99 LSL68.18	$3.27 BOB22.54	-18.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.44 LSL24.60	$1.73 BOB11.91	+20.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.68 LSL45.78	$1.36 BOB9.38	-49.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82 LSL13.95	$0.82 BOB5.63	-0.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.97 LSL16.63	$0.39 BOB2.69	-59.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.18 LSL20.09	$0.33 BOB2.25	-72.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.05 LSL17.86	$1.30 BOB8.97	+24.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68 LSL11.61	$0.20 BOB1.34	-71.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.70 LSL11.94	$0.33 BOB2.25	-53.3%
Average			-20.3%

Maseru vs. Sucre - Cost of groceries

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pay 21.8% less for transportation

	Maseru	Sucre
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.58 LSL78.13	$3.79 BOB26.08	-17.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.81 LSL491.95	$23.15 BOB159.49	-19.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,166.39 LSL344,363.01	$14,466.20 BOB99,680.01	-28.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.70 LSL97.41	??
Average			-21.8%

Maseru vs. Sucre - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.8 times more for housing

	Maseru	Sucre
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$32.68 LSL557.96	$26.00 BOB179.15	-20.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$145.97 LSL2,492.53	$501.26 BOB3,453.98	+243.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$73.94 LSL1,262.66	$315.31 BOB2,172.65	+326.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$10.83 BOB74.65
Average			+183.1%

Maseru vs. Sucre - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Maseru	Sucre
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$49.99 LSL853.69	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,133.16 LSL19,349.92	??

Maseru vs. Sucre - Cost of childcare

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pay 13.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Maseru	Sucre
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.02 LSL34.44	$1.42 BOB9.80	-29.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.82 LSL31.16	$2.43 BOB16.78	+33.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.90 LSL83.63	$1.88 BOB12.96	-61.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.09 LSL377.16	$23.05 BOB158.83	+4.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$6.53 BOB45.01
Average			-13.3%

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pay 34.2% less for clothing

	Maseru	Sucre
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$44.17 LSL754.32	$36.00 BOB248.06	-18.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.33 LSL688.73	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.79 LSL1,738.21	$72.00 BOB496.12	-29.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$144.05 LSL2,459.74	$65.00 BOB447.89	-54.9%
Average			-34.2%

Maseru vs. Sucre - Cost of clothing

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