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Santo Domingo vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Santo Domingo is 42.4% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 3.0% less in Santo Domingo
Transportation: pay 3.1 times more in Santo Domingo
Housing: pay 37.3% more in Santo Domingo
Childcare: pay 15.9% less in Santo Domingo
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.0% more in Santo Domingo
Clothing: pay 21.9% more in Santo Domingo

The cost of transportation, housing, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Santo Domingo are more expensive than in Mexico City. Expenses including childcare, restaurants, and groceries are lower in Santo Domingo. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Santo Domingo.

Santo Domingo vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Santo Domingo instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 3.0% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Santo Domingo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$206.41	$10.23 DOP629.95	+3.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$154.81	$6.60 DOP406.42	-11.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$22.44	$1.05 DOP64.66	-2.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$16.07	$0.77 DOP47.11	-1.0%
Average			-3.0%

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pay (unknown) more for groceries

	Mexico City	Santo Domingo
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$50.98	$1.90 DOP117.17	-22.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$101.18	$3.22 DOP198.08	-33.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$114.50	$4.91 DOP302.26	-10.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$45.38	$2.37 DOP145.77	+8.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$74.23	$2.89 DOP177.82	-19.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$25.40	$1.37 DOP84.52	+12.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$13.91	$0.35 DOP21.79	-47.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$16.61	$1.35 DOP83.18	+69.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.20	$0.79 DOP48.83	-4.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.69	$0.98 DOP60.57	+15.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.21	$1.09 DOP67.07	+31.7%

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pay 3.1 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Santo Domingo
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$96.41	$4.80 DOP295.48	+3.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$371.54	$82.54 DOP5,080.22	+361.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$387,024.84	$28,062.96 DOP1,727,275.18	+50.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$72.24	$18.61 DOP1,145.48	+435.6%
Average			+212.9%

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pay 37.3% more for housing

	Mexico City	Santo Domingo
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$506.87	$42.28 DOP2,602.20	+73.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$18,577.19	$732.50 DOP45,085.26	-18.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$11,315.20	$411.15 DOP25,306.30	-24.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$630.20	$66.16 DOP4,072.37	+118.3%
Average			+37.3%

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pay 15.9% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Santo Domingo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,928.15	$361.79 DOP22,268.30	-5.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$175,205.53	$6,176.69 DOP380,175.10	-26.7%
Average			-15.9%

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pay 1.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Santo Domingo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$56.76	$2.48 DOP152.41	-9.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$62.50	$2.58 DOP158.76	-14.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$81.53	$4.54 DOP279.41	+15.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,116.21	$44.94 DOP2,765.90	-16.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$103.21	$6.40 DOP393.72	+28.9%
Average			+1.0%

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pay 21.9% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Santo Domingo
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,171.69	$66.44 DOP4,089.58	+17.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$853.66	$56.74 DOP3,492.65	+38.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,912.62	$103.17 DOP6,350.28	+12.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,911.30	$109.66 DOP6,749.44	+19.3%
Average			+21.9%

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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: January 2025

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