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Saint Lucia vs. Moldova Cost of Living Summary

Saint Lucia is 61.0% more expensive than Moldova overall.

Restaurants: pay 42.7% more in Saint Lucia
Groceries: pay 3.4 times more in Saint Lucia
Transportation: pay 0.5% more in Saint Lucia
Housing: pay 73.7% more in Saint Lucia
Childcare: pay 36.7% less in Saint Lucia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.0 times more in Saint Lucia
Clothing: pay 7.6% more in Saint Lucia

The cost of groceries, entertainment and sports, housing, restaurants, clothing, and transportation in Saint Lucia are more expensive than in Moldova. Notably, groceries and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia vs. Moldova Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Moldova, you would:

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pay 42.7% more for restaurants

	Moldova	Saint Lucia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.86 MDL150.03	$7.40 EC$20.00	-16.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.75 MDL131.28	$7.40 EC$20.00	-4.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.86 MDL14.64	$1.94 EC$5.25	+124.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 MDL9.84	$0.97 EC$2.63	+67.1%
Average			+42.7%

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pay 3.4 times more for groceries

	Moldova	Saint Lucia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.46 MDL7.73	$1.67 EC$4.52	+266.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.18 MDL87.65	$5.61 EC$15.17	+8.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.54 MDL76.84	$7.76 EC$20.96	+70.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.13 MDL36.09	$4.24 EC$11.46	+99.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.43 MDL41.07	$4.41 EC$11.93	+81.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.41 MDL6.92	$3.43 EC$9.27	+739.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.86 MDL14.52	$0.75 EC$2.04	-12.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.81 MDL13.75	$2.86 EC$7.72	+251.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MDL16.29	$3.01 EC$8.13	+212.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.34 MDL5.74	$2.62 EC$7.09	+673.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.27 MDL4.51	$0.78 EC$2.12	+194.7%
Average			+235.1%

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pay 0.5% more for transportation

	Moldova	Saint Lucia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.28 MDL89.33	$5.85 EC$15.82	+10.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$16.10 MDL272.64	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,784.24 MDL538,137.66	$28,676.62 EC$77,500.00	-9.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.21 MDL71.24	??
Average			+0.5%

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pay 73.7% more for housing

	Moldova	Saint Lucia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.63 MDL180.02	$41.07 EC$111.00	+286.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$424.82 MDL7,192.56	$461.11 EC$1,246.17	+8.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.71 MDL5,345.22	$391.61 EC$1,058.33	+24.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$104.05 MDL1,761.69	$79.23 EC$214.12	-23.9%
Average			+73.7%

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pay 36.7% less for childcare

	Moldova	Saint Lucia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$314.41 MDL5,323.29	$198.89 EC$537.50	-36.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,362.73 MDL107,727.15	??
Average			-36.7%

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pay 2.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Moldova	Saint Lucia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.61 MDL27.26	$3.89 EC$10.51	+141.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.68 MDL28.49	$3.70 EC$10.00	+119.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.36 MDL56.95	$9.25 EC$25.00	+175.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.99 MDL541.66	$49.03 EC$132.50	+53.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.42 MDL91.83	$7.03 EC$19.00	+29.6%
Average			+103.8%

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pay 7.6% more for clothing

	Moldova	Saint Lucia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.94 MDL964.04	$50.57 EC$136.67	-11.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.36 MDL818.74	$53.96 EC$145.83	+11.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$116.20 MDL1,967.45	$107.92 EC$291.67	-7.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.29 MDL1,596.49	$129.51 EC$350.00	+37.3%
Average			+7.6%

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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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