Cost of living comparison
Barbados is 81.6% more expensive than Montenegro.
If you lived in Barbados instead of Montenegro, you would:
pay 86.0% more for restaurants
Montenegro
|
Barbados
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.56
€7.95
|
$30.00
BBD60.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.22
€4.85
|
$10.41
BBD20.82
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.93
€1.79
|
$1.76
BBD3.51
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.38
€1.28
|
$1.43
BBD2.86
|
|
pay 2.7 times more for groceries
Montenegro
|
Barbados
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.85
€0.79
|
$2.61
BBD5.23
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.88
€3.60
|
$7.69
BBD15.38
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.85
€4.50
|
$13.27
BBD26.54
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.75
€2.56
|
$5.07
BBD10.13
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.92
€2.72
|
$5.36
BBD10.73
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.53
€0.49
|
$1.74
BBD3.47
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.69
€0.64
|
$1.29
BBD2.58
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.53
|
$1.73
BBD3.45
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.93
€0.86
|
$2.44
BBD4.88
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.39
€0.36
|
$1.27
BBD2.55
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.41
|
$1.64
BBD3.27
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for transportation
Montenegro
|
Barbados
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.17
€5.73
|
$7.94
BBD15.88
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$31.61
€29.35
|
$55.50
BBD111.00
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,324.04
€21,659.87
|
$42,500.00
BBD85,000.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$8.13
€7.55
|
$38.15
BBD76.30
|
|
pay 46.0% more for housing
Montenegro
|
Barbados
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$27.13
€25.20
|
$59.33
BBD118.67
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$508.64
€472.35
|
$630.61
BBD1,261.21
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$362.93
€337.03
|
$447.78
BBD895.56
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$84.67
€78.63
|
$100.02
BBD200.04
|
|
pay 9.6% less for childcare
Montenegro
|
Barbados
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$242.86
€225.54
|
$313.33
BBD626.67
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,565.21
€8,882.73
|
$4,944.44
BBD9,888.89
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports
Montenegro
|
Barbados
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.55
€2.37
|
$2.63
BBD5.26
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.70
€1.58
|
$4.50
BBD9.00
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.01
€3.72
|
$8.98
BBD17.96
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$34.67
€32.20
|
$82.23
BBD164.46
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.98
€4.63
|
$10.12
BBD20.25
|
|
pay 36.5% more for clothing
Montenegro
|
Barbados
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$56.33
€52.31
|
$67.75
BBD135.50
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$31.75
€29.49
|
$57.00
BBD114.00
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$86.76
€80.57
|
$142.01
BBD284.03
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$122.16
€113.44
|
$100.83
BBD201.67
|
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