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Costa Rica vs. Montenegro Cost of Living Summary

Costa Rica is 24.0% more expensive than Montenegro overall.

Restaurants: pay 6.8% less in Costa Rica
Groceries: pay 67.8% more in Costa Rica
Transportation: pay 27.7% more in Costa Rica
Housing: pay 10.3% more in Costa Rica
Childcare: pay 41.0% more in Costa Rica
Entertainment and Sports: pay 29.8% more in Costa Rica
Clothing: pay 2.0% less in Costa Rica

The cost of groceries, childcare, entertainment and sports, transportation, and housing in Costa Rica are more expensive than in Montenegro. Expenses including restaurants and clothing are lower in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica vs. Montenegro Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Costa Rica instead of Montenegro, you would:

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pay 6.8% less for restaurants

	Montenegro	Costa Rica
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.46 €10.74	$9.77 CRC4,857.39	-21.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.73 €8.39	$9.53 CRC4,739.57	-2.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.21 €1.91	$2.00 CRC995.21	-9.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.48 €1.28	$1.57 CRC781.41	+6.1%
Average			-6.8%

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pay 67.8% more for groceries

	Montenegro	Costa Rica
Bread 1 loaf	$1.05 €0.91	$2.54 CRC1,262.79	+141.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.67 €4.03	$4.50 CRC2,237.94	-3.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.04 €4.35	$7.52 CRC3,740.34	+49.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.22 €2.78	$2.80 CRC1,389.74	-13.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.61 €3.11	$3.83 CRC1,902.77	+6.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.63 €0.54	$1.78 CRC886.81	+184.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 €0.69	$0.62 CRC305.74	-23.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 €0.63	$1.65 CRC819.01	+126.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.25 €1.08	$1.24 CRC617.46	-0.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 €0.40	$1.28 CRC635.24	+176.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.54 €0.47	$1.10 CRC547.12	+103.3%
Average			+67.8%

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pay 27.7% more for transportation

	Montenegro	Costa Rica
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.61 €5.70	$5.47 CRC2,719.23	-17.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.99 €31.89	$54.59 CRC27,137.81	+47.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,199.43 €25,179.46	$36,444.91 CRC18,117,972.89	+24.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.07 €8.68	$15.68 CRC7,794.48	+55.7%
Average			+27.7%

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pay 10.3% more for housing

	Montenegro	Costa Rica
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.59 €27.24	$49.17 CRC24,446.08	+55.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$699.97 €603.60	$805.28 CRC400,329.95	+15.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$503.57 €434.24	$555.89 CRC276,349.98	+10.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$105.52 €91.00	$63.57 CRC31,602.67	-39.8%
Average			+10.3%

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pay 41.0% more for childcare

	Montenegro	Costa Rica
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$324.22 €279.59	$517.09 CRC257,060.35	+59.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,794.11 €6,721.07	$9,552.94 CRC4,749,083.93	+22.6%
Average			+41.0%

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pay 29.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Montenegro	Costa Rica
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.93 €2.52	$2.59 CRC1,285.81	-11.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 €2.19	$3.84 CRC1,908.38	+51.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.19 €3.61	$4.70 CRC2,336.25	+12.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.36 €38.25	$58.68 CRC29,171.56	+32.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.52 €4.76	$9.11 CRC4,527.37	+65.1%
Average			+29.8%

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pay 2.0% less for clothing

	Montenegro	Costa Rica
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$75.46 €65.07	$58.22 CRC28,941.22	-22.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.04 €33.67	$44.70 CRC22,222.99	+14.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$95.43 €82.29	$112.79 CRC56,072.28	+18.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$113.45 €97.83	$93.41 CRC46,435.67	-17.7%
Average			-2.0%

Montenegro vs. Costa Rica - Cost of clothing

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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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