Cost of living comparison
Mali is 21.9% more expensive than Montenegro.
If you lived in Mali instead of Montenegro, you would:
pay 31.7% less for restaurants
Montenegro
|
Mali
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.56
€8.00
|
$8.00
CFA4,906
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.22
€4.88
|
$4.83
CFA2,964
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.93
€1.81
|
$0.89
CFA546
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.38
€1.29
|
$0.57
CFA351
|
|
pay 31.1% more for groceries
Montenegro
|
Mali
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.85
€0.79
|
$0.87
CFA532
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.88
€3.63
|
$7.81
CFA4,792
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.85
€4.53
|
$8.20
CFA5,030
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.75
€2.57
|
$1.90
CFA1,163
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.92
€2.73
|
$3.43
CFA2,105
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.53
€0.49
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.69
€0.64
|
$0.48
CFA292
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.53
|
$1.07
CFA654
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.93
€0.87
|
$1.27
CFA779
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.39
€0.37
|
$0.46
CFA283
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.41
|
$0.61
CFA372
|
|
pay 46.8% more for transportation
Montenegro
|
Mali
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.17
€5.77
|
$4.89
CFA2,998
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$31.61
€29.55
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,324.04
€21,805.29
|
$50,000.00
CFA30,662,227
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$8.13
€7.60
|
?? | |
pay 79.7% more for housing
Montenegro
|
Mali
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$27.13
€25.37
|
$35.94
CFA22,041
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$508.64
€475.52
|
$1,000.00
CFA613,245
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$362.93
€339.29
|
$538.39
CFA330,165
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$84.67
€79.16
|
$204.36
CFA125,324
|
|
pay 25.5% more for childcare
Montenegro
|
Mali
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$242.86
€227.05
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,565.21
€8,942.37
|
$12,000.00
CFA7,358,934
|
|
pay 11.3% more for entertainment and sports
Montenegro
|
Mali
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.55
€2.38
|
$2.00
CFA1,226
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.70
€1.59
|
$2.01
CFA1,236
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.01
€3.75
|
$1.50
CFA920
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$34.67
€32.41
|
$69.94
CFA42,892
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.98
€4.66
|
$6.00
CFA3,679
|
|
pay 9.5% less for clothing
Montenegro
|
Mali
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$56.33
€52.66
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$31.75
€29.68
|
$25.00
CFA15,331
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$86.76
€81.12
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$122.16
€114.21
|
$125.00
CFA76,656
|
|
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