Cost of living comparison
Cambodia is 86.6% more expensive than Paramaribo.
If you lived in Cambodia instead of Paramaribo, you would:
pay 23.1% less for restaurants
Paramaribo
|
Cambodia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.86
$170.86
|
$3.38
៛13,600.05
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.65
$268.74
|
$5.85
៛23,573.42
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.94
$32.93
|
$0.81
៛3,283.49
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.62
$21.79
|
$0.46
៛1,859.80
|
|
pay 18.6% more for groceries
Paramaribo
|
Cambodia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.19
$41.73
|
$1.57
៛6,345.32
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.00
$175.75
|
$6.44
៛25,962.42
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.45
$156.45
|
$7.76
៛31,278.05
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.11
$74.16
|
$1.82
៛7,341.00
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.54
$54.30
|
$1.96
៛7,883.99
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.93
$67.76
|
$1.44
៛5,818.55
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.59
$20.78
|
$0.53
៛2,139.77
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.81
$28.54
|
$1.42
៛5,713.76
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.97
$34.04
|
$0.61
៛2,444.71
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.47
$16.37
|
$0.56
៛2,252.28
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.37
$13.07
|
$0.50
៛1,998.41
|
|
pay 3.3% less for transportation
Paramaribo
|
Cambodia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.17
$111.44
|
$4.64
៛18,709.22
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$90.00
$3,163.50
|
$42.81
៛172,519.13
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,000.00
$1,054,500.00
|
$49,000.00
៛197,452,547.72
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$25.80
$907.00
|
$7.59
៛30,585.00
|
|
pay 17.5% less for housing
Paramaribo
|
Cambodia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$37.50
$1,318.12
|
$31.00
៛124,922.39
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$405.89
$14,267.02
|
$324.56
៛1,307,843.29
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$249.44
$8,767.75
|
$209.52
៛844,289.45
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$79.34
$2,788.74
|
$66.18
៛266,683.19
|
|
pay 7.6 times more for childcare
Paramaribo
|
Cambodia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$97.50
$3,427.12
|
$212.97
៛858,179.81
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$500.00
$17,575.00
|
$6,508.57
៛26,227,224.71
|
|
pay 28.3% more for entertainment and sports
Paramaribo
|
Cambodia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.50
$52.72
|
$0.90
៛3,626.68
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.00
$70.30
|
$2.20
៛8,848.88
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.25
$184.38
|
$1.53
៛6,165.36
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$13.68
$480.74
|
$43.83
៛176,615.93
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.51
$158.68
|
$5.50
៛22,163.04
|
|
pay 57.0% less for clothing
Paramaribo
|
Cambodia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$52.08
$1,830.47
|
$22.98
៛92,592.26
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.99
$1,616.62
|
$18.07
៛72,802.23
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$99.15
$3,485.19
|
$69.01
៛278,093.40
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$173.33
$6,092.67
|
$33.05
៛133,170.13
|
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