Cost of living comparison
San Salvador is 18.9% more expensive than Podgorica.
If you lived in San Salvador instead of Podgorica, you would:
pay 8.7% less for restaurants
Podgorica
|
San Salvador
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.58
€7.03
|
$10.00
SVC87.42
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.50
€6.03
|
$7.50
SVC65.56
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.01
€1.87
|
$1.05
SVC9.21
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.39
€1.29
|
$0.91
SVC7.96
|
|
pay 39.9% more for groceries
Podgorica
|
San Salvador
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.90
€0.84
|
$1.85
SVC16.19
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.78
€3.51
|
$3.20
SVC28.00
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.48
€5.09
|
$7.42
SVC64.86
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.98
€2.77
|
$3.05
SVC26.62
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.43
€3.18
|
$2.63
SVC22.99
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.55
€0.51
|
$1.29
SVC11.24
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.81
€0.76
|
$0.71
SVC6.25
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.61
€0.57
|
$0.95
SVC8.29
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.09
€1.01
|
$1.04
SVC9.06
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.43
€0.40
|
$0.93
SVC8.15
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.55
€0.51
|
$0.81
SVC7.05
|
|
pay 77.8% more for transportation
Podgorica
|
San Salvador
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.10
€5.66
|
$4.05
SVC35.44
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$32.49
€30.14
|
$25.00
SVC218.54
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$27,074.68
€25,118.53
|
$19,500.00
SVC170,463.46
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.85
€5.43
|
$29.00
SVC253.51
|
|
pay 33.4% more for housing
Podgorica
|
San Salvador
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$28.35
€26.31
|
$42.14
SVC368.40
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$570.08
€528.90
|
$842.86
SVC7,368.02
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$445.50
€413.31
|
$635.71
SVC5,557.23
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$83.22
€77.21
|
$78.66
SVC687.58
|
|
pay 28.0% less for childcare
Podgorica
|
San Salvador
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$213.35
€197.93
|
$165.62
SVC1,447.85
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,904.04
€6,405.23
|
$4,585.71
SVC40,087.01
|
|
pay 4.2% more for entertainment and sports
Podgorica
|
San Salvador
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.38
€2.21
|
$2.00
SVC17.48
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.86
€1.72
|
$3.04
SVC26.54
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.90
€3.62
|
$4.00
SVC34.97
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$37.90
€35.17
|
$29.88
SVC261.16
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.41
€5.02
|
$5.00
SVC43.71
|
|
pay 13.5% more for clothing
Podgorica
|
San Salvador
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$72.42
€67.19
|
$69.29
SVC605.68
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.28
€33.66
|
$54.86
SVC479.55
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$94.11
€87.31
|
$99.29
SVC867.93
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$102.88
€95.45
|
$104.43
SVC912.88
|
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