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Phnom Penh vs. Porto Seguro Cost of Living Summary

Phnom Penh is 39.6% more expensive than Porto Seguro.

Restaurants: pay 9.7% more in Phnom Penh
Groceries: pay 42.1% more in Phnom Penh
Transportation: pay 3.0% less in Phnom Penh
Housing: pay 91.8% more in Phnom Penh
Childcare: pay 2.6 times more in Phnom Penh
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.0% more in Phnom Penh
Clothing: pay 26.8% less in Phnom Penh

The cost of childcare, housing, groceries, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in Phnom Penh are more expensive than in Porto Seguro. Expenses including clothing and transportation are lower in Phnom Penh. Notably, childcare and housing are significantly more expensive in Phnom Penh.

Phnom Penh vs. Porto Seguro Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Phnom Penh instead of Porto Seguro, you would:

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pay 9.7% more for restaurants

	Porto Seguro	Phnom Penh
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.59 R$30.41	$5.00 KHR20,018.85	-10.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.80 R$37.00	$7.00 KHR28,026.39	+2.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.12 R$6.08	$0.93 KHR3,721.15	-16.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.56 R$3.04	$0.91 KHR3,656.62	+63.4%
Average			+9.7%

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pay 42.1% more for groceries

	Porto Seguro	Phnom Penh
Bread 1 loaf	$1.37 R$7.43	$1.65 KHR6,608.28	+20.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.43 R$24.07	$6.70 KHR26,825.26	+51.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.94 R$26.86	$8.17 KHR32,701.82	+65.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.66 R$25.34	$1.82 KHR7,282.41	-61.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.69 R$9.19	$2.01 KHR8,041.21	+18.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.85 R$4.60	$1.81 KHR7,249.19	+114.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.59 R$3.22	$0.88 KHR3,541.36	+49.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.76 R$4.14	$1.91 KHR7,663.87	+151.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.68 R$3.68	$0.73 KHR2,942.05	+8.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.63 R$3.45	$0.88 KHR3,511.09	+38.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.51 R$2.76	$0.54 KHR2,149.03	+5.8%
Average			+42.1%

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pay 3.0% less for transportation

	Porto Seguro	Phnom Penh
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.89 R$26.59	$4.33 KHR17,336.51	-11.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$65.22 R$354.75	$9.60 KHR38,436.20	-85.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,087.28 R$141,899.15	$49,000.00 KHR196,184,757.29	+87.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$9.05 KHR36,245.37
Average			-3.0%

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pay 91.8% more for housing

	Porto Seguro	Phnom Penh
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.14 R$87.81	$21.29 KHR85,223.90	+31.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$223.61 R$1,216.28	$481.60 KHR1,928,225.26	+115.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$139.75 R$760.17	$273.92 KHR1,096,705.90	+96.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.05 R$201.52	$82.99 KHR332,257.04	+124.0%
Average			+91.8%

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pay 2.6 times more for childcare

	Porto Seguro	Phnom Penh
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$293.33 KHR1,174,439.36
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,795.07 R$15,203.48	$7,141.67 KHR28,593,594.73	+155.5%
Average			+155.5%

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pay 8.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Porto Seguro	Phnom Penh
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.68 R$9.12	$1.21 KHR4,837.39	-28.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.05 R$11.15	$2.53 KHR10,114.79	+23.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$1.88 KHR7,507.07
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.36 R$121.63	$41.67 KHR166,823.77	+86.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.45 R$40.54	$3.75 KHR15,014.14	-49.7%
Average			+8.0%

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pay 26.8% less for clothing

	Porto Seguro	Phnom Penh
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$93.17 R$506.78	$25.75 KHR103,097.09	-72.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$55.90 R$304.07	$23.33 KHR93,421.31	-58.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.17 R$506.78	$88.00 KHR352,331.81	-5.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$46.58 R$253.39	$60.20 KHR241,026.99	+29.2%
Average			-26.8%

Porto Seguro vs. Phnom Penh - 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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