Cost of living comparison
Paramaribo is 19.9% more expensive than Quito.
If you lived in Paramaribo instead of Quito, you would:
pay 13.1% more for restaurants
Quito
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$3.75
|
$4.86
$169.41
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.00
|
$7.65
$266.47
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.81
|
$0.94
$32.65
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.63
|
$0.62
$21.60
|
|
pay 32.4% more for groceries
Quito
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.56
|
$1.19
$41.38
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.65
|
$5.00
$174.26
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.73
|
$4.45
$155.13
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.72
|
$2.11
$73.53
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.39
|
$1.54
$53.84
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.77
|
$1.93
$67.19
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.46
|
$0.59
$20.60
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.55
|
$0.81
$28.30
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.49
|
$0.97
$33.75
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.57
|
$0.47
$16.23
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.48
|
$0.37
$12.96
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for transportation
Quito
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.90
|
$3.17
$110.50
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.50
|
$90.00
$3,136.72
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,000.00
|
$30,000.00
$1,045,575.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.50
|
$25.80
$899.33
|
|
pay 39.1% more for housing
Quito
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$37.59
|
$37.50
$1,306.97
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$458.75
|
$405.89
$14,146.27
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$251.88
|
$249.44
$8,693.54
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$29.49
|
$79.34
$2,765.14
|
|
pay 77.1% less for childcare
Quito
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$252.31
|
$97.50
$3,398.12
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,961.11
|
$500.00
$17,426.25
|
|
pay 33.6% less for entertainment and sports
Quito
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.50
|
$1.50
$52.28
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.75
|
$2.00
$69.70
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.75
|
$5.25
$182.82
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$41.46
|
$13.68
$476.67
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.00
|
$4.51
$157.34
|
|
pay 24.4% more for clothing
Quito
|
Paramaribo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$53.53
|
$52.08
$1,814.98
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.71
|
$45.99
$1,602.94
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$100.31
|
$99.15
$3,455.69
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$86.25
|
$173.33
$6,041.10
|
|
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