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Ramnicu Valcea vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Ramnicu Valcea is 27.3% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 68.5% more in Ramnicu Valcea
Groceries: pay 11.7% more in Ramnicu Valcea
Transportation: pay 25.1% more in Ramnicu Valcea
Housing: pay 90.7% more in Ramnicu Valcea
Childcare: pay 13.7% more in Ramnicu Valcea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.9% more in Ramnicu Valcea
Clothing: pay 20.2% less in Ramnicu Valcea

The cost of housing, restaurants, transportation, childcare, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Ramnicu Valcea are more expensive than in Quito. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Ramnicu Valcea.

Ramnicu Valcea vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ramnicu Valcea instead of Quito, you would:

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pay 68.5% more for restaurants

	Quito	Ramnicu Valcea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$8.05 RON34.91	+61.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$6.90 RON29.92	-6.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$2.15 RON9.31	+89.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$1.69 RON7.31	+130.0%
Average			+68.5%

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pay 11.7% more for groceries

	Quito	Ramnicu Valcea
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.25 RON5.42	-22.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$4.42 RON19.18	+5.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$6.03 RON26.15	+48.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$3.33 RON14.42	+36.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$3.03 RON13.12	-14.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$0.57 RON2.49	-41.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$0.73 RON3.17	+43.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$0.63 RON2.71	+31.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$1.04 RON4.52	+78.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$0.45 RON1.93	-34.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.45 RON1.97	-3.4%
Average			+11.7%

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pay 25.1% more for transportation

	Quito	Ramnicu Valcea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$6.19 RON26.85	+135.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$23.00 RON99.73	-14.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$26,685.07 RON115,690.45	+33.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$6.21 RON26.93	-54.0%
Average			+25.1%

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pay 90.7% more for housing

	Quito	Ramnicu Valcea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$7.67 RON33.24	-73.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$448.59 RON1,944.80	+0.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$299.06 RON1,296.53	-5.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$135.74 RON588.50	+441.5%
Average			+90.7%

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pay 13.7% more for childcare

	Quito	Ramnicu Valcea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$456.02 RON1,977.01	+61.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$6,211.18 RON26,927.95	-33.6%
Average			+13.7%

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pay 1.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	Ramnicu Valcea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$2.53 RON10.97	+6.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$2.07 RON8.98	-30.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$5.75 RON24.93	-4.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$40.64 RON176.20	+5.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$9.20 RON39.89	+31.5%
Average			+1.9%

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pay 20.2% less for clothing

	Quito	Ramnicu Valcea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$59.21 RON256.70	-1.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$37.09 RON160.82	-20.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$66.71 RON289.23	-36.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$72.85 RON315.82	-21.5%
Average			-20.2%

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