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Saint Lucia vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Saint Lucia is 53.0% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 38.1% more in Saint Lucia
Groceries: pay 2.6 times more in Saint Lucia
Transportation: pay 83.2% more in Saint Lucia
Housing: pay 71.7% more in Saint Lucia
Childcare: pay 29.8% less in Saint Lucia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 34.1% more in Saint Lucia
Clothing: pay 10.3% more in Saint Lucia

The cost of groceries, transportation, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and clothing in Saint Lucia are more expensive than in Quito. Notably, groceries and transportation are significantly more expensive in Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Quito, you would:

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pay 38.1% more for restaurants

	Quito	Saint Lucia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$7.40 EC$20.00	+48.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$7.40 EC$20.00	+0.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$1.94 EC$5.25	+71.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$0.97 EC$2.63	+32.5%
Average			+38.1%

Quito vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.6 times more for groceries

	Quito	Saint Lucia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.67 EC$4.52	+3.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$5.61 EC$15.17	+34.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$7.76 EC$20.96	+90.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$4.24 EC$11.46	+74.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$4.41 EC$11.93	+25.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$3.43 EC$9.27	+251.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$0.75 EC$2.04	+47.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$2.86 EC$7.72	+501.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$3.01 EC$8.13	+414.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$2.62 EC$7.09	+285.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.78 EC$2.12	+67.1%
Average			+163.3%

Quito vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of groceries

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pay 83.2% more for transportation

	Quito	Saint Lucia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$5.85 EC$15.82	+122.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$28,676.62 EC$77,500.00	+43.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	??
Average			+83.2%

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pay 71.7% more for housing

	Quito	Saint Lucia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$41.07 EC$111.00	+44.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$461.11 EC$1,246.17	+2.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$391.61 EC$1,058.33	+23.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$79.23 EC$214.12	+216.1%
Average			+71.7%

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pay 29.8% less for childcare

	Quito	Saint Lucia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$198.89 EC$537.50	-29.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	??
Average			-29.8%

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pay 34.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	Saint Lucia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$3.89 EC$10.51	+63.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$3.70 EC$10.00	+25.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$9.25 EC$25.00	+54.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$49.03 EC$132.50	+27.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$7.03 EC$19.00	+0.4%
Average			+34.1%

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pay 10.3% more for clothing

	Quito	Saint Lucia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$50.57 EC$136.67	-15.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$53.96 EC$145.83	+15.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$107.92 EC$291.67	+2.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$129.51 EC$350.00	+39.6%
Average			+10.3%

Quito vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of clothing

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