Cost of living comparison
Port-au-prince is 14.9% cheaper than Road Town.
If you lived in Port-au-prince instead of Road Town, you would:
pay 2.4% more for restaurants
Road Town
|
Port-au-prince
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$22.50
|
$12.00
HTG1,593.87
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$11.50
|
$15.00
HTG1,992.34
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.25
|
$2.04
HTG271.40
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.67
|
$2.25
HTG298.85
|
|
pay 30.1% less for groceries
Road Town
|
Port-au-prince
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.94
|
$1.67
HTG222.45
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$9.00
|
$1.48
HTG196.92
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.53
|
$5.68
HTG754.18
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
?? |
$2.80
HTG371.28
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.54
|
$5.93
HTG788.19
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.04
|
$1.00
HTG132.82
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.13
|
$1.00
HTG132.82
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.91
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$3.18
|
$1.00
HTG132.82
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.81
|
$2.27
HTG301.24
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.36
|
?? | |
pay 5.9% more for transportation
Road Town
|
Port-au-prince
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.23
|
$2.51
HTG333.80
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? | ?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,000.00
|
$35,000.00
HTG4,648,786.76
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? | ?? | |
pay 7.1% less for housing
Road Town
|
Port-au-prince
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$122.33
|
$165.98
HTG22,045.98
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,500.00
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,266.67
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$152.94
|
$76.47
HTG10,157.01
|
|
pay 62.8% less for childcare
Road Town
|
Port-au-prince
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$312.50
|
$100.00
HTG13,282.25
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$16,200.00
|
$6,867.80
HTG912,198.45
|
|
pay 25.9% less for entertainment and sports
Road Town
|
Port-au-prince
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.00
|
$4.50
HTG597.70
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.83
|
$2.77
HTG367.27
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.40
|
$2.00
HTG265.64
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$160.00
|
$69.54
HTG9,236.68
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.00
|
?? | |
pay 13.5% more for clothing
Road Town
|
Port-au-prince
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$80.00
|
$80.00
HTG10,625.80
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
?? | ?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.00
|
$120.00
HTG15,938.70
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$160.00
|
$150.00
HTG19,923.37
|
|
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