Cost of living comparison
Vientiane is 22.4% cheaper than Road Town.
If you lived in Vientiane instead of Road Town, you would:
pay 69.0% less for restaurants
Road Town
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$22.50
|
$3.00
₭63,622
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$11.50
|
$5.00
₭106,037
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.25
|
$0.92
₭19,477
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.67
|
$0.44
₭9,359
|
|
pay 10.4% less for groceries
Road Town
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.94
|
$1.93
₭40,930
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$9.00
|
$5.94
₭126,074
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.53
|
$10.37
₭219,905
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
?? |
$2.08
₭44,018
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.54
|
$2.37
₭50,259
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.04
|
$2.02
₭42,890
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.13
|
$0.52
₭10,992
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.91
|
$1.57
₭33,359
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$3.18
|
$2.25
₭47,655
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.81
|
$1.57
₭33,359
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.36
|
$1.57
₭33,359
|
|
pay 91.3% more for transportation
Road Town
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.23
|
$5.24
₭111,161
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$5.94
₭126,074
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,000.00
|
$59,448.31
₭1,260,743,079
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$13.89
₭294,563
|
|
pay 35.9% less for housing
Road Town
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$122.33
|
$168.24
₭3,567,893
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,500.00
|
$499.61
₭10,595,401
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,266.67
|
$274.31
₭5,817,467
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$152.94
|
$97.98
₭2,077,856
|
|
pay 72.3% less for childcare
Road Town
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$312.50
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$16,200.00
|
$4,490.81
₭95,238,225
|
|
pay 54.4% less for entertainment and sports
Road Town
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.00
|
$1.13
₭23,934
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.83
|
$2.10
₭44,467
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.40
|
$2.04
₭43,231
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$160.00
|
$34.22
₭725,658
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.00
|
$5.00
₭106,037
|
|
pay 5.8% less for clothing
Road Town
|
Vientiane
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$80.00
|
$93.14
₭1,975,161
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
?? |
$50.63
₭1,073,731
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.00
|
$124.25
₭2,634,951
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$160.00
|
$44.78
₭949,759
|
|
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