Cost of living comparison
Sao Tome and Principe is 43.1% more expensive than Romania.
If you lived in Sao Tome and Principe instead of Romania, you would:
pay 78.0% more for restaurants
Romania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$6.92
RON31.98
|
$19.24
STD428,710
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.40
RON24.97
|
$9.35
STD208,231
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.30
RON5.99
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.20
RON5.55
|
$1.10
STD24,498
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for groceries
Romania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.92
RON4.25
|
$0.97
STD21,649
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.06
RON14.14
|
$9.62
STD214,355
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.98
RON23.00
|
$4.86
STD108,190
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.57
RON11.86
|
$3.52
STD78,393
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.23
RON10.29
|
$8.73
STD194,460
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.43
RON1.98
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.59
RON2.73
|
$0.50
STD11,112
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.58
RON2.68
|
$1.75
STD38,892
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.87
RON4.04
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.29
RON1.35
|
$1.12
STD25,002
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.31
RON1.43
|
$0.87
STD19,446
|
|
pay 29.3% less for transportation
Romania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.47
RON29.91
|
$4.58
STD102,007
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$18.36
RON84.84
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$19,112.96
RON88,317.19
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.47
RON25.27
|
?? | |
pay 8.8% more for housing
Romania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$8.88
RON41.02
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$288.89
RON1,334.91
|
$329.83
STD7,349,315
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$212.37
RON981.30
|
$219.89
STD4,899,543
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$100.05
RON462.29
|
?? | |
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Romania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$311.36
RON1,438.75
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$5,083.75
RON23,491.01
|
?? |
pay 19.9% more for entertainment and sports
Romania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.58
RON7.30
|
$0.60
STD13,474
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.81
RON8.34
|
$1.65
STD36,747
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.90
RON22.64
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$35.37
RON163.45
|
$35.18
STD783,927
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.08
RON28.11
|
$19.79
STD440,959
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Romania
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$57.53
RON265.83
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$31.55
RON145.79
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$70.03
RON323.61
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$77.90
RON359.97
|
?? |
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