Cost of living comparison
Pretoria is 8.5% more expensive than Roseau.
If you lived in Pretoria instead of Roseau, you would:
pay 35.6% less for restaurants
Roseau
|
Pretoria
|
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---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
$6.72
R129.59
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.11
EC$16.50
|
$4.39
R84.63
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.75
EC$4.73
|
$0.88
R17.03
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.49
EC$4.01
|
$0.66
R12.73
|
|
pay 56.4% less for groceries
Roseau
|
Pretoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.54
EC$6.87
|
$0.83
R16.05
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) | ?? |
$3.17
R61.24
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$18.91
EC$51.10
|
$3.87
R74.74
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.89
EC$10.50
|
$1.68
R32.33
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.92
R37.07
|
|
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.61
R11.83
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.56
R10.80
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.53
R10.24
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.63
R12.09
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.09
EC$2.94
|
$0.50
R9.62
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.67
EC$1.81
|
$0.51
R9.82
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for transportation
Roseau
|
Pretoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.01
EC$10.84
|
$4.68
R90.33
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$14.80
EC$40.00
|
$45.23
R872.74
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$17,020.94
R328,415.94
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$10.97
R211.57
|
|
pay 10.2% more for housing
Roseau
|
Pretoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.75
EC$175.00
|
$46.98
R906.44
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$345.65
EC$934.14
|
$315.25
R6,082.76
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$197.34
EC$533.33
|
$329.30
R6,353.84
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$73.25
R1,413.32
|
|
pay 89.5% more for childcare
Roseau
|
Pretoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$111.01
EC$300.00
|
$210.41
R4,059.78
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$3,579.40
R69,063.84
|
|
pay 25.5% less for entertainment and sports
Roseau
|
Pretoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.85
EC$5.00
|
$1.92
R37.03
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.94
EC$7.94
|
$1.64
R31.69
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
$2.74
R52.89
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$29.60
EC$80.00
|
$34.50
R665.70
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$9.25
EC$25.00
|
$5.48
R105.79
|
|
pay 33.7% less for clothing
Roseau
|
Pretoria
|
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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$70.92
EC$191.67
|
$42.41
R818.29
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.24
EC$103.33
|
$35.03
R675.86
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$154.18
EC$416.67
|
$76.75
R1,480.96
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$135.67
EC$366.67
|
$87.03
R1,679.30
|
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