Cost of living comparison
Santo Domingo is 10.1% more expensive than Saipan.
If you lived in Santo Domingo instead of Saipan, you would:
pay 27.4% less for restaurants
Saipan
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.00
|
$9.57
DOP554.75
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.00
|
$7.30
DOP423.05
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.50
|
$0.76
DOP43.82
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.15
|
$0.49
DOP28.20
|
|
pay 32.7% less for groceries
Saipan
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.90
|
$2.22
DOP128.50
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.50
|
$3.54
DOP205.09
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.77
|
$4.92
DOP284.85
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.66
|
$2.00
DOP115.63
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.00
|
$2.78
DOP160.83
|
|
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.34
DOP77.38
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.00
|
$0.29
DOP16.60
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.25
DOP72.15
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.63
DOP36.61
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.99
|
$0.69
DOP39.75
|
|
Onions (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.08
DOP62.68
|
|
pay 37.5% more for transportation
Saipan
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.66
|
$4.93
DOP285.74
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$91.26
DOP5,288.17
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$33,765.29
DOP1,956,622.16
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.46
|
$22.77
DOP1,319.28
|
|
pay 17.0% less for housing
Saipan
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$111.25
|
$50.90
DOP2,949.62
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$650.00
|
$918.25
DOP53,210.27
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$490.00
|
$473.61
DOP27,444.43
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$153.63
|
$73.91
DOP4,282.85
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for childcare
Saipan
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$189.50
|
$479.10
DOP27,762.88
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,674.00
|
$7,969.82
DOP461,833.34
|
|
pay 36.9% less for entertainment and sports
Saipan
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.00
|
$2.74
DOP158.65
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.67
|
$2.27
DOP131.54
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
?? |
$4.56
DOP264.41
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$60.75
|
$45.61
DOP2,642.76
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.00
|
$5.93
DOP343.73
|
|
pay 35.6% more for clothing
Saipan
|
Santo Domingo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$38.75
|
$61.04
DOP3,537.20
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$34.50
|
$45.17
DOP2,617.64
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.00
|
$118.63
DOP6,874.62
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$85.00
|
$103.81
DOP6,015.29
|
|
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