Cost of living comparison
Reykjavik is 75.3% more expensive than Santo Domingo.
If you lived in Reykjavik instead of Santo Domingo, you would:
pay 2.9 times more for restaurants
Santo Domingo
|
Reykjavik
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$9.57
$562.60
|
$18.40
kr2,587
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.30
$429.04
|
$15.62
kr2,196
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
$44.44
|
$2.53
kr356
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.49
$28.60
|
$2.03
kr285
|
|
pay 98.9% more for groceries
Santo Domingo
|
Reykjavik
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.22
$130.32
|
$3.40
kr479
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.54
$208.00
|
$7.20
kr1,011
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.92
$288.88
|
$5.90
kr829
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.00
$117.27
|
$5.64
kr793
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.78
$163.11
|
$8.08
kr1,136
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.34
$78.47
|
$1.57
kr220
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.29
$16.84
|
$0.93
kr131
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.25
$73.17
|
$1.23
kr173
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.63
$37.13
|
$2.22
kr311
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.69
$40.32
|
$1.24
kr175
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.08
$63.57
|
$0.69
kr97
|
|
pay 22.9% more for transportation
Santo Domingo
|
Reykjavik
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.93
$289.78
|
$8.90
kr1,250
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$91.26
$5,362.97
|
$65.56
kr9,215
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$33,765.29
$1,984,300.31
|
$37,150.35
kr5,221,853
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.77
$1,337.94
|
$29.44
kr4,139
|
|
pay 71.7% more for housing
Santo Domingo
|
Reykjavik
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$50.90
$2,991.35
|
$64.04
kr9,002
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$918.25
$53,962.98
|
$1,613.16
kr226,746
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$473.61
$27,832.66
|
$1,379.70
kr193,931
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$73.91
$4,343.44
|
$69.31
kr9,743
|
|
pay 32.5% less for childcare
Santo Domingo
|
Reykjavik
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$479.10
$28,155.61
|
$282.44
kr39,699
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,969.82
$468,366.38
|
$6,058.18
kr851,537
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports
Santo Domingo
|
Reykjavik
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.74
$160.89
|
$9.47
kr1,331
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.27
$133.40
|
$4.53
kr636
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.56
$268.15
|
$11.66
kr1,638
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$45.61
$2,680.15
|
$67.30
kr9,460
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.93
$348.59
|
$13.66
kr1,920
|
|
pay 41.3% more for clothing
Santo Domingo
|
Reykjavik
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.04
$3,587.23
|
$108.17
kr15,204
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.17
$2,654.67
|
$43.41
kr6,102
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$118.63
$6,971.87
|
$137.74
kr19,361
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.81
$6,100.38
|
$182.49
kr25,651
|
|
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