Cost of living comparison
Road Town is 78.2% more expensive than Santo Domingo.
If you lived in Road Town instead of Santo Domingo, you would:
pay 2.3 times more for restaurants
Santo Domingo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.00
DOP599.58
|
$20.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.89
DOP413.26
|
$11.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.90
DOP54.04
|
$2.10
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.55
DOP33.15
|
$1.67
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for groceries
Santo Domingo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.14
DOP128.24
|
$4.66
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.45
DOP206.96
|
$9.00
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.88
DOP292.53
|
$8.81
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.10
DOP125.92
|
$5.00
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.73
DOP163.42
|
$4.54
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.31
DOP78.44
|
$1.66
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.35
DOP20.80
|
$1.37
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.26
DOP75.57
|
$0.91
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.73
DOP43.56
|
$3.04
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.83
DOP49.69
|
$2.06
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.11
DOP66.29
|
$1.64
|
|
pay 6.4% less for transportation
Santo Domingo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.95
DOP297.01
|
$4.64
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$86.16
DOP5,165.73
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$29,292.87
DOP1,756,346.56
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.06
DOP1,322.43
|
?? | |
pay 2.8 times more for housing
Santo Domingo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$44.89
DOP2,691.34
|
$125.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$847.67
DOP50,825.00
|
$1,666.67
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$416.69
DOP24,983.92
|
$1,366.67
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$39.78
DOP2,385.24
|
$124.65
|
|
pay 23.1% more for childcare
Santo Domingo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$415.27
DOP24,898.80
|
$375.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,617.64
DOP396,781.32
|
$10,320.00
|
|
pay 88.1% more for entertainment and sports
Santo Domingo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.58
DOP154.97
|
$4.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.49
DOP149.29
|
$4.75
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.31
DOP258.29
|
$5.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$37.03
DOP2,219.97
|
$120.00
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.46
DOP387.43
|
$10.00
|
|
pay 13.6% more for clothing
Santo Domingo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$59.66
DOP3,577.26
|
$47.50
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$58.15
DOP3,486.86
|
$55.00
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$95.85
DOP5,746.87
|
$130.00
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$96.92
DOP5,811.44
|
$140.00
|
|
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