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Tunisia vs. Sao Tome and Principe Cost of Living Summary

Tunisia is 0.1% cheaper than Sao Tome and Principe overall.

Restaurants: pay 72.8% less in Tunisia
Groceries: pay 47.6% less in Tunisia
Transportation: pay 49.9% less in Tunisia
Housing: pay 52.3% less in Tunisia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 25.7% less in Tunisia
Clothing: pay 3.5 times more in Tunisia

Expenses including restaurants, housing, transportation, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Tunisia. Notably, clothing is significantly more expensive in Tunisia.

Tunisia vs. Sao Tome and Principe Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tunisia instead of Sao Tome and Principe, you would:

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pay 72.8% less for restaurants

	Sao Tome and Principe	Tunisia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$29.20 STD651K	$3.40 TND10.030	-88.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.68 STD260K	$4.85 TND14.300	-58.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.92 STD42,768	$0.65 TND1.910	-66.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.17 STD26,025	$0.26 TND0.760	-77.9%
Average			-72.8%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Tunisia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 47.6% less for groceries

	Sao Tome and Principe	Tunisia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.08 STD24,088	$0.18 TND0.530	-83.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$10.22 STD228K	$5.46 TND16.100	-46.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.97 STD133K	$1.88 TND5.550	-68.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.09 STD114K	$1.63 TND4.810	-68.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$9.27 STD207K	$2.53 TND7.470	-72.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.12 STD47,219	$0.90 TND2.650	-57.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.53 STD11,805	$1.42 TND4.190	+168.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.85 STD41,316	$0.48 TND1.420	-74.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.59 STD35,414	$0.32 TND0.940	-79.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.19 STD26,561	$0.33 TND0.960	-72.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.93 STD20,658	$0.29 TND0.860	-68.5%
Average			-47.6%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Tunisia - Cost of groceries

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pay 49.9% less for transportation

	Sao Tome and Principe	Tunisia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.40 STD143K	$3.21 TND9.460	-49.9%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$10.45 TND30.840
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$38,990.39 TND115K
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$2.97 TND8.750
Average			-49.9%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Tunisia - Cost of transportation

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pay 52.3% less for housing

	Sao Tome and Principe	Tunisia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$72.42 STD2M	$17.74 TND52.340	-75.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$350.40 STD8M	$205.53 TND606.520	-41.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$233.60 STD5M	$139.80 TND412.550	-40.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$37.08 TND109.420
Average			-52.3%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Tunisia - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Sao Tome and Principe	Tunisia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$91.27 TND269.320
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$2,766.14 TND8,162.870

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pay 25.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Sao Tome and Principe	Tunisia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.67 STD37,216	$1.44 TND4.240	-14.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.34 STD52,050	$0.81 TND2.390	-65.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.34 STD52,050	$3.53 TND10.420	+51.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$37.38 STD833K	$28.29 TND83.470	-24.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$21.02 STD468K	$5.06 TND14.940	-75.9%
Average			-25.7%

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pay 3.5 times more for clothing

	Sao Tome and Principe	Tunisia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$40.73 TND120.210
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$49.43 TND145.860
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$93.37 TND275.530
Men's business shoes (leather)	$19.16 STD427K	$66.59 TND196.520	+247.7%
Average			+247.7%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Tunisia - Cost of clothing

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