Cost of living comparison
Sao Tome and Principe is 12.6% more expensive than Slovakia.
If you lived in Sao Tome and Principe instead of Slovakia, you would:
pay 55.8% more for restaurants
Slovakia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.70
€7.19
|
$19.24
STD428,710
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.27
€6.79
|
$9.35
STD208,231
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.50
€1.40
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.12
€1.05
|
$1.10
STD24,498
|
|
pay 72.8% more for groceries
Slovakia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.09
€1.02
|
$0.97
STD21,649
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.43
€5.07
|
$9.62
STD214,355
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.30
€3.08
|
$4.86
STD108,190
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.64
€2.46
|
$3.52
STD78,393
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.84
€2.65
|
$8.73
STD194,460
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.71
€0.66
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.76
€0.71
|
$0.50
STD11,112
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.84
€0.79
|
$1.75
STD38,892
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.52
€1.42
|
$1.50
STD33,336
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.41
|
$1.12
STD25,002
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.41
€0.39
|
$0.87
STD19,446
|
|
pay 30.8% less for transportation
Slovakia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.62
€6.18
|
$4.58
STD102,007
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$23.13
€21.61
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,325.40
€18,986.08
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$11.42
€10.66
|
?? | |
pay 43.1% less for housing
Slovakia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$20.68
€19.32
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$525.97
€491.31
|
$329.83
STD7,349,315
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$430.57
€402.19
|
$219.89
STD4,899,543
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$154.00
€143.85
|
?? | |
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Slovakia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$367.52
€343.31
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,594.62
€7,094.18
|
?? |
pay 8.1% more for entertainment and sports
Slovakia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.59
€1.49
|
$0.60
STD13,474
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.06
€1.92
|
$1.65
STD36,747
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.75
€4.44
|
$2.20
STD48,995
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$36.25
€33.86
|
$35.18
STD783,927
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.09
€6.62
|
$19.79
STD440,959
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Slovakia
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$56.64
€52.90
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.72
€30.56
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$68.42
€63.91
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$87.74
€81.96
|
?? |
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