Cost of living comparison
Dominica is 15.1% more expensive than Solomon Islands.
If you lived in Dominica instead of Solomon Islands, you would:
pay 6.9% less for restaurants
Solomon Islands
|
Dominica
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.43
$45.79
|
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$15.07
$127.20
|
$6.11
EC$16.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.41
$20.35
|
$1.75
EC$4.73
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.21
$10.18
|
$1.49
EC$4.01
|
|
pay 10.5% more for groceries
Solomon Islands
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.43
$12.08
|
$2.54
EC$6.87
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$8.62
$72.76
|
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Milk (1 gallon) |
$10.04
$84.75
|
$18.91
EC$51.10
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.70
$39.69
|
$3.89
EC$10.50
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.27
$36.00
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.99
$16.77
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.55
$4.62
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.73
$23.08
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.81
$15.26
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$2.02
$17.08
|
$1.09
EC$2.94
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.34
$11.31
|
$0.67
EC$1.81
|
|
pay 12.6% less for transportation
Solomon Islands
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.59
$38.73
|
$4.01
EC$10.84
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$14.80
EC$40.00
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? | ?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? | ?? | |
pay 70.3% less for housing
Solomon Islands
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$482,280.24
$4,070,527.70
|
$64.75
EC$175.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$582.76
$4,918.55
|
$345.65
EC$934.14
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$663.14
$5,596.98
|
$197.34
EC$533.33
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? | ?? | |
pay 7.9% less for childcare
Solomon Islands
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$120.57
$1,017.63
|
$111.01
EC$300.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,617.10
$30,528.96
|
?? | |
pay 14.8% more for entertainment and sports
Solomon Islands
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.52
$38.16
|
$1.85
EC$5.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.02
$33.92
|
$2.94
EC$7.94
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.86
$32.56
|
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$60.29
$508.82
|
$29.60
EC$80.00
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.22
$35.62
|
$9.25
EC$25.00
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for clothing
Solomon Islands
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$21.10
$178.09
|
$70.92
EC$191.67
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$7.23
$61.06
|
$38.24
EC$103.33
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$114.54
$966.75
|
$154.18
EC$416.67
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$120.57
$1,017.63
|
$135.67
EC$366.67
|
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