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Vientiane vs. Sucre Cost of Living Summary

Vientiane is 54.2% more expensive than Sucre.

Restaurants: pay 1.9% less in Vientiane
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Vientiane
Transportation: pay 84.1% more in Vientiane
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Vientiane
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.9% more in Vientiane
Clothing: pay 25.8% less in Vientiane

The cost of housing, groceries, transportation, and entertainment and sports in Vientiane are more expensive than in Sucre. Expenses including clothing and restaurants are lower in Vientiane. Notably, housing, groceries, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Vientiane.

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Vientiane vs. Sucre Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Vientiane instead of Sucre, you would:

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pay 1.9% less for restaurants

	Sucre	Vientiane
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.80 BOB12.49	$2.31 LAK52,025	+28.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.79 BOB40.06	$5.54 LAK125K	-4.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.64 BOB4.45	$0.62 LAK13,971	-3.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 BOB4.00	$0.42 LAK9,364	-28.0%
Average			-1.9%

Sucre vs. Vientiane - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Sucre	Vientiane
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 BOB10.00	$1.17 LAK26,306	-19.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.20 BOB15.23	$13.94 LAK314K	+533.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.27 BOB22.64	$7.32 LAK165K	+123.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.73 BOB11.96	$1.81 LAK40,828	+4.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.36 BOB9.42	$2.99 LAK67,434	+119.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82 BOB5.65	$0.90 LAK20,189	+9.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.39 BOB2.70	$0.50 LAK11,274	+28.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.33 BOB2.26	$0.94 LAK21,159	+187.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.30 BOB9.01	$0.61 LAK13,687	-53.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.20 BOB1.35	$0.74 LAK16,676	+279.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.33 BOB2.26	$0.47 LAK10,488	+42.5%
Average			+114.3%

Sucre vs. Vientiane - Cost of groceries

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pay 84.1% more for transportation

	Sucre	Vientiane
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.79 BOB26.21	$5.18 LAK117K	+36.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.15 BOB160.26	$50.18 LAK1M	+116.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$14,466.20 BOB100K	$28,736.24 LAK648M	+98.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$10.86 LAK245K
Average			+84.1%

Sucre vs. Vientiane - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Sucre	Vientiane
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$26.00 BOB180.02	$11.39 LAK257K	-56.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$501.26 BOB3,470.67	$866.78 LAK20M	+72.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.31 BOB2,183.15	$784.74 LAK18M	+148.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$10.83 BOB75.01	$55.21 LAK1M	+409.6%
Average			+143.8%

Sucre vs. Vientiane - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Sucre	Vientiane
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$338.54 LAK8M
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$9,334.55 LAK210M

Sucre vs. Vientiane - Cost of childcare

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pay 10.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Sucre	Vientiane
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.42 BOB9.84	$1.50 LAK33,816	+5.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.43 BOB16.86	$1.73 LAK39,018	-28.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.88 BOB13.02	$1.96 LAK44,221	+4.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$23.05 BOB159.59	$50.52 LAK1M	+119.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.53 BOB45.22	$3.56 LAK80,202	-45.5%
Average			+10.9%

Sucre vs. Vientiane - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 25.8% less for clothing

	Sucre	Vientiane
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$36.00 BOB249.26	$27.70 LAK624K	-23.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$69.25 LAK2M
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$72.00 BOB498.52	$58.22 LAK1M	-19.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$65.00 BOB450.05	$42.19 LAK951K	-35.1%
Average			-25.8%

Sucre vs. Vientiane - Cost of clothing

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