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Vientiane vs. Tashkent Cost of Living Summary

Vientiane is 39.7% more expensive than Tashkent.

Restaurants: pay 15.7% more in Vientiane
Groceries: pay 88.8% more in Vientiane
Transportation: pay 2.6 times more in Vientiane
Housing: pay 49.1% more in Vientiane
Childcare: pay 1.1% more in Vientiane
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.2% less in Vientiane
Clothing: pay 31.7% less in Vientiane

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

Vientiane vs. Tashkent Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 15.7% more for restaurants

	Tashkent	Vientiane
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.91 UZS59,055.56	$2.31 LAK49,962	-53.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.09 UZS49,212.97	$5.54 LAK119,908	+35.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 UZS7,456.68	$0.62 LAK13,417
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.25 UZS3,034.78	$0.42 LAK8,993	+64.7%
Average			+15.7%

Tashkent vs. Vientiane - Cost of restaurants

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pay 88.8% more for groceries

	Tashkent	Vientiane
Bread 1 loaf	$0.39 UZS4,665.77	$1.17 LAK25,263	+200.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.13 UZS49,653.43	$13.94 LAK301,703	+237.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.37 UZS52,609.92	$7.32 LAK158,409	+67.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.59 UZS19,135.99	$1.81 LAK39,209	+13.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.88 UZS22,634.18	$2.99 LAK64,760	+59.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.56 UZS6,763.76	$0.90 LAK19,388	+59.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.81 UZS9,718.76	$0.50 LAK10,827	-38.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.04 UZS12,547.65	$0.94 LAK20,320	-10.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.57 UZS6,860.68	$0.61 LAK13,144	+6.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 UZS3,026.73	$0.74 LAK16,015	+194.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.16 UZS1,955.04	$0.47 LAK10,072	+186.3%
Average			+88.8%

Tashkent vs. Vientiane - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.6 times more for transportation

	Tashkent	Vientiane
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.80 UZS45,726.38	$5.18 LAK112,095	+36.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.64 UZS139,976.58	$50.18 LAK1,086,126	+331.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00 UZS240,571,377.26	$28,736.24 LAK621,991,096	+43.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.22 UZS38,711.16	$10.86 LAK235,028	+237.4%
Average			+162.1%

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pay 49.1% more for housing

	Tashkent	Vientiane
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$11.38 UZS136,942.06	$11.39 LAK246,478
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$667.81 UZS8,032,853.78	$866.78 LAK18,761,296	+29.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$425.89 UZS5,122,837.32	$784.74 LAK16,985,533	+84.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$41.44 UZS498,425.27	$55.21 LAK1,194,967	+33.2%
Average			+49.1%

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pay 1.1% more for childcare

	Tashkent	Vientiane
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$307.75 UZS3,701,824.30	$338.54 LAK7,327,607	+10.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,122.00 UZS121,753,144.07	$9,334.55 LAK202,044,727	-7.8%
Average			+1.1%

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pay 7.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Tashkent	Vientiane
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.23 UZS14,763.89	$1.50 LAK32,475	+22.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.03 UZS24,446.48	$1.73 LAK37,470	-14.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.05 UZS24,606.48	$1.96 LAK42,468	-4.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.36 UZS617,735.54	$50.52 LAK1,093,567	-1.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.73 UZS68,898.15	$3.56 LAK77,021	-37.9%
Average			-7.2%

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pay 31.7% less for clothing

	Tashkent	Vientiane
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$46.09 UZS554,376.22	$27.70 LAK599,542	-39.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$55.66 UZS669,518.72	$69.25 LAK1,498,854	+24.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$103.02 UZS1,239,214.60	$58.22 LAK1,260,106	-43.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$130.82 UZS1,573,575.08	$42.19 LAK913,170	-67.8%
Average			-31.7%

Tashkent vs. Vientiane - Cost of clothing

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