Cost of living comparison
Dominica is 10.5% more expensive than Timor-Leste.
If you lived in Dominica instead of Timor-Leste, you would:
pay 16.3% more for restaurants
Timor-Leste
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.00
|
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.50
|
$6.11
EC$16.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.00
|
$1.75
EC$4.73
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.00
|
$1.49
EC$4.01
|
|
pay 72.3% more for groceries
Timor-Leste
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.98
|
$2.54
EC$6.87
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.00
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.03
|
$18.91
EC$51.10
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.52
|
$3.89
EC$10.50
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.86
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.27
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.96
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.53
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.13
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.45
|
$1.09
EC$2.94
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.96
|
$0.67
EC$1.81
|
|
pay 5.6% less for transportation
Timor-Leste
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.25
|
$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) |
$27.00
|
?? | |
pay 52.1% less for housing
Timor-Leste
|
Dominica
|
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---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$82.50
|
$64.75
EC$175.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$890.00
|
$345.65
EC$934.14
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$750.00
|
$197.34
EC$533.33
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$86.03
|
?? | |
pay 66.7% less for childcare
Timor-Leste
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$333.33
|
$111.01
EC$300.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$16,666.67
|
?? | |
pay 56.6% more for entertainment and sports
Timor-Leste
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
|
$1.85
EC$5.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.00
|
$2.94
EC$7.94
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.75
|
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$64.00
|
$29.60
EC$80.00
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.00
|
$9.25
EC$25.00
|
|
pay 52.7% more for clothing
Timor-Leste
|
Dominica
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.67
|
$70.92
EC$191.67
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$50.00
|
$38.24
EC$103.33
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$76.25
|
$154.18
EC$416.67
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$62.50
|
$135.67
EC$366.67
|
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