Cost of living comparison
Victoria is 87.5% more expensive than Tirana.
If you lived in Victoria instead of Tirana, you would:
pay 2.1 times more for restaurants
Tirana
|
Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$6.82
ALL641
|
$13.88
SCR187.71
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.82
ALL641
|
$6.67
SCR90.26
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.57
ALL148
|
$3.77
SCR50.99
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.78
ALL74
|
$2.28
SCR30.83
|
|
pay 88.9% more for groceries
Tirana
|
Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.88
ALL83
|
$1.71
SCR23.11
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.26
ALL400
|
$10.81
SCR146.19
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.34
ALL596
|
$7.26
SCR98.21
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.31
ALL311
|
$2.98
SCR40.25
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.10
ALL291
|
$2.56
SCR34.67
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.51
ALL48
|
$1.36
SCR18.39
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.91
ALL85
|
$1.28
SCR17.30
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.65
ALL61
|
$0.74
SCR10.06
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.64
ALL60
|
$2.94
SCR39.72
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.40
ALL38
|
$0.83
SCR11.29
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.40
ALL37
|
$0.62
SCR8.34
|
|
pay 11.0% more for transportation
Tirana
|
Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$8.27
ALL777
|
$4.99
SCR67.45
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.60
ALL1,465
|
$24.06
SCR325.50
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,815.16
ALL1,955,738
|
$24,561.80
SCR332,269.36
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$26.32
ALL2,473
|
$29.32
SCR396.58
|
|
pay 3.3 times more for housing
Tirana
|
Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$16.74
ALL1,573
|
$123.39
SCR1,669.18
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$496.12
ALL46,614
|
$913.34
SCR12,355.57
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$320.47
ALL30,110
|
$774.97
SCR10,483.74
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$72.54
ALL6,815
|
$99.70
SCR1,348.79
|
|
pay 1.1% less for childcare
Tirana
|
Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$203.42
ALL19,113
|
$187.50
SCR2,536.43
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,770.26
ALL354,243
|
$3,982.14
SCR53,869.98
|
|
pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports
Tirana
|
Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.95
ALL183
|
$3.66
SCR49.53
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.51
ALL142
|
$5.06
SCR68.43
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.41
ALL321
|
$11.60
SCR156.92
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$40.37
ALL3,793
|
$91.48
SCR1,237.56
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.21
ALL678
|
$10.75
SCR145.48
|
|
pay 33.0% more for clothing
Tirana
|
Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$52.10
ALL4,895
|
$60.26
SCR815.13
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.16
ALL3,585
|
$83.50
SCR1,129.62
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.51
ALL7,846
|
$96.68
SCR1,307.93
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$96.12
ALL9,031
|
$78.50
SCR1,062.00
|
|
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