Cost of living comparison
Tirana is 90.5% more expensive than Tunis.
If you lived in Tirana instead of Tunis, you would:
pay 2.3 times more for restaurants
Tunis
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.95
TND9.260
|
$6.82
ALL636
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.92
TND15.440
|
$6.82
ALL636
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.59
TND1.860
|
$1.57
ALL147
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.29
TND0.920
|
$0.78
ALL73
|
|
pay 97.4% more for groceries
Tunis
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.16
TND0.510
|
$0.88
ALL82
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.81
TND15.090
|
$4.26
ALL397
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$1.89
TND5.930
|
$6.34
ALL591
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.46
TND4.580
|
$3.31
ALL309
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.36
TND7.420
|
$3.10
ALL289
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.79
TND2.480
|
$0.51
ALL48
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.14
TND3.570
|
$0.91
ALL84
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.41
TND1.290
|
$0.65
ALL61
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.29
TND0.910
|
$0.64
ALL60
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.27
TND0.830
|
$0.40
ALL38
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.24
TND0.740
|
$0.40
ALL37
|
|
pay 3.4 times more for transportation
Tunis
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.84
TND8.900
|
$8.27
ALL771
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$14.77
TND46.310
|
$15.60
ALL1,454
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$39,376.54
TND123,484.820
|
$20,815.16
ALL1,940,961
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$2.92
TND9.160
|
$26.32
ALL2,454
|
|
pay 61.2% more for housing
Tunis
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$21.41
TND67.130
|
$16.74
ALL1,561
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$235.62
TND738.920
|
$496.12
ALL46,262
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$181.65
TND569.650
|
$320.47
ALL29,883
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$40.41
TND126.730
|
$72.54
ALL6,764
|
|
pay 69.3% more for childcare
Tunis
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$95.35
TND299.030
|
$203.42
ALL18,968
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,006.51
TND9,428.430
|
$3,770.26
ALL351,567
|
|
pay 38.9% more for entertainment and sports
Tunis
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.64
TND5.150
|
$1.95
ALL182
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$0.82
TND2.580
|
$1.51
ALL141
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.28
TND10.290
|
$3.41
ALL318
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$28.70
TND90.010
|
$40.37
ALL3,764
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.92
TND15.440
|
$7.21
ALL673
|
|
pay 3.5% more for clothing
Tunis
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$45.18
TND141.700
|
$52.10
ALL4,858
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$47.96
TND150.410
|
$38.16
ALL3,558
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.79
TND306.650
|
$83.51
ALL7,787
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$72.02
TND225.840
|
$96.12
ALL8,963
|
|
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