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Monte Carlo vs. Washington Cost of Living Summary

Monte Carlo is 82.1% more expensive than Washington.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Monte Carlo
Groceries: pay 66.7% more in Monte Carlo
Transportation: pay 53.8% more in Monte Carlo
Housing: pay 90.2% more in Monte Carlo
Childcare: pay 7.7% less in Monte Carlo
Entertainment and Sports: pay 94.1% more in Monte Carlo
Clothing: pay 2.2 times more in Monte Carlo

The cost of restaurants, clothing, entertainment and sports, housing, groceries, and transportation in Monte Carlo are more expensive than in Washington. Notably, restaurants, clothing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo vs. Washington Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Monte Carlo instead of Washington, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Washington	Monte Carlo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$56.15 €47.84	+124.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$11.23 €9.57	-6.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.20	$7.13 €6.07	+122.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.79	$13.34 €11.36	+378.3%
Average			+154.8%

Washington vs. Monte Carlo - Cost of restaurants

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pay 66.7% more for groceries

	Washington	Monte Carlo
Bread 1 loaf	$4.43	$5.26 €4.48	+18.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.04	$14.60 €12.44	+81.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.19	$8.84 €7.53	+111.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.55	$4.91 €4.18	+7.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$7.74	$7.95 €6.77	+2.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.95	$2.91 €2.48	-1.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.92	$3.44 €2.93	+274.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.20	$3.25 €2.77	+47.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.00	$3.97 €3.39	+32.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.35	$2.65 €2.26	+96.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.64	$2.65 €2.26	+61.9%
Average			+66.7%

Washington vs. Monte Carlo - Cost of groceries

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pay 53.8% more for transportation

	Washington	Monte Carlo
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.53	$9.15 €7.80	+159.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$77.50	$39.13 €33.34	-49.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,699.74	$56,717.58 €48,323.71	+58.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.73	$24.53 €20.90	+46.6%
Average			+53.8%

Washington vs. Monte Carlo - Cost of transportation

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pay 90.2% more for housing

	Washington	Monte Carlo
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$69.41	$100.45 €85.58	+44.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,568.48	$6,346.08 €5,406.90	+147.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,088.16	$2,277.58 €1,940.51	+9.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$146.54	$381.16 €324.75	+160.1%
Average			+90.2%

Washington vs. Monte Carlo - Cost of housing

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pay 7.7% less for childcare

	Washington	Monte Carlo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,650.00	$3,737.57 €3,184.43	+41.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$40,166.67	$17,519.84 €14,927.01	-56.4%
Average			-7.7%

Washington vs. Monte Carlo - Cost of childcare

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pay 94.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Washington	Monte Carlo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$10.51 €8.96	+31.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$6.07	$5.72 €4.87	-5.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.00	$12.85 €10.95	-1.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$103.76	$554.80 €472.69	+434.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$16.75	$18.69 €15.92	+11.6%
Average			+94.1%

Washington vs. Monte Carlo - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.2 times more for clothing

	Washington	Monte Carlo
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.00	$233.60 €199.03	+207.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.40	$81.76 €69.66	+68.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.31	$204.40 €174.15	+95.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$133.22	$292.00 €248.78	+119.2%
Average			+122.9%

Washington vs. Monte Carlo - Cost of clothing

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