Cost of living comparison
Saipan is 28.5% more expensive than Basseterre.
If you lived in Saipan instead of Basseterre, you would:
pay 41.2% less for restaurants
Basseterre
|
Saipan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$22.20
EC$60.00
|
$8.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$13.98
EC$37.77
|
$12.00
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.04
EC$5.50
|
$1.50
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.28
EC$6.17
|
$0.90
|
|
pay 60.0% more for groceries
Basseterre
|
Saipan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$4.07
EC$10.99
|
$3.33
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.51
EC$14.88
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$12.19
EC$32.94
|
$8.44
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.99
EC$16.20
|
$6.33
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.63
EC$15.21
|
$6.00
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.01
EC$2.72
|
$2.99
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.11
EC$3.00
|
$1.00
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.84
EC$2.27
|
$2.99
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.66
EC$1.79
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.50
EC$1.36
|
$0.95
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.71
EC$1.93
|
$1.03
|
|
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Basseterre
|
Saipan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) | ?? |
$5.32
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? | ?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$36,999.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$21.41
|
pay 2.1 times more for housing
Basseterre
|
Saipan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
?? |
$60.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$700.00
EC$1,891.79
|
$625.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center | ?? |
$450.00
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$76.47
EC$206.67
|
$254.42
|
|
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Basseterre
|
Saipan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly | ?? | ?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$6,000.00
|
pay 68.5% more for entertainment and sports
Basseterre
|
Saipan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.22
EC$6.00
|
$5.50
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.70
EC$10.00
|
$4.83
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.55
EC$15.00
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym | ?? |
$47.50
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.29
EC$17.00
|
$8.00
|
|
pay 56.0% less for clothing
Basseterre
|
Saipan
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$88.81
EC$240.00
|
$30.00
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
?? |
$40.00
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$129.51
EC$350.00
|
$70.00
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) | ?? |
$55.00
|
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