Cost of living comparison

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Victoria is 27.8% more expensive than Basseterre.

If you lived in Victoria instead of Basseterre, you would:

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pay 0.2% less for restaurants

 
Basseterre
Victoria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $22.20
EC$60.00
$16.76
SCR233.71
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$13.98
EC$37.77
$9.71
SCR135.44
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.04
EC$5.50
$2.75
SCR38.42

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pay 48.2% more for groceries

 
Basseterre
Victoria
Bread
1 loaf
$4.07
EC$10.99
$2.29
SCR31.96
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.51
EC$14.88
$18.13
SCR252.76
Milk (1 gallon) $12.19
EC$32.94
$7.52
SCR104.85

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

 
Basseterre
Victoria
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $5.82
SCR81.12
Monthly public transit pass ?? $26.82
SCR373.94
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $26,617.26
SCR371,177.64

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pay 18.1% more for housing

 
Basseterre
Victoria
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $163.87
SCR2,285.20
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $700.00
EC$1,891.79
$979.92
SCR13,664.95
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $794.53
SCR11,079.75

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Basseterre
Victoria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $167.60
SCR2,337.13
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $8,868.55
SCR123,671.94

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Basseterre
Victoria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.22
EC$6.00
$4.07
SCR56.70
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.70
EC$10.00
$5.16
SCR71.99
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$5.55
EC$15.00
$22.89
SCR319.15

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pay 33.0% less for clothing

 
Basseterre
Victoria
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$88.81
EC$240.00
$68.58
SCR956.39
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $29.30
SCR408.57
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$129.51
EC$350.00
$73.44
SCR1,024.14

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