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Saint Lucia vs. Colombia Cost of Living Summary

Saint Lucia is 77.1% more expensive than Colombia overall.

Restaurants: pay 51.0% more in Saint Lucia
Groceries: pay 2.7 times more in Saint Lucia
Transportation: pay 74.5% more in Saint Lucia
Housing: pay 69.9% more in Saint Lucia
Childcare: pay 40.8% more in Saint Lucia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 97.7% more in Saint Lucia
Clothing: pay 31.8% more in Saint Lucia

The cost of groceries, entertainment and sports, transportation, housing, restaurants, and childcare in Saint Lucia are more expensive than in Colombia. Notably, groceries and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia vs. Colombia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Colombia, you would:

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pay 51.0% more for restaurants

	Colombia	Saint Lucia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.20 COP18,275.09	$6.48 EC$17.50	+54.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.62 COP28,795.45	$7.55 EC$20.41	+14.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.78 COP3,412.11	$1.45 EC$3.93	+85.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 COP2,589.80	$0.90 EC$2.43	+50.7%
Average			+51.0%

Colombia vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.7 times more for groceries

	Colombia	Saint Lucia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.27 COP5,530.64	$1.28 EC$3.45	+0.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.16 COP9,413.51	$4.53 EC$12.25	+109.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.88 COP16,878.80	$7.57 EC$20.46	+95.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.02 COP8,789.12	$3.36 EC$9.09	+66.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.19 COP9,519.59	$4.41 EC$11.93	+101.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.07 COP4,660.16	$2.82 EC$7.63	+163.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.45 COP1,978.07	$0.75 EC$2.02	+64.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.55 COP2,400.08	$1.98 EC$5.36	+259.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 COP1,989.47	$3.01 EC$8.13	+557.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 COP2,176.65	$2.63 EC$7.11	+426.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 COP1,969.85	$0.78 EC$2.12	+73.2%
Average			+174.3%

Colombia vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of groceries

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pay 74.5% more for transportation

	Colombia	Saint Lucia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.05 COP13,282.50	$5.70 EC$15.40	+86.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$34.31 COP149,213.19	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,642.99 COP76,730,198.80	$28,676.62 EC$77,500.00	+62.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.10 COP61,313.32	??
Average			+74.5%

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pay 69.9% more for housing

	Colombia	Saint Lucia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.88 COP99,491.36	$50.26 EC$135.83	+119.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$272.41 COP1,184,736.30	$456.48 EC$1,233.67	+67.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$235.87 COP1,025,812.26	$379.27 EC$1,025.00	+60.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$66.40 COP288,788.88	$87.25 EC$235.78	+31.4%
Average			+69.9%

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pay 40.8% more for childcare

	Colombia	Saint Lucia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$190.65 COP829,164.97	$164.97 EC$445.83	-13.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,364.51 COP18,981,477.79	$8,510.48 EC$23,000.00	+95.0%
Average			+40.8%

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pay 97.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Colombia	Saint Lucia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.15 COP5,018.31	$2.23 EC$6.03	+93.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.40 COP6,107.15	$3.22 EC$8.70	+129.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.09 COP9,101.04	??
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.45 COP97,656.17	$40.09 EC$108.33	+78.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.65 COP15,890.81	$6.94 EC$18.75	+89.9%
Average			+97.7%

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pay 31.8% more for clothing

	Colombia	Saint Lucia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.02 COP226,238.76	$50.57 EC$136.67	-2.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.22 COP166,241.62	$57.04 EC$154.17	+49.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.60 COP354,903.26	$103.30 EC$279.17	+26.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$69.09 COP300,458.57	$106.38 EC$287.50	+54.0%
Average			+31.8%

Colombia vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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