Italy is 5.7% more expensive than Costa Rica.

If you lived in Italy instead of Costa Rica, you would:

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pay 21.3% more for restaurants

 
Costa Rica
Italy
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $9.75
CRC4,975.61
$16.15
€15.32
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.08
CRC4,635.67
$10.06
€9.54
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.01
CRC1,026.32
$2.55
€2.42

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pay 0.7% less for groceries

 
Costa Rica
Italy
Bread
1 loaf
$2.53
CRC1,292.57
$2.04
€1.94
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.76
CRC1,920.70
$6.83
€6.48
Milk (1 gallon) $6.98
CRC3,560.88
$5.53
€5.25

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pay 2.6% more for transportation

 
Costa Rica
Italy
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.63
CRC2,872.34
$7.22
€6.85
Monthly public transit pass $49.00
CRC25,011.74
$38.81
€36.80
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $35,063.37
CRC17,898,258.10
$28,223.13
€26,765.75

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pay 14.4% more for housing

 
Costa Rica
Italy
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$48.50
CRC24,757.27
$28.87
€27.38
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $778.04
CRC397,152.88
$656.19
€622.30
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $547.50
CRC279,475.56
$511.91
€485.48

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pay 8.0% less for childcare

 
Costa Rica
Italy
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $519.07
CRC264,960.41
$508.72
€482.45
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $10,987.74
CRC5,608,743.64
$9,465.55
€8,976.76

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pay 12.4% more for entertainment and sports

 
Costa Rica
Italy
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.73
CRC1,392.09
$5.01
€4.75
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.65
CRC1,865.32
$1.69
€1.60
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.58
CRC2,339.06
$6.20
€5.88

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pay 1.8% less for clothing

 
Costa Rica
Italy
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$65.32
CRC33,344.76
$78.41
€74.36
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$44.54
CRC22,735.83
$33.87
€32.12
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$110.39
CRC56,346.79
$86.07
€81.62

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