Cost of living comparison

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Port Vila is 3.5 times more expensive than Freetown.

If you lived in Port Vila instead of Freetown, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

 
Freetown
Port Vila
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.00
SLL62,908
$11.27
VUV1,338
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
SLL209,695
$9.62
VUV1,142
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
SLL27,260
$2.17
VUV258

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pay 99.6% more for groceries

 
Freetown
Port Vila
Bread
1 loaf
$0.50
SLL10,485
$2.46
VUV293
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $10.11
VUV1,200
Milk (1 gallon) $7.57
SLL158,756
$8.02
VUV953

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pay 36.6% more for transportation

 
Freetown
Port Vila
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.83
SLL101,357
$7.17
VUV852
Monthly public transit pass ?? ??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $12,000.00
SLL251,634,000
$23,163.36
VUV2,750,000

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pay 8.3 times more for housing

 
Freetown
Port Vila
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
$228.83
VUV27,167
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,200.00
SLL25,163,400
$1,080.96
VUV128,333
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $50.00
SLL1,048,475
$1,339.71
VUV159,053

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Freetown
Port Vila
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $447.82
VUV53,167
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $6,356.59
VUV754,667

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pay 2.6 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Freetown
Port Vila
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
SLL31,454
$4.63
VUV549
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
SLL36,435
$5.11
VUV607
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.00
SLL62,908
$9.27
VUV1,100

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pay 4.8 times more for clothing

 
Freetown
Port Vila
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$10.00
SLL209,695
$46.33
VUV5,500
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$8.00
SLL167,756
$67.38
VUV8,000
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$20.00
SLL419,390
$101.08
VUV12,000

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