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Vientiane vs. Ljubljana Cost of Living Summary

Vientiane is 28.0% cheaper than Ljubljana.

Restaurants: pay 78.0% less in Vientiane
Groceries: pay 8.7% less in Vientiane
Transportation: pay 1.5% more in Vientiane
Housing: pay 36.8% less in Vientiane
Childcare: pay 11.8% less in Vientiane
Entertainment and Sports: pay 45.6% less in Vientiane
Clothing: pay 16.9% less in Vientiane

Expenses including restaurants, entertainment and sports, housing, clothing, childcare, and groceries are lower in Vientiane.

Vientiane vs. Ljubljana Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Vientiane instead of Ljubljana, you would:

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pay 78.0% less for restaurants

	Ljubljana	Vientiane
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$15.00 €14.55	$1.98 LAK43,186	-86.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.57 €8.32	$2.97 LAK64,780	-65.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.91 €2.82	$0.53 LAK11,517	-81.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.91 €1.85	$0.42 LAK9,214	-77.9%
Average			-78.0%

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pay 8.7% less for groceries

	Ljubljana	Vientiane
Bread 1 loaf	$1.85 €1.80	$0.91 LAK19,865	-50.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.52 €6.32	$13.72 LAK298,805	+110.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.13 €4.98	$6.42 LAK139,837	+25.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.48 €3.38	$1.75 LAK38,131	-49.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.94 €4.80	$2.95 LAK64,273	-40.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.87 €0.85	$0.88 LAK19,209	+0.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 €0.75	$0.49 LAK10,724	-36.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.94 €0.91	$0.92 LAK20,113	-1.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.49 €1.45	$0.60 LAK12,978	-60.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.53 €0.51	$0.73 LAK15,812	+38.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.66 €0.64	$0.46 LAK9,978	-31.1%
Average			-8.7%

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pay 1.5% more for transportation

	Ljubljana	Vientiane
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.03 €5.84	$5.00 LAK108,998	-17.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$39.66 €38.46	$49.23 LAK1,072,408	+24.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,865.84 €27,024.04	$28,330.27 LAK617,090,960	+1.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.49 €11.14	$11.18 LAK243,571	-2.7%
Average			+1.5%

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pay 36.8% less for housing

	Ljubljana	Vientiane
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$33.52 €32.50	$11.17 LAK243,365	-66.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$942.82 €914.34	$859.15 LAK18,714,082	-8.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$774.26 €750.87	$775.98 LAK16,902,365	+0.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$192.52 €186.70	$54.31 LAK1,182,944	-71.8%
Average			-36.8%

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pay 11.8% less for childcare

	Ljubljana	Vientiane
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$485.78 €471.10	$332.66 LAK7,246,006	-31.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,574.10 €8,315.09	$9,252.41 LAK201,536,266	+7.9%
Average			-11.8%

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pay 45.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Ljubljana	Vientiane
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.22 €3.12	$0.95 LAK20,663	-70.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.32 €2.25	$1.50 LAK32,577	-35.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.36 €5.20	$1.59 LAK34,549	-70.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$46.17 €44.78	$49.74 LAK1,083,404	+7.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.57 €8.32	$3.50 LAK76,322	-59.1%
Average			-45.6%

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pay 16.9% less for clothing

	Ljubljana	Vientiane
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$88.79 €86.10	$85.86 LAK1,870,141	-3.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.55 €41.27	$62.88 LAK1,369,624	+47.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$103.31 €100.19	$57.29 LAK1,247,840	-44.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$127.18 €123.34	$41.48 LAK903,461	-67.4%
Average			-16.9%

Ljubljana vs. Vientiane - Cost of clothing

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