Costa Rica is 93.4% more expensive than Mongolia.

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

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pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

 
Mongolia
Costa Rica
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.08
MNT17,250.00
$9.75
CRC4,975.61
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.86
MNT16,500.00
$9.08
CRC4,635.67
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.84
MNT2,852.94
$2.01
CRC1,026.32

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pay 54.6% more for groceries

 
Mongolia
Costa Rica
Bread
1 loaf
$0.92
MNT3,124.01
$2.53
CRC1,292.57
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.82
MNT23,187.50
$3.76
CRC1,920.70
Milk (1 gallon) $5.44
MNT18,498.60
$6.98
CRC3,560.88

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pay 2.9 times more for transportation

 
Mongolia
Costa Rica
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.00
MNT13,586.19
$5.63
CRC2,872.34
Monthly public transit pass $8.09
MNT27,500.00
$49.00
CRC25,011.74
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $30,311.95
MNT103,000,000.00
$35,063.37
CRC17,898,258.10

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pay 78.5% more for housing

 
Mongolia
Costa Rica
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$14.66
MNT49,800.00
$48.50
CRC24,757.27
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $559.15
MNT1,900,000.00
$778.04
CRC397,152.88
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $428.82
MNT1,457,142.86
$547.50
CRC279,475.56

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pay 2.4 times more for childcare

 
Mongolia
Costa Rica
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $153.03
MNT520,000.00
$519.07
CRC264,960.41
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,690.11
MNT26,131,000.00
$10,987.74
CRC5,608,743.64

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pay 69.5% more for entertainment and sports

 
Mongolia
Costa Rica
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.77
MNT6,000.00
$2.73
CRC1,392.09
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.52
MNT8,557.14
$3.65
CRC1,865.32
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.77
MNT6,000.00
$4.58
CRC2,339.06

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pay 5.1% less for clothing

 
Mongolia
Costa Rica
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$66.51
MNT226,000.00
$65.32
CRC33,344.76
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$50.62
MNT171,999.80
$44.54
CRC22,735.83
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$88.29
MNT300,000.00
$110.39
CRC56,346.79

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