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Praia vs. Pretoria Cost of Living Summary

Praia is 20.7% more expensive than Pretoria.

Restaurants: pay 26.6% more in Praia
Groceries: pay 94.6% more in Praia
Transportation: pay 26.4% more in Praia
Housing: pay 26.5% more in Praia
Childcare: pay 40.5% less in Praia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.6% more in Praia
Clothing: pay 9.9% more in Praia

The cost of groceries, restaurants, housing, transportation, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Praia are more expensive than in Pretoria. Notably, groceries is significantly more expensive in Praia.

Praia vs. Pretoria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Praia instead of Pretoria, you would:

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pay 26.6% more for restaurants

	Pretoria	Praia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.52 ZAR162.85	$4.86 CVE522.61	-42.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.68 ZAR89.51	$6.32 CVE679.39	+34.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.01 ZAR19.27	$1.78 CVE191.34	+76.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.81 ZAR15.52	$1.12 CVE120.26	+37.7%
Average			+26.6%

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pay 94.6% more for groceries

	Pretoria	Praia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.07 ZAR20.53	$2.95 CVE317.12	+174.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.70 ZAR70.66	$7.94 CVE853.96	+114.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.91 ZAR93.91	$4.78 CVE514.35	-2.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.35 ZAR44.86	$2.20 CVE236.22	-6.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.08 ZAR39.69	$2.61 CVE280.91	+25.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.69 ZAR13.20	$2.00 CVE214.61	+189.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.68 ZAR13.09	$1.32 CVE142.23	+93.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 ZAR13.87	$1.56 CVE167.52	+114.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.75 ZAR14.40	$2.23 CVE240.21	+196.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 ZAR12.23	$1.21 CVE130.38	+89.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.58 ZAR11.14	$0.88 CVE94.82	+51.3%
Average			+94.6%

Pretoria vs. Praia - Cost of groceries

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pay 26.4% more for transportation

	Pretoria	Praia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.05 ZAR96.62	$6.31 CVE678.35	+24.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$65.32 ZAR1,248.52	$20.42 CVE2,194.95	-68.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,084.78 ZAR364,784.52	$29,166.78 CVE3,135,646.09	+52.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.78 ZAR167.74	$17.26 CVE1,855.26	+96.6%
Average			+26.4%

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pay 26.5% more for housing

	Pretoria	Praia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$39.13 ZAR747.96	$51.28 CVE5,513.51	+31.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$416.34 ZAR7,957.95	$583.34 CVE62,712.92	+40.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$379.25 ZAR7,248.92	$388.89 CVE41,808.61	+2.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$86.03 ZAR1,644.36	$113.61 CVE12,213.80	+32.1%
Average			+26.5%

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pay 40.5% less for childcare

	Pretoria	Praia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$216.65 ZAR4,141.05	$110.42 CVE11,871.01	-49.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,800.41 ZAR91,754.47	$3,266.68 CVE351,192.36	-31.9%
Average			-40.5%

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pay 1.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Pretoria	Praia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.39 ZAR45.60	$2.48 CVE266.53	+3.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.00 ZAR38.15	$1.49 CVE160.04	-25.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.95 ZAR56.45	$4.38 CVE470.35	+48.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.21 ZAR653.89	$36.46 CVE3,919.56	+6.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.81 ZAR149.28	$5.83 CVE627.13	-25.3%
Average			+1.6%

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pay 9.9% more for clothing

	Pretoria	Praia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$49.09 ZAR938.23	$48.61 CVE5,226.08	-1.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.65 ZAR662.26	$38.89 CVE4,180.86	+12.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.30 ZAR1,764.21	$87.50 CVE9,406.94	-5.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$98.31 ZAR1,879.04	$131.25 CVE14,110.41	+33.5%
Average			+9.9%

Pretoria vs. Praia - 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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