Cost of living comparison
Cabo Verde is 20.8% more expensive than Samoa.
If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Samoa, you would:
pay 41.8% less for restaurants
Samoa
|
Cabo Verde
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$59.13
WST165.55
|
$5.10
CVE539.43
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.72
WST30.01
|
$4.86
CVE513.74
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.14
WST6.00
|
$2.16
CVE228.03
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.52
WST4.26
|
$1.19
CVE125.89
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for groceries
Samoa
|
Cabo Verde
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.71
WST1.98
|
$2.51
CVE265.47
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) | ?? |
$6.73
CVE710.86
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.70
WST18.76
|
$5.01
CVE529.94
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
?? |
$2.80
CVE296.43
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? |
$3.29
CVE347.80
|
|
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.61
CVE170.15
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.17
CVE123.21
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.40
CVE147.59
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.96
CVE207.20
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.07
CVE113.02
|
|
Onions (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.87
CVE91.66
|
|
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Samoa
|
Cabo Verde
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) | ?? |
$6.45
CVE682.01
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$25.28
CVE2,671.46
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$29,166.78
CVE3,082,451.51
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$21.51
CVE2,273.31
|
pay (unknown) more for housing
Samoa
|
Cabo Verde
|
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---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
?? |
$57.24
CVE6,049.31
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area | ?? |
$475.70
CVE50,273.72
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center | ?? |
$350.12
CVE37,002.05
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$96.76
CVE10,225.44
|
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Samoa
|
Cabo Verde
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly | ?? |
$136.23
CVE14,397.18
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$2,824.32
CVE298,484.05
|
pay 19.0% less for entertainment and sports
Samoa
|
Cabo Verde
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.36
WST15.00
|
$2.70
CVE285.13
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.61
WST4.50
|
$1.80
CVE189.97
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
?? |
$4.38
CVE462.37
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym | ?? |
$44.16
CVE4,666.49
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema | ?? |
$7.78
CVE821.99
|
|
pay 29.2% more for clothing
Samoa
|
Cabo Verde
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$45.56
WST127.56
|
$46.18
CVE4,880.55
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.45
WST102.05
|
$43.75
CVE4,623.68
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$68.34
WST191.34
|
$92.36
CVE9,761.10
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$91.11
WST255.12
|
$145.83
CVE15,412.26
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