Cost of living comparison

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Tripoli is 69.5% cheaper than San Juan.

If you lived in Tripoli instead of San Juan, you would:

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pay 70.2% less for restaurants

 
San Juan
Tripoli
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $20.00
 
$6.17
LYD29.710
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.12
 
$5.14
LYD24.760
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.96
 
$0.47
LYD2.250

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pay 70.1% less for groceries

 
San Juan
Tripoli
Bread
1 loaf
$3.56
 
$0.30
LYD1.460
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.23
 
$2.40
LYD11.540
Milk (1 gallon) $7.93
 
$3.73
LYD17.960

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pay 69.1% less for transportation

 
San Juan
Tripoli
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.88
 
$0.12
LYD0.560
Monthly public transit pass $40.00
 
$16.46
LYD79.230
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $32,500.00
 
$15,433.88
LYD74,279.480

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pay 82.1% less for housing

 
San Juan
Tripoli
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$69.54
 
$19.74
LYD94.990
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,883.33
 
$226.36
LYD1,089.430
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $877.00
 
$124.50
LYD599.190

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pay 87.8% less for childcare

 
San Juan
Tripoli
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $471.43
 
$68.60
LYD330.130
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $10,400.00
 
$1,028.93
LYD4,951.970

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pay 67.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
San Juan
Tripoli
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.50
 
$0.67
LYD3.220
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.52
 
$0.58
LYD2.810
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$10.57
 
$2.26
LYD10.890

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pay 39.5% less for clothing

 
San Juan
Tripoli
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$47.50
 
$30.31
LYD145.890
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$45.00
 
$32.72
LYD157.470
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$95.00
 
$48.68
LYD234.270

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