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New Zealand vs. Sao Tome and Principe Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 3.0 times more expensive than Sao Tome and Principe overall.

Restaurants: pay 18.2% more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 16.8% more in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 9.1% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 3.5 times more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.0 times more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 6.9 times more in New Zealand

The cost of clothing, entertainment and sports, housing, restaurants, groceries, and transportation in New Zealand are more expensive than in Sao Tome and Principe. Notably, clothing, entertainment and sports, and housing are significantly more expensive in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Sao Tome and Principe Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Sao Tome and Principe, you would:

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pay 18.2% more for restaurants

	Sao Tome and Principe	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.76 STD417,914	$13.47 NZ$23.50	-28.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.11 STD202,987	$8.81 NZ$15.37	-3.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.76 STD39,244	$2.16 NZ$3.77	+22.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.07 STD23,881	$1.94 NZ$3.39	+81.5%
Average			+18.2%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 16.8% more for groceries

	Sao Tome and Principe	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$0.95 STD21,104	$1.86 NZ$3.25	+96.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.38 STD208,957	$3.77 NZ$6.57	-59.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.73 STD105,465	$6.55 NZ$11.42	+38.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.92 STD87,436	$5.92 NZ$10.34	+51.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$8.51 STD189,563	$4.25 NZ$7.41	-50.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.46 STD32,496	$1.15 NZ$2.00	-21.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49 STD10,832	$1.04 NZ$1.82	+114.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.70 STD37,913	$1.31 NZ$2.28	-23.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.46 STD32,496	$2.31 NZ$4.03	+58.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.09 STD24,372	$0.90 NZ$1.57	-17.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.85 STD18,956	$0.83 NZ$1.45	-2.3%
Average			+16.8%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 9.1% more for transportation

	Sao Tome and Principe	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.74 STD127,914	$6.26 NZ$10.92	+9.1%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$69.15 NZ$120.63
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$24,735.85 NZ$43,150.21
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$17.90 NZ$31.23
Average			+9.1%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.5 times more for housing

	Sao Tome and Principe	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	??	$51.16 NZ$89.24
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$321.53 STD7,164,243	$1,007.66 NZ$1,757.81	+213.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$214.35 STD4,776,162	$809.64 NZ$1,412.36	+277.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$91.68 NZ$159.92
Average			+245.6%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Sao Tome and Principe	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$611.89 NZ$1,067.40
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$10,661.07 NZ$18,597.60

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pay 4.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Sao Tome and Principe	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.09 STD24,239	$6.10 NZ$10.63	+460.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.61 STD35,821	$3.30 NZ$5.76	+105.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.14 STD47,762	$22.88 NZ$39.91	+967.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.30 STD764,186	$38.53 NZ$67.21	+12.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$19.29 STD429,855	$10.92 NZ$19.04	-43.4%
Average			+300.4%

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pay 6.9 times more for clothing

	Sao Tome and Principe	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$65.31 NZ$113.92
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$40.78 NZ$71.14
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$93.71 NZ$163.47
Men's business shoes (leather)	$17.58 STD391,645	$121.74 NZ$212.37	+592.6%
Average			+592.6%

Sao Tome and Principe vs. New Zealand - Cost of clothing

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