Cost of living comparison

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Tirana is 50.9% more expensive than Vientiane.

If you lived in Tirana instead of Vientiane, you would:

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pay 3.2 times more for restaurants

 
Vientiane
Tirana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.82
LAK39,833
$10.76
ALL973
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$3.24
LAK70,993
$7.91
ALL715
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.67
LAK14,796
$1.61
ALL146

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pay 16.8% more for groceries

 
Vientiane
Tirana
Bread
1 loaf
$0.93
LAK20,395
$0.98
ALL88
Local cheese (8 oz) $14.08
LAK308,600
$6.08
ALL550
Milk (1 gallon) $6.60
LAK144,656
$7.55
ALL682

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pay 8.6% more for transportation

 
Vientiane
Tirana
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.14
LAK112,637
$7.77
ALL702
Monthly public transit pass $50.97
LAK1,117,340
$17.22
ALL1,556
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $28,928.24
LAK634,119,696
$25,292.78
ALL2,285,567

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pay 9.1% less for housing

 
Vientiane
Tirana
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$13.36
LAK292,967
$17.40
ALL1,572
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $863.65
LAK18,931,546
$568.58
ALL51,379
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $785.49
LAK17,218,267
$380.80
ALL34,410

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pay 39.6% less for childcare

 
Vientiane
Tirana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $342.92
LAK7,516,910
$235.39
ALL21,270
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,300.83
LAK203,878,187
$4,857.15
ALL438,914

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Vientiane
Tirana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.00
LAK21,844
$2.69
ALL243
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.67
LAK36,599
$1.81
ALL164
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.64
LAK35,978
$3.77
ALL340

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pay 53.5% more for clothing

 
Vientiane
Tirana
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$81.96
LAK1,796,545
$64.36
ALL5,816
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$62.33
LAK1,366,228
$48.67
ALL4,398
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$58.81
LAK1,289,226
$95.47
ALL8,627

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