Amsterdam vs Roseau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Roseau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$2824
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$483
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$75.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$484
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	95	12
😀 Quality of life	95	46
🏙️ Population	921K	14.7K

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 175% more expensive than in Roseau. Cities ranked 331st and 5404th ($2791 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the Netherlands and Dominica, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Dominica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.5 months in Roseau. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Roseau ranked 1st in Dominica, while ranked 29th and 6511th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Amsterdam vs Roseau infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/amsterdam/roseau.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Amsterdam vs Roseau infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/amsterdam/roseau" target="_blank">Amsterdam vs Roseau - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Amsterdam vs Roseau

Prices for goods and services in Amsterdam and Roseau are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Amsterdam	Roseau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$7.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$64.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$6.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$183
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$1058
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$56.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	7.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$1224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$945
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$32.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$3.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$5.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$2.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$6.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$7.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$8.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$41.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$6.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$148
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$3299

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

Cities near Roseau

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
84 km or 52 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
86 km or 53 mi	Basse-Terre	$1508
102 km or 63 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1497
103 km or 64 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1505
109 km or 68 mi	Les Abymes	$1489
110 km or 68 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1501
115 km or 71 mi	Le Moule	$1499
149 km or 93 mi	Castries	$1161
181 km or 112 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
199 km or 124 mi	All Saints	$1037
208 km or 129 mi	St. John's	$1039
226 km or 140 mi	Georgetown	$1007
238 km or 148 mi	Kingstown	$1000
265 km or 165 mi	Basseterre	$1373
270 km or 168 mi	Cayon	$1377
301 km or 187 mi	Holetown	$1418
310 km or 193 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
351 km or 218 mi	Philipsburg	$1968
355 km or 220 mi	Grenville	$1070
364 km or 226 mi	St. George's	$1062
449 km or 279 mi	Saint Croix	$2551
463 km or 288 mi	Scarborough	$1084
490 km or 304 mi	Road Town	$2289
509 km or 316 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2177
515 km or 320 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
517 km or 321 mi	San Juan	$1178
532 km or 331 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
546 km or 339 mi	La Asuncion	$695
552 km or 343 mi	Porlamar	$684
552 km or 343 mi	Carupano	$737
558 km or 347 mi	San Fernando	$953
565 km or 351 mi	Fajardo	$1566
566 km or 352 mi	Naguabo	$1704
568 km or 353 mi	Yabucoa	$1631
569 km or 354 mi	Humacao	$1364
575 km or 357 mi	Las Piedras	$1483
584 km or 363 mi	Rio Grande	$1670
588 km or 365 mi	Guayama	$1532
589 km or 366 mi	Gurabo	$1166