El Paso vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	El Paso	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1613	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3896	$2765
🏠 One person rent	$871	$448
🏘️ Family rent	$1588	$955
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$341
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3848	$489
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	44
😀 Quality of life	67	58
🏙️ Population	679K	1.13M

The cost of living in El Paso is 53% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 3024th and 4974th ($1613 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2082nd and 1st in the United States and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in El Paso compared to 0.5 months in Santo Domingo. El Paso ranked 1464th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 4017th and 5711th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Santo Domingo

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	El Paso	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$8.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.1	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.86	$2.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$655
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$648	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1375	$1409
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1310	$724
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.3	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	12.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1743	$1991
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1709	$1387
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$74.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.65	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.77	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.99	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$2.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.27	$4.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.04	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.81	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.1	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$6.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.5	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$9.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.2	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.3	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$729	$413
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11022	$6562

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1696
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$932
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1818
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1798
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1010
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1777
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2227
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$935
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2213
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$924
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1691
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$2042
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2043
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2076
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$874
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2105
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2066
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2013
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1710
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1927
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2324
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2341
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1860
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$914
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2312
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2392
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2427
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

Cities near Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$764
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$671
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$692
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$717
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$536
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$775
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$745
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$700
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$541
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$782
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$787
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$728
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$590
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$805
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$712
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$779
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$809
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$958
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1009
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$721
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$714
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$491
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$506
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$501
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$525
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$514
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$497
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1300
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1168
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1236
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1137
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1273
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$494
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1522
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1447
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$504