El Paso vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$980	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$574
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	35	44
😀 Quality of life	79	58
🏙️ Population	679K	1.13M

The cost of living in El Paso is 95% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 2363rd and 5898th ($1813 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 3rd 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 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 633rd and 5536th 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	$18.9	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$7607

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

Cities near Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521