Fresno vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fresno	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2371	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5290	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$1530	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2614	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$574
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	44
😀 Quality of life	78	58
🏙️ Population	542K	1.13M

The cost of living in Fresno is 156% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 1005th and 5898th ($2371 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 920th 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 1.6 months in Fresno compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Fresno ranked 188th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 659th and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fresno vs Santo Domingo

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	Fresno	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.5	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1417	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2393	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2299	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2801	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.37	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.83	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.18	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.61	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.7	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12984	$7607

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Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2361
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2490
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2506
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2773
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2501
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2453
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2494
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2559
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2120
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2303
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2599
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2154
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2370
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2775
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2555
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2603
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2490
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2422
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2588
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2792
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2801
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2934
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2740
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2346
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2571
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2433
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2238
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$3006
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$2033
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3074
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2306
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2622
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2646
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3437
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2536
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2135
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1995
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2717
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2170

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