Fresno vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fresno	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2566	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5572	$2466
🏠 One person rent	$1667	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2747	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3632	$584
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	43
😀 Quality of life	81	61
🏙️ Population	542K	1.13M

The cost of living in Fresno is 152% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 775th and 5424th ($2566 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 687th and 2nd 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 1.4 months in Fresno compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Fresno ranked 214th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 701st and 5754th 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	$21	$7.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70	$47.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.98	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.79	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1381	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1361	$311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2356	$1055
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2328	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$218	$54.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$330	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$83.7	$34.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.38%	14.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2769	$1413
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2790	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.2	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.28	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.25
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$5.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.81
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$3.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$5.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.22	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.62	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$32.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$57.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$977	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13048	$7804

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Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2503
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2551
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2554
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2599
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2531
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2479
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2496
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2586
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2120
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2295
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2526
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2161
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2383
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2794
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2577
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2653
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2426
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2407
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2650
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2841
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2839
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2942
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2763
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2313
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2576
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2452
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2248
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$2955
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$1969
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3082
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2501
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2679
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2721
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3748
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2446
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2114
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1905
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2840
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2270

Cities near Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$853
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$844
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$708
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$778
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$648
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$539
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$749
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$750
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$676
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$502
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$686
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$781
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$720
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$525
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$730
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$713
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$822
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$857
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$948
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1150
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$724
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$736
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$721
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$529
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$546
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$541
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$567
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$552
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$536
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1320
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1220
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1436
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1574
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1472
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1650
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1617
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1592
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$544