Las Vegas vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Las Vegas	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2271	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$1389	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4042	$574
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	51	44
😀 Quality of life	87	58
🏙️ Population	642K	1.13M

The cost of living in Las Vegas is 145% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 1211th and 5898th ($2271 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 Las Vegas compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Las Vegas ranked 75th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 290th and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Las Vegas vs Santo Domingo

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	Las Vegas	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$6.11	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1329	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2493	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1986	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3295	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2677	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.93	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.69	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.3	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.4	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1017	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13572	$7607

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Las Vegas

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	North Las Vegas	$2260
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Paradise	$2322
16 km or 10 mi	Enterprise	$2343
18 km or 11 mi	Summerlin South	$2261
21 km or 13 mi	Henderson	$2566
78 km or 48 mi	Pahrump	$2235
127 km or 79 mi	Bullhead	$1852
147 km or 91 mi	Kingman	$1926
174 km or 108 mi	St. George	$2126
181 km or 112 mi	Washington	$2146
202 km or 125 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
221 km or 137 mi	Barstow	$2749
236 km or 146 mi	Ridgecrest	$2115
241 km or 150 mi	Twentynine Palms	$2592
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar	$2083
254 km or 158 mi	Yucca Valley	$2141
263 km or 163 mi	Apple Valley	$2550
266 km or 165 mi	Victorville	$2568
273 km or 169 mi	Adelanto	$2840
275 km or 171 mi	Desert Hot Springs	$2471
277 km or 172 mi	Hesperia	$2657
289 km or 179 mi	Cathedral	$2421
289 km or 180 mi	Blythe	$2763
290 km or 180 mi	Palm Springs	$2389
290 km or 180 mi	Indio	$2619
292 km or 181 mi	Coachella	$2778
294 km or 183 mi	Palm Desert	$2578
294 km or 183 mi	Yucaipa	$2502
295 km or 183 mi	Highland	$2888
296 km or 184 mi	Banning	$2501
297 km or 184 mi	La Quinta	$2619
299 km or 186 mi	San Bernardino	$2447
299 km or 186 mi	Redlands	$2768
300 km or 186 mi	Beaumont	$2544
303 km or 188 mi	Prescott	$2466
304 km or 189 mi	Loma Linda	$2726
305 km or 190 mi	Colton	$3060
306 km or 190 mi	Rialto	$2701
310 km or 192 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
312 km or 194 mi	Moreno Valley	$2695

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