Memphis vs San Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Memphis	San Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1874	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4389	$2687
🏠 One person rent	$1092	$656
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$565	$363
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.9	$85.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3516	$418
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	67	42
😀 Quality of life	87	50
🏙️ Population	633K	316K

The cost of living in Memphis is 56% more expensive than in San Salvador. Cities ranked 2179th and 4469th ($1874 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1817th and 2nd in the United States and El Salvador, respectively. Check the United States vs El Salvador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Memphis compared to 0.3 months in San Salvador. Memphis ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs San Salvador ranked 1st in El Salvador, while ranked 279th and 6219th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Memphis vs San Salvador infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/memphis/san-salvador.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Memphis vs San Salvador infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/memphis/san-salvador" target="_blank">Memphis vs San Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Memphis vs San Salvador

Prices for goods and services in Memphis and San Salvador are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Memphis	San Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.59	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.47	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$976	$736
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1292	$860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$95.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$36
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	9.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1489	$2408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$1341
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.2	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.6	$26.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.19	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$6.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$1.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.63	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$131	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.4	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27369	$5642

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2134
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$2062
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2070
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1865
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2077
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2268
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2117
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$2009
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1781
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1874
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1717
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1946
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1831
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1882
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1645
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1830
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1930
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1617
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1856
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$1999
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1350
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1989
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1828
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1774
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1806
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1943
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1649
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1728
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2031
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1839
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1772
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2075
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1438
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1322
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2738

Cities near San Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Mejicanos	$1175
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soyapango	$1182
11 km or 6.8 mi	Santa Tecla	$1194
11 km or 7 mi	Apopa	$1160
49 km or 30 mi	Santa Ana	$698
57 km or 35 mi	Sonsonate	$884
75 km or 46 mi	Ahuachapan	$1449
89 km or 55 mi	Usulutan	$1083
112 km or 69 mi	San Miguel	$1088
135 km or 84 mi	Jalapa	$936
172 km or 107 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Guatemala City	$1070
185 km or 115 mi	Mixco	$653
187 km or 116 mi	Comayagua	$753
219 km or 136 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
220 km or 137 mi	Villanueva	$897
235 km or 146 mi	Coban	$916
236 km or 147 mi	San Pedro Sula	$1047
237 km or 147 mi	La Lima	$897
241 km or 150 mi	Panajachel	$819
241 km or 150 mi	El Progreso	$903
250 km or 156 mi	Choloma	$719
253 km or 157 mi	Chinandega	$638
266 km or 165 mi	Mazatenango	$886
273 km or 170 mi	Yoro	$755
277 km or 172 mi	Puerto Cortes	$788
281 km or 174 mi	Quetzaltenango	$784
282 km or 175 mi	Momostenango	$881
287 km or 178 mi	Leon	$632
315 km or 196 mi	Esteli	$598
347 km or 216 mi	La Ceiba	$626
352 km or 219 mi	Jinotega	$455
357 km or 222 mi	Tapachula	$632
361 km or 224 mi	Managua	$738
365 km or 227 mi	Matagalpa	$624
367 km or 228 mi	Flores	$878
385 km or 239 mi	San Ignacio	$1034
387 km or 240 mi	Masaya	$710
397 km or 247 mi	Belmopan	$973
402 km or 250 mi	Granada	$701