Moroni vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moroni	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1105	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2690	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$665	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1278	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$613	$252
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	1	1
😀 Quality of life	11	22
🏙️ Population	74.7K	65.5K

The cost of living in Moroni is 23% more expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 4807th and 6047th ($1105 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Comoros vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moroni compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 9179th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moroni vs Sao Tome

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	Moroni	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.78	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.44	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$619	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$511	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1061	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.2	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1481	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1246	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.83	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.7	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13253	$3685

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794

Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590