New Orleans vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Orleans	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5396	$1970
🏠 One person rent	$1281	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$2321	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$685	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$82	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3816	$397
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	85	27
😀 Quality of life	87	52
🏙️ Population	384K	3.15M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 185% more expensive than in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Cities ranked 1304th and 6526th ($2222 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1179th and 1st in the United States and Bolivia, respectively. Check the United States vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in New Orleans compared to 0.5 months in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. New Orleans ranked 67th best city to live in the United States vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 264th and 6116th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Orleans vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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	New Orleans	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.3	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1460	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2636	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1899	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$54.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$1141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2090	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$4.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$5.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.78	$2.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.4	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.4	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.3	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1564	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10189	$4204

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Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2114
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1974
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1726
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2003
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1767
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1583
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2174
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2050
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2015
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1781
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1828
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2119
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1709
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1807
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1941
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1895
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1825
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1868
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1894
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1874
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2252
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1954
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2046
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1772
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2037
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2092
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2213
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2020
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2037
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1979
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1581
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1923
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1805
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1673
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1989

Cities near Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Distance	City	Cost of living
258 km or 161 mi	Sucre	$666
304 km or 189 mi	Sacaba	$538
317 km or 197 mi	Cochabamba	$535
335 km or 208 mi	Potosi	$507
376 km or 233 mi	Trinidad	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Oruro	$600
446 km or 277 mi	Tarija	$630
528 km or 328 mi	Tartagal	$804
545 km or 339 mi	La Paz	$688
550 km or 342 mi	El Alto	$673
601 km or 373 mi	Corumba	$583
606 km or 377 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
617 km or 384 mi	Caceres	$643
650 km or 404 mi	Vilhena	$577
688 km or 428 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
691 km or 430 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
737 km or 458 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
744 km or 462 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
747 km or 464 mi	Tacna	$414
757 km or 470 mi	Arica	$748
758 km or 471 mi	Puno	$520
772 km or 480 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
779 km or 484 mi	Iquique	$923
779 km or 484 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
781 km or 485 mi	Juliaca	$547
789 km or 490 mi	Varzea Grande	$682
792 km or 492 mi	Calama	$673
795 km or 494 mi	Cuiaba	$725
811 km or 504 mi	Salta	$1121
863 km or 536 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
865 km or 537 mi	Concepcion	$521
876 km or 544 mi	Ariquemes	$575
900 km or 559 mi	Arequipa	$588
921 km or 573 mi	Rondonopolis	$546
941 km or 585 mi	Ponta Pora	$586
944 km or 587 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$502
949 km or 589 mi	Campo Grande	$588
992 km or 616 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
1001 km or 622 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1005 km or 625 mi	Dourados	$599