Port-au-Prince vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port-au-Prince	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$542	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1349	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$233	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$446	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.3	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$398	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	80
😀 Quality of life	35	91
🏙️ Population	987K	737K

The cost of living in Port-au-Prince is 82% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8307th and 158th ($542 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th in Haiti and the United States, respectively. Check Haiti vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Port-au-Prince compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Port-au-Prince ranked 1st best city to live in Haiti vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 7453rd and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Port-au-Prince vs Seattle 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/port-au-prince/seattle.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Port-au-Prince vs Seattle infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/port-au-prince/seattle" target="_blank">Port-au-Prince vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Port-au-Prince vs Seattle

Prices for goods and services in Port-au-Prince and Seattle are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Port-au-Prince	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.7	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$495	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$325	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.9	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.4	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.12%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1522	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$936	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.82	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.85	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.2	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.23	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.05	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.5	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3207	$29407

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Port-au-Prince

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Delmas	$520
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Carrefour	$527
6.7 km or 4.1 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
74 km or 46 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
80 km or 50 mi	Miragoane	$507
91 km or 56 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
107 km or 66 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$506
107 km or 67 mi	Gonaives	$521
121 km or 75 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
135 km or 84 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
136 km or 84 mi	Barahona	$707
147 km or 92 mi	Sabaneta	$715
169 km or 105 mi	Azua	$750
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
200 km or 124 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
205 km or 127 mi	La Vega	$561
209 km or 130 mi	Bonao	$545
214 km or 133 mi	Bani	$695
222 km or 138 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
233 km or 145 mi	San Cristobal	$812
234 km or 145 mi	Sosua	$961
235 km or 146 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
237 km or 148 mi	Cotui	$645
243 km or 151 mi	Cabarete	$774
258 km or 160 mi	Santo Domingo	$928
278 km or 173 mi	Nagua	$773
288 km or 179 mi	Boca Chica	$784
320 km or 199 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
324 km or 202 mi	Samana	$692
348 km or 217 mi	El Seibo	$733
349 km or 217 mi	Guantanamo	$1561
355 km or 221 mi	La Romana	$656
357 km or 222 mi	Moa	$1830
382 km or 238 mi	Higuey	$735
401 km or 249 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1415
418 km or 260 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
426 km or 265 mi	Palma Soriano	$1272
436 km or 271 mi	Port Antonio	$1170
474 km or 295 mi	Half Way Tree	$1197

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093