Sao Tome vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$312	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$794
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	1	47
😀 Quality of life	22	62
🏙️ Population	65.5K	276K

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 13% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 6047th and 6461st ($900 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Sao Tome and Principe and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 8798th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Tome vs Sarajevo

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	Sao Tome	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$2856

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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

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768