Sao Tome vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$312	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	1	8
😀 Quality of life	22	59
🏙️ Population	65.5K	24.7K

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 40% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6047th and 3454th ($900 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Sao Tome and Principe and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8798th and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Tome vs Victoria

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	Sao Tome	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$8298

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408