Sao Tome vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$312	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	1	38
😀 Quality of life	22	76
🏙️ Population	65.5K	767K

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 28% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 6047th and 4331st ($900 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Sao Tome and Principe and Croatia, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 8798th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Sao Tome	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747