How much does it cost to live in St. George's?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$2,420 (EC$6,534)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: airbnb.com, vrbo.com
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $1,288 (EC$3,477)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $3,486 (EC$9,413)
- Furnished 1-bed rent
- $1,300 (EC$3,510)
St. George's center or Grand Anse
Good to know
Good to Know
- Grenada's currency, the Eastern Caribbean Dollar, is fixed at EC$2.70 to US$1, so prices don't shift with exchange-rate swings — useful for budgeting predictably.
- Furnished, short-term monthly rentals aimed at expats and St. George's University-affiliated renters typically cost more than the general local long-term rental market — generic cost-of-living calculators tend to understate what a nomad will actually pay.
- Grand Anse and Lance Aux Epines, the main south-coast expat/beach areas, run noticeably pricier than central St. George's for both housing and dining out.
- Shopping at the St. George's market for local produce (bananas, breadfruit, callaloo, fresh fish) is much cheaper than buying imported packaged groceries at supermarkets, which run well above US prices.
- The Eastern Caribbean Dollar (XCD) is pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate of EC$2.70 = US$1, so exchange-rate swings are not a real risk here.
- Digicel prepaid SIM cards cost around EC$15 (with EC$10 of credit preloaded) and buying one requires showing a passport.
- Grenada's digital nomad route (the Remote Employment Act visa) requires proof of at least EC$100,000 (~US$37,000) annual income and is valid for 12 months with an option to extend for another 12.
- Grenada has no local income tax, so digital nomad visa holders are only taxed in their home country.
- St. George's has very few dedicated coworking spaces — LaunchPad Grenada in Belmont appears to be the main option — so many remote workers end up working from cafés or resort/villa wifi instead.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- EC$6,534
Includes 7 estimated components
- Lean month
- EC$3,477
Includes 4 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- EC$9,413
Includes 8 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- St. George's town itself has no strongly documented digital-nomad cluster. The real expat/remote-worker concentration is along the south coast corridor — Grand Anse and Lance Aux Epines — plus areas near St. George's University, while the town center and Carenage offer cheaper but more locally-oriented housing with fewer expat amenities.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- EC$3,510
Estimated
Source states furnished short-term rentals geared at expats and St. George's University students run 30-50% above the USD 700-1,200 base 1BR range; ~40% uplift applied to the range midpoint here.
Published in USD
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- EC$2,430
Estimated
Source states a 1-bedroom apartment in St. George's center rents USD 700–1,200/month; midpoint of that base (non-short-term) range used here.
Published in USD
- Premium apartment
- EC$5,670
Estimated
Source states a 2-3 bedroom property runs USD 1,200-2,000, and that Lance Aux Epines and Grand Anse (the premium south coast expat zones) run 20-40% above central St. George's; ~30% uplift applied to the range midpoint here.
Published in USD
- Private room in a shared home
- EC$1,485
Estimated
No listing site or survey specifically quoted a private-room-in-shared-home rate for St. George's; estimated at roughly half the budget furnished-1BR figure below as a rough proxy.
Published in USD
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- EC$1,215
Estimated
Derived from Numbeo's single-person non-rent monthly cost estimate for Grenada (~$1,138), assuming groceries represent roughly 40% of that broader non-rent basket; no standalone grocery-only figure was located.
Published in USD
Sample prices
1L Milk (Imported)
- 1L Milk (Imported)
- EC$9.45
Estimated
No exact figure retrieved; estimated as an imported dairy item, which sources note runs notably higher than locally produced foods.
Published in USD
Fresh White Bread (500g Loaf)
- Fresh White Bread (500g Loaf)
- EC$8.10
Estimated
No exact figure retrieved for Grenada; rough estimate.
Published in USD
Eggs (12, Large)
- Eggs (12, Large)
- EC$15
Estimated
No exact figure retrieved for Grenada; rough estimate.
Published in USD
White Rice (1kg)
- White Rice (1kg)
- EC$6.75
Estimated
No exact figure retrieved for Grenada; rough estimate.
Published in USD
Chicken Fillets (1kg, Locally Produced)
- Chicken Fillets (1kg, Locally Produced)
- EC$22
Estimated
Source notes chicken is among items produced locally and sold at the St. George's market below US equivalents; specific price estimated.
Published in USD
Bottled Water, 1.5L (Store)
- Bottled Water, 1.5L (Store)
- EC$3.24
Estimated
No exact figure retrieved for Grenada; rough estimate for a store-bought bottle, not a restaurant price.
Published in USD
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- EC$15
Estimated
Source states, citing Numbeo, that a meal in an inexpensive restaurant amounts to around $7.40 in Grenada. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 19.98 XCD reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Published in USD
- High-end meal
- EC$176
Estimated
No specific high-end per-person figure was found in the sources we checked; estimated relative to the sourced mid-range figure based on typical upscale waterfront/resort dining pricing in the area.
Published in USD
- Mid-range meal
- EC$80
Estimated
Source states a three-course meal for two at a mid-range restaurant costs around $79 (citing Numbeo); halved here to approximate a single diner's cost, per the requirement not to record a two-person figure as a single meal. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 107 XCD reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Published in USD
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Day pass
- EC$50
Estimated
No published day-pass rate could be found for LaunchPad Grenada (the only dedicated coworking space identified in St. George's) or any other St. George's coworking venue. Figure is a rough estimate based on typical small-Caribbean-island coworking day rates; treat with low confidence.
- Monthly hot desk
- EC$400
Estimated
LaunchPad Grenada (Belmont, St. George's) was confirmed via Coworker.com as the first coworking space in Grenada, offering hot-desk space and 100Mbps internet, but it does not publish pricing online. Monthly figure is an unsourced estimate.
Transport
- About monthly passes
- Grenada has no formal transit authority or monthly pass. Public transport in St. George's is via privately-owned shared minibuses, paid per ride in cash.
- Single ride
- EC$3.00
Estimated
No live fare-schedule source was retrieved at the time of research; figure reflects a commonly cited in-town minibus fare range for St. George's but could not be confirmed against an official or current listing.
Mobile & data
- Monthly plan
- EC$200
Operator's own price
Digicel Grenada's own postpaid page states: 'Enjoy unlimited data and calls for just $200,' with extra lines at $50 each; page is on Digicel's Grenada (gd) site so pricing is assumed to be in EC$.
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Peak tourism occurs during the dry season (December to April) with materially higher rates; October (low season) sees rates approximately 30% lower than high season according to travel aggregators.
Low season
- Budget
- EC$160
Hotel - Siesta Hotel $60/night (Oct-Apr low); Airbnb entry-level $72 per AirROI
- Luxury
- EC$1,080
Luxury base $492, ~19% low-season discount per travel guides = ~$400/night
- Premium
- EC$810
Hotel - 4-star base $373, ~20% low-season discount = ~$300/night
- Standard
- EC$270
Hotel/Airbnb - 3-star $159 high-season per Budget Your Trip, ~37% discount in low season = ~$100/night
High season
- Budget
- EC$264
Hotel - Siesta Hotel (3-star, $60/night low reference); inflated ~65% for Dec-Apr peak per KAYAK/momondo seasonal multipliers
- Luxury
- EC$1,620
Luxury hotel average $492 per Budget Your Trip; high-season markup ~22% = ~$600/night (Sandals, Spice Island, Calabash tier)
- Premium
- EC$1,188
Hotel - 4-star hotels avg $373 per Budget Your Trip; high-season premium ~18% markup = ~$440/night
- Standard
- EC$594
Hotel/Airbnb blend - 3-star hotels avg $159 low-season per Budget Your Trip, Airbnb median $95 low-season per AirROI; high-season inflation ~120% = ~$220/night
Low-season months
- May
- June
- July
- September
- October
High-season months
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
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Data last updated September 2026 · Verify anything important.