{"id":2095,"date":"2020-10-07T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2022-04-05T17:42:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:42:12","slug":"6-months-in-nicaragua-cost-us-20000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=2095","title":{"rendered":"6 months in Nicaragua Cost us $20,000."},"content":{"rendered":"

Our family of 4 spent 6 months living in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. We looked back at our numbers to see how much it cost us to live there. We spent $20,000 or $3300 per month.\"\"<\/p>\n

We go into detail about these expenses in this post.<\/p>\n

Lodging<\/h2>\n

Our lodging cost about $1,150 per month. We stayed in three different places while we were in Nicaragua. We spent one-month living in the town in an Airbnb. It was a small 2-bedroom apartment that costs under $1,000 per month. It was great because we could easily walk to the beach, restaurants, and the market.\"\"<\/p>\n

Once COVID hit we decided to move just outside of the city (still within walking distance) to a gated community with a pool. We spent two months at La Santa Maria. We spent more money on this house than we normally would because we did not know how long we would be stuck in the house because of COVID. Our monthly housing budget is usually around $1,000. Our house at La Santa Maria had a small dipping pool and more space to spread out. It was definitely a splurge.<\/p>\n

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We spent three months living in a community called Pelican Eyes. This cost us just over $1,000 per month including utilities, so it was right in our budget. We loved this house. It had screens on the windows to let in the breeze, but not the bugs. It also had a lot of space for us to spread out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sometimes utilities were included and sometimes they were not. We spent an average of $180\/month on water, gas, and electricity. Electricity in Nicaragua is expensive. We used the A\/C sparingly because we were conscious of the cost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Food<\/h2>\n

We spent about $900 per month on food for our family of four. Groceries were the bulk of that cost.<\/p>\n