Travel Money Index

Your USD goes further in Cape Verde

+3.4% further

$2,000 now goes as far as $2,067.83 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 196,940 CVE

That is 6,460 CVE more than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $65.60 today.

CVE per 1 USD Then 95.24 · Today 98.47
1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in Cape Verde

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

6,600 CVE a night
$2.27 less a night
Costs you today
$67.03
Cost you 1 year ago
$69.30
Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

11,000 CVE a night
$3.79 less a night
Costs you today
$111.71
Cost you 1 year ago
$115.50
Eat Estimate

Street food or casual meal

620 CVE a meal
10 more meals
Costs you today
$6.30
Cost you 1 year ago
$6.51
Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

3,900 CVE a dinner
1 more dinner
Costs you today
$39.61
Cost you 1 year ago
$40.95
Do Estimate

Museum entry

1,500 CVE a ticket
4 more tickets
Costs you today
$15.23
Cost you 1 year ago
$15.75
Do Estimate

Guided day tour

7,100 CVE a tour
$2.45 less a tour
Costs you today
$72.10
Cost you 1 year ago
$74.55
Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

4,400 CVE a ride
1 more ride
Costs you today
$44.68
Cost you 1 year ago
$46.20
Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

3,600 CVE a ticket
1 more ticket
Costs you today
$36.56
Cost you 1 year ago
$37.80

Rate history

CVE per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

99.22 95.35 91.48 October 2025 Today
Rate 1 year ago
A price ofCosts you todayCost you 1 year ago
1,000 CVE$10.16$10.50
5,000 CVE$50.78$52.50
20,000 CVE$203.11$210.00
100,000 CVE$1,015.54$1,049.98

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates)