Cost of living comparison
Amsterdam is 89.7% more expensive than Tokyo.
If you lived in Amsterdam instead of Tokyo, you would:
pay 3.1 times more for restaurants
Tokyo
|
Amsterdam
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$6.59
¥1,032
|
$21.77
€20.14
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.14
¥806
|
$13.06
€12.09
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.15
¥180
|
$3.31
€3.06
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
¥120
|
$2.81
€2.60
|
|
pay 4.0% less for groceries
Tokyo
|
Amsterdam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.73
¥271
|
$2.11
€1.95
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.97
¥1,249
|
$6.59
€6.09
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.76
¥903
|
$5.10
€4.72
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.15
¥336
|
$4.45
€4.12
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.23
¥506
|
$5.95
€5.50
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.37
¥371
|
$0.95
€0.87
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.13
¥177
|
$1.00
€0.93
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.58
¥405
|
$0.94
€0.87
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.19
¥344
|
$1.55
€1.44
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.27
¥198
|
$0.87
€0.80
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.23
¥194
|
$0.83
€0.77
|
|
pay 53.8% more for transportation
Tokyo
|
Amsterdam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.29
¥672
|
$8.18
€7.57
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$50.63
¥7,934
|
$88.71
€82.09
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$21,471.04
¥3,365,103
|
$32,110.45
€29,711.80
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$25.31
¥3,967
|
$25.25
€23.37
|
|
pay 2.0 times more for housing
Tokyo
|
Amsterdam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$31.29
¥4,904
|
$50.09
€46.35
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,013.09
¥158,780
|
$2,059.29
€1,905.46
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$584.76
¥91,648
|
$1,685.95
€1,560.01
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$132.60
¥20,782
|
$203.74
€188.52
|
|
pay 2.6 times more for childcare
Tokyo
|
Amsterdam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$486.02
¥76,173
|
$2,119.81
€1,961.46
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$14,566.86
¥2,283,027
|
$11,765.02
€10,886.17
|
|
pay 70.6% more for entertainment and sports
Tokyo
|
Amsterdam
|
||
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.21
¥503
|
$7.08
€6.55
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.30
¥517
|
$4.28
€3.96
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.85
¥604
|
$10.34
€9.57
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$61.83
¥9,691
|
$62.30
€57.65
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$12.21
¥1,913
|
$16.33
€15.11
|
|
pay 37.3% more for clothing
Tokyo
|
Amsterdam
|
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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$54.04
¥8,470
|
$89.06
€82.40
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.17
¥5,669
|
$33.70
€31.18
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$61.61
¥9,656
|
$94.07
€87.05
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$79.69
¥12,490
|
$110.42
€102.17
|
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