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New Zealand vs. Anchorage Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 13.6% cheaper than Anchorage.

Restaurants: pay 29.0% less in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 20.9% less in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 14.0% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 47.2% less in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 7.6% less in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.4% less in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 4.0% more in New Zealand

The cost of transportation and clothing in New Zealand are more expensive than in Anchorage. Expenses including housing, restaurants, groceries, entertainment and sports, and childcare are lower in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Anchorage Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Anchorage, you would:

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pay 29.0% less for restaurants

	Anchorage	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$14.45 NZ$25.01	-42.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$14.00	$9.14 NZ$15.82	-34.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.75	$2.11 NZ$3.65	-23.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.39	$2.02 NZ$3.49	-15.8%
Average			-29.0%

Anchorage vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 20.9% less for groceries

	Anchorage	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$4.25	$1.74 NZ$3.01	-59.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.17	$3.88 NZ$6.72	-37.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.33	$6.34 NZ$10.97	+46.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.67	$5.96 NZ$10.31	+62.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.79	$4.01 NZ$6.93	-30.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$4.06	$1.18 NZ$2.04	-70.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.89	$0.95 NZ$1.65	+7.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.94	$1.29 NZ$2.24	-56.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.04	$2.11 NZ$3.65	-30.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.09	$0.85 NZ$1.47	-22.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.31	$0.80 NZ$1.38	-39.3%
Average			-20.9%

Anchorage vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 14.0% more for transportation

	Anchorage	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.84	$6.08 NZ$10.52	+58.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$60.00	$74.52 NZ$128.99	+24.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$34,089.50	$24,777.66 NZ$42,890.20	-27.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.66	$17.81 NZ$30.83	+0.8%
Average			+14.0%

Anchorage vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 47.2% less for housing

	Anchorage	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$134.62	$50.00 NZ$86.54	-62.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,483.14	$978.36 NZ$1,693.54	-34.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,242.86	$810.06 NZ$1,402.22	-34.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$222.68	$95.66 NZ$165.59	-57.0%
Average			-47.2%

Anchorage vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay 7.6% less for childcare

	Anchorage	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,160.00	$635.34 NZ$1,099.78	-45.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,350.00	$13,463.91 NZ$23,306.07	+30.1%
Average			-7.6%

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pay 8.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Anchorage	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.50	$6.04 NZ$10.46	-19.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.67	$3.35 NZ$5.80	-40.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$12.00	$23.12 NZ$40.03	+92.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$87.50	$37.72 NZ$65.30	-56.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.00	$10.72 NZ$18.56	-17.5%
Average			-8.4%

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pay 4.0% more for clothing

	Anchorage	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$46.80	$65.22 NZ$112.90	+39.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.00	$39.23 NZ$67.91	-12.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$100.33	$90.28 NZ$156.27	-10.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$120.00	$119.43 NZ$206.73	-0.5%
Average			+4.0%

Anchorage vs. New Zealand - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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