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Matosinhos vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Matosinhos is 32.8% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants
pay 26.2% more in Matosinhos
Groceries
pay 40.1% more in Matosinhos
Transportation
pay 49.0% more in Matosinhos
Housing
pay 63.2% more in Matosinhos
Childcare
pay 46.0% less in Matosinhos
Entertainment and Sports
pay 14.2% less in Matosinhos
Clothing
pay 7.7% more in Matosinhos

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

Matosinhos vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Matosinhos instead of Ankara, you would:

pay 26.2% more for restaurants

 
Ankara
Matosinhos
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $10.16
TRY500.19
$13.44
€11.99
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.65
TRY475.18
$10.08
€9.00
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.72
TRY84.48
$2.05
€1.83

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pay 40.1% more for groceries

 
Ankara
Matosinhos
Bread
1 loaf
$0.98
TRY48.17
$1.73
€1.55
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.14
TRY252.83
$5.87
€5.24
Milk (1 gallon) $4.51
TRY221.92
$4.24
€3.78

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pay 49.0% more for transportation

 
Ankara
Matosinhos
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.38
TRY265.02
$8.28
€7.39
Monthly public transit pass $12.19
TRY600.23
$44.79
€39.98
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $48,777.71
TRY2M
$33,640.22
€30,027.86

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pay 63.2% more for housing

 
Ankara
Matosinhos
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$17.61
TRY866.83
$32.58
€29.08
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $760.78
TRY37,446.68
$1,161.73
€1,036.98
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $572.06
TRY28,157.64
$962.97
€859.57

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pay 46.0% less for childcare

 
Ankara
Matosinhos
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,048.06
TRY51,586.85
$575.48
€513.69
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $19,763.76
TRY973K
$10,486.32
€9,360.28

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pay 14.2% less for entertainment and sports

 
Ankara
Matosinhos
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.08
TRY250.09
$2.24
€2.00
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.09
TRY201.41
$2.67
€2.39
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.24
TRY110.04
$6.40
€5.72

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pay 7.7% more for clothing

 
Ankara
Matosinhos
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$53.73
TRY2,644.74
$96.82
€86.42
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$48.06
TRY2,365.60
$37.21
€33.22
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$105.21
TRY5,178.42
$93.31
€83.29

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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: October 2026
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