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Macau vs. Armenia Cost of Living Summary

Macau is 86.6% more expensive than Armenia overall.

Restaurants: pay 6.7% less in Macau
Groceries: pay 2.5 times more in Macau
Transportation: pay 75.0% more in Macau
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Macau
Childcare: pay 2.5 times more in Macau
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.3 times more in Macau
Clothing: pay 12.5% less in Macau

The cost of childcare, groceries, entertainment and sports, housing, and transportation in Macau are more expensive than in Armenia. Expenses including clothing and restaurants are lower in Macau. Notably, childcare, groceries, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Macau.

Macau vs. Armenia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Macau instead of Armenia, you would:

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pay 6.7% less for restaurants

	Armenia	Macau
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.44 AMD3,961.55	$6.24 MOP49.90	-40.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.83 AMD2,971.16	$6.33 MOP50.65	-19.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.92 AMD349.01	$1.04 MOP8.33	+13.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.48 AMD183.27	$0.58 MOP4.60	+19.1%
Average			-6.7%

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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

	Armenia	Macau
Bread 1 loaf	$0.71 AMD269.45	$1.67 MOP13.37	+135.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.81 AMD1,445.50	$8.77 MOP70.14	+130.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.06 AMD2,300.04	$11.42 MOP91.30	+88.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.27 AMD863.05	$3.19 MOP25.49	+40.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.26 AMD1,237.42	$3.56 MOP28.45	+9.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.58 AMD221.83	$1.64 MOP13.13	+180.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.73 AMD275.27	$1.34 MOP10.71	+84.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.71 AMD268.93	$1.73 MOP13.84	+144.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.86 AMD324.52	$1.35 MOP10.83	+58.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.37 AMD141.42	$1.99 MOP15.88	+432.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 AMD128.41	$1.56 MOP12.48	+361.2%
Average			+151.4%

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pay 75.0% more for transportation

	Armenia	Macau
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 AMD1,825.49	$6.88 MOP55.01	+43.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.49 AMD8,913.49	$22.46 MOP179.64	-4.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,670.18 AMD12,776,007.36	$31,195.80 MOP249,493.79	-7.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.69 AMD1,399.75	$13.60 MOP108.78	+268.7%
Average			+75.0%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Armenia	Macau
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.69 AMD6,713.11	$36.81 MOP294.40	+108.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$485.92 AMD184,381.50	$1,064.40 MOP8,512.73	+119.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$356.67 AMD135,335.92	$1,056.50 MOP8,449.52	+196.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$76.88 AMD29,171.58	$93.93 MOP751.21	+22.2%
Average			+111.4%

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pay 2.5 times more for childcare

	Armenia	Macau
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$287.59 AMD109,126.10	$686.31 MOP5,488.86	+138.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,090.75 AMD2,690,554.52	$19,181.71 MOP153,409.04	+170.5%
Average			+154.6%

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pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Armenia	Macau
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.76 AMD668.51	$5.80 MOP46.41	+229.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.05 AMD1,155.88	$4.91 MOP39.23	+61.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.39 AMD907.86	$6.24 MOP49.90	+160.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.29 AMD20,220.23	$81.11 MOP648.68	+52.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.22 AMD1,980.78	$13.66 MOP109.28	+161.7%
Average			+133.0%

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pay 12.5% less for clothing

	Armenia	Macau
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$83.81 AMD31,802.84	$70.13 MOP560.86	-16.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$53.19 AMD20,181.21	$34.52 MOP276.11	-35.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$138.28 AMD52,469.25	$96.08 MOP768.44	-30.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$104.08 AMD39,493.90	$137.26 MOP1,097.77	+31.9%
Average			-12.5%

Armenia vs. Macau - 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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