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Netherlands vs. Aruba Cost of Living Summary

Netherlands is 13.8% more expensive than Aruba overall.

Restaurants
pay 25.9% more in Netherlands
Groceries
pay 13.3% less in Netherlands
Transportation
pay 43.9% more in Netherlands
Housing
pay 10.6% more in Netherlands
Childcare
pay 2.3 times more in Netherlands
Entertainment and Sports
pay 1.6% less in Netherlands
Clothing
pay 6.9% more in Netherlands

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

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Netherlands vs. Aruba Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Netherlands instead of Aruba, you would:

pay 25.9% more for restaurants

 
Aruba
Netherlands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $20.08
AWG36.15
$22.24
€19.96
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $10.39
AWG18.69
$13.74
€12.33
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.28
AWG4.11
$3.60
€3.23
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pay 13.3% less for groceries

 
Aruba
Netherlands
Bread
1 loaf
 $2.95
AWG5.31
$2.06
€1.85
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.50
AWG11.70
$6.70
€6.01
Milk (1 gallon) $6.74
AWG12.14
$5.08
€4.55
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pay 43.9% more for transportation

 
Aruba
Netherlands
Gasoline (1 gallon) $9.17
AWG16.50
$9.11
€8.18
Monthly public transit pass $30.00
AWG54.00
$95.45
€85.63
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,095.70
AWG46,972.26
$40,608.58
€36,431.99
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pay 10.6% more for housing

 
Aruba
Netherlands
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $95.25
AWG171.46
$48.29
€43.33
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,027.78
AWG1,850.00
$1,426.76
€1,280.02
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,183.33
AWG2,130.00
$1,174.28
€1,053.51
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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

 
Aruba
Netherlands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $275.00
AWG495.00
$1,884.17
€1,690.39
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $13,223.55
AWG23,802.39
$10,083.31
€9,046.24
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pay 1.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Aruba
Netherlands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.64
AWG10.16
$6.25
€5.61
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.73
AWG8.51
$4.16
€3.73
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $10.00
AWG18.00
$13.60
€12.21
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pay 6.9% more for clothing

 
Aruba
Netherlands
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $60.00
AWG108.00
$89.45
€80.25
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $57.85
AWG104.14
$43.43
€38.96
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $114.41
AWG205.93
$100.67
€90.32
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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