Iceland is 17.7% more expensive than Belgium.

If you lived in Iceland instead of Belgium, you would:

pay 3.7% more for restaurants

 
Belgium
Iceland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $18.43
€16.97
$17.84
kr2,439
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.18
€9.37
$14.27
kr1,951
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.64
€2.44
$2.32
kr317

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pay 36.7% more for groceries

 
Belgium
Iceland
Bread
1 loaf
$1.91
€1.76
$3.42
kr468
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.70
€6.17
$5.98
kr818
Milk (1 gallon) $3.76
€3.46
$5.33
kr728

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pay 20.1% more for transportation

 
Belgium
Iceland
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.59
€6.99
$8.03
kr1,099
Monthly public transit pass $48.84
€44.98
$77.40
kr10,584
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,847.12
€23,803.91
$29,836.83
kr4,080,131

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pay 30.4% more for housing

 
Belgium
Iceland
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$52.54
€48.39
$62.40
kr8,533
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $812.75
€748.50
$1,437.14
kr196,527
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $677.61
€624.05
$1,215.63
kr166,234

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pay 61.0% less for childcare

 
Belgium
Iceland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $446.94
€411.61
$259.34
kr35,465
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $13,799.70
€12,708.83
$2,750.10
kr376,071

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pay 48.4% more for entertainment and sports

 
Belgium
Iceland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.38
€4.03
$8.52
kr1,165
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.23
€2.97
$4.15
kr568
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.08
€7.44
$10.64
kr1,454

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pay 45.6% more for clothing

 
Belgium
Iceland
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$84.51
€77.83
$118.08
kr16,147
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$39.84
€36.69
$50.39
kr6,891
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$89.20
€82.15
$151.12
kr20,665

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