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United Kingdom vs. Belize Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 5.2 times more expensive than Belize overall.

Restaurants: pay 60.7% more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 8.8% less in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 57.9% more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 26.2 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 52.1% more in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, restaurants, housing, and clothing in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Belize. Notably, childcare, transportation, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Belize Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Belize, you would:

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pay 60.7% more for restaurants

	Belize	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.36 BZD18.77	$20.41 £15.41	+118.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.75 BZD19.55	$9.94 £7.51	+1.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.29 BZD2.59	$2.32 £1.75	+80.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.15 BZD2.32	$1.65 £1.24	+42.6%
Average			+60.7%

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pay 8.8% less for groceries

	Belize	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$2.00 BZD4.01	$1.59 £1.20	-20.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.77 BZD15.58	$4.71 £3.55	-39.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$13.68 BZD27.43	$6.20 £4.68	-54.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.35 BZD4.72	$3.87 £2.92	+64.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.30 BZD6.62	$3.87 £2.92	+17.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.62 BZD5.26	$1.32 £1.00	-49.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.57 BZD1.14	$0.73 £0.55	+28.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 BZD1.47	$1.28 £0.97	+74.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.00 BZD4.00	$1.49 £1.13	-25.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.41 BZD2.83	$0.72 £0.54	-49.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.26 BZD2.52	$0.71 £0.54	-43.6%
Average			-8.8%

Belize vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Belize	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.61 BZD13.25	$7.22 £5.45	+9.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.00 BZD40.11	$99.05 £74.80	+395.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$10,514.56 BZD21,087.14	$36,224.29 £27,355.86	+244.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$31.59 BZD63.35	$22.08 £16.67	-30.1%
Average			+154.7%

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pay 57.9% more for housing

	Belize	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$74.90 BZD150.22	$41.90 £31.64	-44.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$684.11 BZD1,372.00	$1,285.79 £971.00	+88.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$547.15 BZD1,097.32	$1,062.09 £802.07	+94.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$120.58 BZD241.82	$233.57 £176.39	+93.7%
Average			+57.9%

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pay 26.2 times more for childcare

	Belize	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$64.52 BZD129.39	$1,530.71 £1,155.97	+2272.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$674.20 BZD1,352.11	$19,375.12 £14,631.70	+2773.8%
Average			+2523.2%

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Belize	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.66 BZD5.33	$6.35 £4.79	+138.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.60 BZD7.23	$4.54 £3.43	+25.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.00 BZD10.03	$19.18 £14.48	+283.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.91 BZD66.00	$49.26 £37.20	+49.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.42 BZD16.88	$13.88 £10.48	+64.9%
Average			+112.5%

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pay 52.1% more for clothing

	Belize	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$37.45 BZD75.11	$86.00 £64.94	+129.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$27.42 BZD54.99	$44.20 £33.38	+61.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.13 BZD182.77	$95.21 £71.90	+4.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.59 BZD179.68	$101.36 £76.54	+13.1%
Average			+52.1%

Belize vs. United Kingdom - 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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