Cost of living comparison

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St. Andrews vs. Berlin Cost of Living Summary

St. Andrews is 51.3% more expensive than Berlin.

Restaurants: pay 22.2% less in St. Andrews
Groceries: pay 4.3% less in St. Andrews
Transportation: pay 2.6% less in St. Andrews
Housing: pay 20.4% less in St. Andrews
Childcare: pay 5.0 times more in St. Andrews
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.2% more in St. Andrews
Clothing: pay 9.6% less in St. Andrews

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

St. Andrews vs. Berlin Cost Breakdown

If you lived in St. Andrews instead of Berlin, you would:

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pay 22.2% less for restaurants

	Berlin	St. Andrews
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.52 €15.23	$22.05 £16.62	+25.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.55 €11.78	$10.69 £8.06	-21.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.49 €3.03	$2.14 £1.61	-38.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.98 €2.59	$1.35 £1.02	-54.8%
Average			-22.2%

Berlin vs. St. Andrews - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.3% less for groceries

	Berlin	St. Andrews
Bread 1 loaf	$2.25 €1.96	$1.66 £1.25	-26.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.10 €6.17	$3.87 £2.91	-45.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.13 €4.46	$6.70 £5.05	+30.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.88 €3.38	$4.15 £3.13	+6.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.52 €4.80	$4.18 £3.15	-24.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.54 €1.34	$1.41 £1.07	-8.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.94 €0.81	$1.02 £0.77	+9.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.20 €1.05	$1.19 £0.89	-1.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.76 €1.53	$1.27 £0.96	-27.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 €0.79	$1.18 £0.89	+29.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.78 €0.68	$0.85 £0.64	+9.2%
Average			-4.3%

Berlin vs. St. Andrews - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.6% less for transportation

	Berlin	St. Andrews
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.52 €6.54	$7.14 £5.38	-5.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$68.91 €59.92	$79.16 £59.67	+14.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,702.07 €28,435.49	$37,798.76 £28,491.34	+15.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$32.00 €27.83	$20.62 £15.54	-35.6%
Average			-2.6%

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pay 20.4% less for housing

	Berlin	St. Andrews
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.32 €43.75	$44.77 £33.74	-11.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,427.12 €1,240.93	$1,202.72 £906.57	-15.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,068.35 €928.97	$868.63 £654.74	-18.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$277.09 €240.94	$176.16 £132.79	-36.4%
Average			-20.4%

Berlin vs. St. Andrews - Cost of housing

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pay 5.0 times more for childcare

	Berlin	St. Andrews
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$184.92 €160.80	$1,581.35 £1,191.97	+755.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,579.95 €8,330.08	$14,085.17 £10,616.89	+47.0%
Average			+401.1%

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pay 17.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Berlin	St. Andrews
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.26 €4.57	$5.68 £4.28	+8.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.45 €3.87	$4.71 £3.55	+5.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.16 €8.84	$18.71 £14.10	+84.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.79 €33.73	$41.58 £31.34	+7.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.89 €12.95	$12.03 £9.07	-19.2%
Average			+17.2%

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pay 9.6% less for clothing

	Berlin	St. Andrews
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$93.79 €81.55	$84.52 £63.71	-9.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.63 €37.94	$40.31 £30.39	-7.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$106.67 €92.75	$93.39 £70.39	-12.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$129.59 €112.69	$118.52 £89.34	-8.5%
Average			-9.6%

Berlin vs. St. Andrews - Cost of clothing

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