Cost of living comparison

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St Helens vs. Berlin Cost of Living Summary

St Helens is 13.9% more expensive than Berlin.

Restaurants: pay 16.5% less in St Helens
Groceries: pay 5.7% less in St Helens
Transportation: pay 3.1% less in St Helens
Housing: pay 28.4% less in St Helens
Childcare: pay 2.5 times more in St Helens
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.6% more in St Helens
Clothing: pay 7.5% less in St Helens

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

St Helens vs. Berlin Cost Breakdown

If you lived in St Helens instead of Berlin, you would:

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pay 16.5% less for restaurants

	Berlin	St Helens
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.52 €15.08	$20.05 £14.95	+14.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.55 €11.66	$10.69 £7.97	-21.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.49 €3.00	$2.67 £1.99	-23.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.98 €2.57	$1.92 £1.43	-35.8%
Average			-16.5%

Berlin vs. St Helens - Cost of restaurants

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pay 5.7% less for groceries

	Berlin	St Helens
Bread 1 loaf	$2.25 €1.94	$1.83 £1.36	-18.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.10 €6.11	$6.17 £4.60	-13.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.13 €4.42	$5.06 £3.77	-1.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.88 €3.34	$4.14 £3.09	+6.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.52 €4.75	$3.94 £2.94	-28.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.54 €1.33	$1.39 £1.04	-10.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.94 €0.81	$0.61 £0.45	-35.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.20 €1.04	$1.62 £1.21	+34.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.76 €1.52	$1.52 £1.13	-14.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 €0.78	$0.91 £0.68	+0.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.78 €0.67	$0.91 £0.68	+17.0%
Average			-5.7%

Berlin vs. St Helens - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.1% less for transportation

	Berlin	St Helens
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.52 €6.47	$7.24 £5.40	-3.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$68.91 €59.32	$101.68 £75.84	+47.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,702.07 €28,150.17	$26,727.07 £19,935.16	-18.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$32.00 €27.55	$19.95 £14.88	-37.7%
Average			-3.1%

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pay 28.4% less for housing

	Berlin	St Helens
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.32 €43.32	$41.29 £30.80	-17.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,427.12 €1,228.48	$801.81 £598.05	-43.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,068.35 €919.64	$654.81 £488.41	-38.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$277.09 €238.52	$240.54 £179.42	-13.2%
Average			-28.4%

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pay 2.5 times more for childcare

	Berlin	St Helens
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$184.92 €159.18	$801.81 £598.05	+333.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,579.95 €8,246.49	$6,681.77 £4,983.79	-30.3%
Average			+151.7%

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pay 6.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Berlin	St Helens
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.26 €4.52	$4.01 £2.99	-23.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.45 €3.83	$3.67 £2.74	-17.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.16 €8.75	$20.05 £14.95	+97.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.79 €33.39	$26.73 £19.94	-31.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.89 €12.82	$16.04 £11.96	+7.7%
Average			+6.6%

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pay 7.5% less for clothing

	Berlin	St Helens
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$93.79 €80.74	$66.82 £49.84	-28.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.63 €37.56	$51.23 £38.21	+17.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$106.67 €91.82	$91.64 £68.35	-14.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$129.59 €111.55	$123.61 £92.20	-4.6%
Average			-7.5%

Berlin vs. St Helens - Cost of clothing

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