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Auckland vs. Boston Cost of Living Summary

Auckland is 21.8% cheaper than Boston.

Restaurants: pay 24.6% less in Auckland
Groceries: pay 31.2% less in Auckland
Transportation: pay 21.0% more in Auckland
Housing: pay 45.5% less in Auckland
Childcare: pay 59.5% less in Auckland
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.6% less in Auckland
Clothing: pay 7.3% less in Auckland

Expenses including childcare, housing, groceries, restaurants, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Auckland.

Auckland vs. Boston Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Auckland instead of Boston, you would:

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pay 24.6% less for restaurants

	Boston	Auckland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$14.42 NZ$24.97	-42.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$9.23 NZ$15.98	-23.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.87	$2.17 NZ$3.75	-24.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.40	$2.20 NZ$3.80	-8.4%
Average			-24.6%

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pay 31.2% less for groceries

	Boston	Auckland
Bread 1 loaf	$4.16	$2.04 NZ$3.52	-51.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.92	$4.18 NZ$7.23	-53.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.80	$6.83 NZ$11.82	+42.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.93	$6.46 NZ$11.18	+31.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.15	$4.18 NZ$7.23	-32.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.70	$1.23 NZ$2.13	-54.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00	$0.94 NZ$1.63	-6.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.83	$1.38 NZ$2.40	-51.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.61	$2.04 NZ$3.54	-43.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$2.09	$0.81 NZ$1.39	-61.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.81	$0.65 NZ$1.13	-63.9%
Average			-31.2%

Boston vs. Auckland - Cost of groceries

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pay 21.0% more for transportation

	Boston	Auckland
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.46	$5.96 NZ$10.32	+72.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$90.00	$125.42 NZ$217.10	+39.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$34,000.00	$27,115.94 NZ$46,937.77	-20.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.52	$15.27 NZ$26.42	-7.6%
Average			+21.0%

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pay 45.5% less for housing

	Boston	Auckland
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$77.28	$48.52 NZ$83.99	-37.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$3,451.79	$1,258.91 NZ$2,179.17	-63.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,596.36	$1,096.07 NZ$1,897.29	-57.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$153.30	$117.26 NZ$202.98	-23.5%
Average			-45.5%

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pay 59.5% less for childcare

	Boston	Auckland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,793.33	$878.54 NZ$1,520.76	-68.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$27,500.00	$13,628.85 NZ$23,591.58	-50.4%
Average			-59.5%

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pay 5.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Boston	Auckland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$6.92 NZ$11.98	-13.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.36	$3.39 NZ$5.87	-36.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.00	$24.23 NZ$41.94	+86.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$88.48	$38.35 NZ$66.38	-56.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$15.00	$13.85 NZ$23.97	-7.7%
Average			-5.6%

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pay 7.3% less for clothing

	Boston	Auckland
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$69.87	$67.87 NZ$117.48	-2.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.75	$46.78 NZ$80.97	+6.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$107.71	$95.31 NZ$164.99	-11.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$152.08	$118.80 NZ$205.65	-21.9%
Average			-7.3%

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