Cost of Living Comparison

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British Virgin Islands is 82.0% more expensive than French Polynesia.

If you lived in French Polynesia instead of British Virgin Islands, you would:

pay (unknown) more for restaurants

	British Virgin Islands	French Polynesia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	??
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	??	??
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	??	??
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.30	??

British Virgin Islands vs. French Polynesia - Cost of restaurants

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pay (unknown) more for groceries

	British Virgin Islands	French Polynesia
Bread 1 loaf	??	$0.72 CFPF75
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$9.38 CFPF983
Milk (1 gallon)	??	$4.19 CFPF439
Eggs 1 dozen	??	$3.70 CFPF387
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	??	$2.55 CFPF267
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.81 CFPF189
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$0.85 CFPF89
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$2.00 CFPF210
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$3.23 CFPF339
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.68 CFPF71
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.68 CFPF71

British Virgin Islands vs. French Polynesia - Cost of groceries

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pay 86.4% less for transportation

	British Virgin Islands	French Polynesia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.50	$4.91 CFPF515	+9.2%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$18.76 CFPF1,966
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$55,342.63 CFPF5,798,525
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$149.42	$19.14 CFPF2,005	-87.2%

British Virgin Islands vs. French Polynesia - Cost of transportation

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pay 44.6% less for housing

	British Virgin Islands	French Polynesia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$100.00	$56.75 CFPF5,946	-43.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,750.00	$984.91 CFPF103,194	-43.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,400.00	$680.06 CFPF71,253	-51.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$248.53	$215.19 CFPF22,547	-13.4%

British Virgin Islands vs. French Polynesia - Cost of housing

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pay 55.9% less for childcare

	British Virgin Islands	French Polynesia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$850.00	$375.20 CFPF39,312	-55.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$16,500.00	??

British Virgin Islands vs. French Polynesia - Cost of childcare

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pay 17.3% more for entertainment and sports

	British Virgin Islands	French Polynesia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	??	??
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.00	??
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$9.38 CFPF983
Monthly membership at local gym	$80.00	$93.80 CFPF9,828	+17.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$11.96 CFPF1,253

British Virgin Islands vs. French Polynesia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 18.8% less for clothing

	British Virgin Islands	French Polynesia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$90.00	$58.63 CFPF6,142	-34.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$52.84 CFPF5,536
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$130.00	$90.67 CFPF9,500	-30.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$120.00	$126.63 CFPF13,268	+5.5%

British Virgin Islands vs. French Polynesia - 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: January 2020

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