Cost of living comparison
Berlin is 16.7% cheaper than Brooklyn.
If you lived in Berlin instead of Brooklyn, you would:
pay 0.1% more for restaurants
Brooklyn
|
Berlin
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$20.00
|
$15.24
€14.04
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
|
$10.88
€10.03
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.91
|
$3.08
€2.83
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.50
|
$2.74
€2.53
|
|
pay 36.7% less for groceries
Brooklyn
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$4.19
|
$2.14
€1.97
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.30
|
$6.94
€6.39
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.04
|
$4.68
€4.31
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.36
|
$3.49
€3.22
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.60
|
$6.38
€5.88
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$3.12
|
$1.31
€1.21
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.71
|
$0.78
€0.72
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$3.50
|
$1.06
€0.97
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.87
|
$1.65
€1.52
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$3.00
|
$0.81
€0.75
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.86
|
$0.86
€0.79
|
|
pay 22.2% more for transportation
Brooklyn
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.81
|
$7.43
€6.84
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$131.00
|
$53.34
€49.13
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,343.00
|
$32,415.23
€29,857.89
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$20.40
|
$25.46
€23.45
|
|
pay 1.9% less for housing
Brooklyn
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$71.55
|
$42.52
€39.17
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$3,100.00
|
$1,392.07
€1,282.25
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$2,304.17
|
$988.74
€910.73
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$113.49
|
$278.35
€256.39
|
|
pay 68.2% less for childcare
Brooklyn
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,500.00
|
$209.09
€192.59
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$19,000.00
|
$9,427.53
€8,683.77
|
|
pay 40.5% less for entertainment and sports
Brooklyn
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$8.00
|
$4.90
€4.51
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.50
|
$4.05
€3.73
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$16.00
|
$8.93
€8.22
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$114.25
|
$37.56
€34.60
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$18.00
|
$13.33
€12.28
|
|
pay 7.9% more for clothing
Brooklyn
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$62.75
|
$88.82
€81.82
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.83
|
$41.27
€38.01
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$103.12
|
$96.51
€88.90
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$136.00
|
$144.43
€133.04
|
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