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New Zealand vs. Dallas Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 15.1% cheaper than Dallas.

Restaurants: pay 21.4% less in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 10.9% less in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 12.8% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 40.8% less in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 44.8% less in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.7% more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 7.4% less in New Zealand

The cost of transportation and entertainment and sports in New Zealand are more expensive than in Dallas. Expenses including childcare, housing, restaurants, groceries, and clothing are lower in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Dallas Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Dallas, you would:

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pay 21.4% less for restaurants

	Dallas	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$14.45 NZ$25.01	-27.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$9.14 NZ$15.82	-23.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.75	$2.11 NZ$3.65	-23.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.25	$2.02 NZ$3.49	-10.4%
Average			-21.4%

Dallas vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 10.9% less for groceries

	Dallas	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$3.71	$1.74 NZ$3.01	-53.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.58	$3.88 NZ$6.72	-41.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.63	$6.34 NZ$10.97	+74.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.85	$5.96 NZ$10.31	+22.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.88	$4.01 NZ$6.93	-31.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.31	$1.18 NZ$2.04	-49.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.69	$0.95 NZ$1.65	+38.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.03	$1.29 NZ$2.24	-36.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.77	$2.11 NZ$3.65	+19.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.05	$0.85 NZ$1.47	-19.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.42	$0.80 NZ$1.38	-43.9%
Average			-10.9%

Dallas vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 12.8% more for transportation

	Dallas	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.05	$6.08 NZ$10.52	+99.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$94.00	$74.52 NZ$128.99	-20.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,755.39	$24,777.66 NZ$42,890.20	-32.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.92	$17.81 NZ$30.83	+5.3%
Average			+12.8%

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pay 40.8% less for housing

	Dallas	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$71.96	$50.00 NZ$86.54	-30.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,669.75	$978.36 NZ$1,693.54	-41.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,536.04	$810.06 NZ$1,402.22	-47.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$170.25	$95.66 NZ$165.59	-43.8%
Average			-40.8%

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pay 44.8% less for childcare

	Dallas	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,151.88	$635.34 NZ$1,099.78	-44.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$24,380.00	$13,463.91 NZ$23,306.07	-44.8%
Average			-44.8%

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pay 6.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Dallas	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.00	$6.04 NZ$10.46	-13.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.63	$3.35 NZ$5.80	-40.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.00	$23.12 NZ$40.03	+131.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$45.12	$37.72 NZ$65.30	-16.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.75	$10.72 NZ$18.56	-27.3%
Average			+6.7%

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pay 7.4% less for clothing

	Dallas	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$55.69	$65.22 NZ$112.90	+17.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.92	$39.23 NZ$67.91	-19.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$110.63	$90.28 NZ$156.27	-18.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$130.88	$119.43 NZ$206.73	-8.7%
Average			-7.4%

Dallas vs. New Zealand - 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: December 2025

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