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Japan vs. Dominican Republic Cost of Living Summary

Japan is 39.0% more expensive than Dominican Republic overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.5% more in Japan
Groceries: pay 71.6% more in Japan
Transportation: pay 22.3% more in Japan
Housing: pay 38.7% more in Japan
Childcare: pay 98.8% more in Japan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 52.3% more in Japan
Clothing: pay 14.5% less in Japan

The cost of childcare, groceries, entertainment and sports, housing, transportation, and restaurants in Japan are more expensive than in Dominican Republic. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Japan.

Japan vs. Dominican Republic Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Japan instead of Dominican Republic, you would:

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pay 3.5% more for restaurants

	Dominican Republic	Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.57 DOP403.61	$6.60 ¥1,055	+0.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.06 DOP433.90	$5.10 ¥814	-27.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.92 DOP56.81	$1.07 ¥170	+15.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 DOP36.99	$0.76 ¥122	+26.3%
Average			+3.5%

Dominican Republic vs. Japan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 71.6% more for groceries

	Dominican Republic	Japan
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 DOP88.49	$1.50 ¥240	+4.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.10 DOP190.20	$5.07 ¥809	+63.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.52 DOP277.53	$5.67 ¥905	+25.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.74 DOP106.93	$2.08 ¥332	+19.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.20 DOP134.88	$2.93 ¥468	+33.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.17 DOP72.14	$2.14 ¥341	+82.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.37 DOP22.86	$1.12 ¥179	+200.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.09 DOP67.25	$1.69 ¥270	+54.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 DOP43.18	$2.13 ¥340	+203.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 DOP41.29	$1.22 ¥194	+81.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.96 DOP59.04	$1.15 ¥184	+20.0%
Average			+71.6%

Dominican Republic vs. Japan - Cost of groceries

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pay 22.3% more for transportation

	Dominican Republic	Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.63 DOP284.61	$4.39 ¥701	-5.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$31.27 DOP1,921.17	$59.14 ¥9,448	+89.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,585.12 DOP2M	$22,599.51 ¥4M	-18.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$20.50 DOP1,259.51	$25.32 ¥4,045	+23.5%
Average			+22.3%

Dominican Republic vs. Japan - Cost of transportation

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pay 38.7% more for housing

	Dominican Republic	Japan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.80 DOP1,953.31	$33.91 ¥5,418	+6.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$495.90 DOP30,464.64	$543.18 ¥86,771	+9.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$352.53 DOP21,657.06	$353.61 ¥56,488	+0.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$49.81 DOP3,059.83	$118.72 ¥18,964	+138.3%
Average			+38.7%

Dominican Republic vs. Japan - Cost of housing

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pay 98.8% more for childcare

	Dominican Republic	Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$203.07 DOP12,475.38	$296.89 ¥47,426	+46.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,232.64 DOP321K	$13,159.48 ¥2M	+151.5%
Average			+98.8%

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pay 52.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Dominican Republic	Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.40 DOP147.24	$2.60 ¥416	+8.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.93 DOP118.60	$3.03 ¥483	+56.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.53 DOP278.37	$3.89 ¥621	-14.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$28.27 DOP1,736.58	$59.54 ¥9,511	+110.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.24 DOP383.07	$12.46 ¥1,991	+99.8%
Average			+52.3%

Dominican Republic vs. Japan - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 14.5% less for clothing

	Dominican Republic	Japan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$44.65 DOP2,742.89	$44.79 ¥7,156	+0.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.79 DOP2,690.02	$32.04 ¥5,118	-26.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$75.83 DOP4,658.65	$57.37 ¥9,164	-24.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$93.99 DOP5,774.15	$87.37 ¥13,957	-7.0%
Average			-14.5%

Dominican Republic vs. Japan - 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: March 2026

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