Cost of living comparison

United States

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New Zealand

New Zealand vs. Fort Lauderdale Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 14.0% cheaper than Fort Lauderdale.

Restaurants: pay 24.0% less in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 19.0% less in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 19.9% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 44.1% less in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 43.0% less in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.7% more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 7.8% more in New Zealand

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

New Zealand vs. Fort Lauderdale Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Fort Lauderdale, you would:

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pay 24.0% less for restaurants

	Fort Lauderdale	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$14.45 NZ$24.12	-42.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.98	$9.14 NZ$15.26	-23.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.96	$2.11 NZ$3.52	-28.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.04	$2.02 NZ$3.37	-1.3%
Average			-24.0%

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pay 19.0% less for groceries

	Fort Lauderdale	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$4.48	$1.74 NZ$2.90	-61.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.26	$3.88 NZ$6.48	-53.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.68	$6.34 NZ$10.58	+72.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.37	$5.96 NZ$9.95	+36.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.68	$4.01 NZ$6.69	-14.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.82	$1.18 NZ$1.97	-58.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78	$0.95 NZ$1.59	+22.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.25	$1.29 NZ$2.16	-42.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.54	$2.11 NZ$3.52	-16.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.41	$0.85 NZ$1.42	-39.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.73	$0.80 NZ$1.33	-54.0%
Average			-19.0%

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pay 19.9% more for transportation

	Fort Lauderdale	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.26	$6.08 NZ$10.15	+86.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50	$74.52 NZ$124.43	+2.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,003.00	$24,777.66 NZ$41,375.41	-14.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.93	$17.81 NZ$29.74	+5.2%
Average			+19.9%

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pay 44.1% less for housing

	Fort Lauderdale	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$70.00	$50.00 NZ$83.49	-28.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,380.22	$978.36 NZ$1,633.73	-58.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,983.11	$810.06 NZ$1,352.70	-59.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$136.01	$95.66 NZ$159.74	-29.7%
Average			-44.1%

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pay 43.0% less for childcare

	Fort Lauderdale	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$816.67	$635.34 NZ$1,060.94	-22.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$37,150.00	$13,463.91 NZ$22,482.95	-63.8%
Average			-43.0%

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pay 4.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Fort Lauderdale	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.00	$6.04 NZ$10.09	+20.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.14	$3.35 NZ$5.60	-34.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.50	$23.12 NZ$38.61	+120.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$72.00	$37.72 NZ$62.99	-47.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$16.50	$10.72 NZ$17.90	-35.0%
Average			+4.7%

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pay 7.8% more for clothing

	Fort Lauderdale	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$47.50	$65.22 NZ$108.91	+37.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.75	$39.23 NZ$65.51	-10.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.33	$90.28 NZ$150.76	-3.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$111.25	$119.43 NZ$199.43	+7.4%
Average			+7.8%

Fort Lauderdale 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: June 2026

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