Cost of living comparison

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Hong Kong vs. Grand Turk Cost of Living Summary

Hong Kong is 2.1 times more expensive than Grand Turk.

Restaurants: pay 50.9% less in Hong Kong
Groceries: pay 48.5% less in Hong Kong
Transportation: pay 58.9% more in Hong Kong
Housing: pay 78.5% more in Hong Kong
Childcare: pay 7.4 times more in Hong Kong
Entertainment and Sports: pay 46.0% less in Hong Kong

The cost of childcare, housing, and transportation in Hong Kong are more expensive than in Grand Turk. Expenses including restaurants, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Hong Kong. Notably, childcare and housing are significantly more expensive in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong vs. Grand Turk Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Hong Kong instead of Grand Turk, you would:

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pay 50.9% less for restaurants

	Grand Turk	Hong Kong
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$7.91 HK$61.84	-60.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$15.00	$6.43 HK$50.28	-57.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.00	$1.39 HK$10.87	-30.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.50	$1.11 HK$8.70	-55.5%
Average			-50.9%

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pay 48.5% less for groceries

	Grand Turk	Hong Kong
Bread 1 loaf	$3.88	$2.19 HK$17.14	-43.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$12.44 HK$97.32
Milk (1 gallon)	$22.71	$11.75 HK$91.90	-48.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	??	$3.52 HK$27.50
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	??	$4.85 HK$37.94
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.57 HK$12.25
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$1.09 HK$8.50
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$1.62 HK$12.69
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.00	$1.39 HK$10.84	-53.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$1.10 HK$8.60
Onions (1 lb)	??	$1.06 HK$8.29
Average			-48.5%

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pay 58.9% more for transportation

	Grand Turk	Hong Kong
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.49	$11.90 HK$93.07	+58.9%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$67.49 HK$527.89
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$38,564.70 HK$302K
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$14.53 HK$113.62
Average			+58.9%

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pay 78.5% more for housing

	Grand Turk	Hong Kong
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$88.00	$22.19 HK$173.57	-74.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$750.00	$2,349.29 HK$18,376.13	+213.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$650.00	$1,688.04 HK$13,203.83	+159.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$152.94	$177.52 HK$1,388.60	+16.1%
Average			+78.5%

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pay 7.4 times more for childcare

	Grand Turk	Hong Kong
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$1,038.61 HK$8,124.00
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,000.00	$22,248.89 HK$174K	+641.6%
Average			+641.6%

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pay 46.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Grand Turk	Hong Kong
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$12.00	$6.48 HK$50.71	-46.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	??	$5.23 HK$40.91
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$13.11 HK$102.56
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$79.18 HK$619.31
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$12.85 HK$100.55
Average			-46.0%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Grand Turk	Hong Kong
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$74.06 HK$579.32
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$42.18 HK$329.90
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$91.97 HK$719.43
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$142.80 HK$1,116.95

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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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