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Wellington vs. Grand Turk Cost of Living Summary

Wellington is 32.7% more expensive than Grand Turk.

Restaurants: pay 16.1% less in Wellington
Groceries: pay 47.3% less in Wellington
Transportation: pay 18.0% less in Wellington
Housing: pay 15.3% more in Wellington
Childcare: pay 4.1 times more in Wellington
Entertainment and Sports: pay 44.7% less in Wellington

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

Wellington vs. Grand Turk Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Wellington instead of Grand Turk, you would:

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pay 16.1% less for restaurants

	Grand Turk	Wellington
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$14.42 NZ$24.46	-27.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$15.00	$9.23 NZ$15.65	-38.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.00	$2.46 NZ$4.17	+23.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.50	$1.98 NZ$3.35	-20.9%
Average			-16.1%

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pay 47.3% less for groceries

	Grand Turk	Wellington
Bread 1 loaf	$3.88	$1.98 NZ$3.35	-49.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$4.02 NZ$6.82
Milk (1 gallon)	$22.71	$6.79 NZ$11.51	-70.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	??	$6.77 NZ$11.49
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	??	$4.77 NZ$8.09
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.36 NZ$2.31
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$1.01 NZ$1.72
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$1.33 NZ$2.26
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.00	$2.32 NZ$3.93	-22.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.90 NZ$1.52
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.68 NZ$1.15
Average			-47.3%

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pay 18.0% less for transportation

	Grand Turk	Wellington
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.49	$6.14 NZ$10.41	-18.0%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$109.62 NZ$185.87
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$31,154.21 NZ$52,826.14
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$14.55 NZ$24.68
Average			-18.0%

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pay 15.3% more for housing

	Grand Turk	Wellington
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$88.00	$48.75 NZ$82.66	-44.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$750.00	$1,240.57 NZ$2,103.56	+65.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$650.00	$1,099.37 NZ$1,864.13	+69.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$152.94	$109.37 NZ$185.45	-28.5%
Average			+15.3%

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pay 4.1 times more for childcare

	Grand Turk	Wellington
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$768.47 NZ$1,303.04
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,000.00	$12,211.68 NZ$20,706.54	+307.1%
Average			+307.1%

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pay 44.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Grand Turk	Wellington
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$12.00	$6.63 NZ$11.25	-44.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	??	$3.54 NZ$6.00
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$25.67 NZ$43.53
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$34.12 NZ$57.86
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$11.54 NZ$19.57
Average			-44.7%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Grand Turk	Wellington
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$69.31 NZ$117.52
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$46.64 NZ$79.08
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$113.30 NZ$192.12
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$146.23 NZ$247.95

Grand Turk vs. Wellington - 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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