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New Caledonia vs. Greece Cost of Living Summary

New Caledonia is 71.0% more expensive than Greece overall.

Restaurants: pay 39.5% more in New Caledonia
Groceries: pay 2.7 times more in New Caledonia
Transportation: pay 17.3% more in New Caledonia
Housing: pay 41.5% more in New Caledonia
Childcare: pay 80.8% more in New Caledonia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 96.4% more in New Caledonia
Clothing: pay 55.5% more in New Caledonia

The cost of groceries, entertainment and sports, childcare, clothing, housing, and restaurants in New Caledonia are more expensive than in Greece. Notably, groceries, entertainment and sports, and childcare are significantly more expensive in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia vs. Greece Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Caledonia instead of Greece, you would:

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pay 39.5% more for restaurants

	Greece	New Caledonia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$15.20 €13.10	$19.58 CFPF2,014	+28.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.27 €8.86	$14.68 CFPF1,511	+43.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.29 €1.97	$2.57 CFPF264	+12.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.67 €0.58	$1.17 CFPF121	+74.0%
Average			+39.5%

Greece vs. New Caledonia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.7 times more for groceries

	Greece	New Caledonia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.43 €1.23	$2.90 CFPF298	+103.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.87 €5.93	$15.50 CFPF1,595	+125.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.44 €5.55	$4.63 CFPF477	-28.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.35 €3.75	$6.47 CFPF666	+48.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.60 €3.97	$11.32 CFPF1,165	+146.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.96 €0.83	$1.92 CFPF198	+99.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.93 €0.80	$3.39 CFPF348	+265.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.64 €0.55	$3.00 CFPF308	+366.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.95 €0.81	$3.77 CFPF388	+299.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.56 €0.49	$1.83 CFPF188	+223.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.59 €0.51	$1.63 CFPF168	+176.1%
Average			+166.0%

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pay 17.3% more for transportation

	Greece	New Caledonia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.07 €6.96	$6.29 CFPF648	-22.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$45.82 €39.51	$87.11 CFPF8,964	+90.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,422.52 €26,234.16	$31,076.13 CFPF3,197,825	+2.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.73 €12.70	$14.59 CFPF1,502	-0.9%
Average			+17.3%

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pay 41.5% more for housing

	Greece	New Caledonia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$34.85 €30.05	$51.39 CFPF5,288	+47.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$579.84 €500.01	$856.43 CFPF88,129	+47.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$446.45 €384.98	$783.02 CFPF80,575	+75.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$167.27 €144.24	$159.67 CFPF16,431	-4.5%
Average			+41.5%

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pay 80.8% more for childcare

	Greece	New Caledonia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$440.29 €379.68	$796.07 CFPF81,918	+80.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,633.73 €5,720.45	??
Average			+80.8%

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pay 96.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Greece	New Caledonia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.95 €4.27	$10.52 CFPF1,083	+112.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.90 €3.37	$4.91 CFPF506	+25.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.49 €4.73	$20.36 CFPF2,095	+271.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.07 €44.04	$61.17 CFPF6,295	+19.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.59 €8.27	$14.68 CFPF1,511	+53.1%
Average			+96.4%

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pay 55.5% more for clothing

	Greece	New Caledonia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$90.21 €77.79	$115.01 CFPF11,834	+27.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.42 €35.72	$61.99 CFPF6,379	+49.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.35 €78.77	$103.99 CFPF10,701	+13.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$105.86 €91.28	$244.69 CFPF25,180	+131.2%
Average			+55.5%

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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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