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Blackpool vs. Hong Kong Cost of Living Summary

Blackpool is 6.4% more expensive than Hong Kong.

Restaurants: pay 72.1% more in Blackpool
Groceries: pay 22.5% less in Blackpool
Transportation: pay 17.6% more in Blackpool
Housing: pay 3.7% more in Blackpool
Childcare: pay 24.2% less in Blackpool
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.5% less in Blackpool
Clothing: pay 7.6% more in Blackpool

The cost of restaurants, transportation, clothing, and housing in Blackpool are more expensive than in Hong Kong. Expenses including childcare, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Blackpool.

Blackpool vs. Hong Kong Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Blackpool instead of Hong Kong, you would:

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pay 72.1% more for restaurants

	Hong Kong	Blackpool
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.91 HK$61.52	$20.03 £14.98	+153.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.43 HK$50.01	$9.35 £6.99	+45.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.39 HK$10.81	$2.06 £1.54	+48.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.11 HK$8.66	$1.58 £1.18	+41.7%
Average			+72.1%

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pay 22.5% less for groceries

	Hong Kong	Blackpool
Bread 1 loaf	$2.19 HK$17.05	$2.01 £1.50	-8.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$12.44 HK$96.81	$6.68 £4.99	-46.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.75 HK$91.42	$5.48 £4.10	-53.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.52 HK$27.36	$3.65 £2.73	+3.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.85 HK$37.74	$3.26 £2.43	-32.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.57 HK$12.18	$1.91 £1.43	+21.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.09 HK$8.46	$0.58 £0.44	-46.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.62 HK$12.62	$1.24 £0.93	-23.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 HK$10.78	$1.25 £0.93	-9.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.10 HK$8.56	$0.76 £0.57	-31.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.06 HK$8.24	$0.83 £0.62	-21.4%
Average			-22.5%

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pay 17.6% more for transportation

	Hong Kong	Blackpool
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$11.90 HK$92.58	$7.18 £5.37	-39.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$67.49 HK$525.15	$74.12 £55.43	+9.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,564.70 HK$300,085.46	$37,772.71 £28,247.61	-2.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.53 HK$113.03	$29.38 £21.97	+102.2%
Average			+17.6%

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pay 3.7% more for housing

	Hong Kong	Blackpool
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.19 HK$172.67	$42.29 £31.62	+90.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,349.29 HK$18,280.63	$879.16 £657.46	-62.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,688.04 HK$13,135.21	$726.14 £543.03	-57.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$177.52 HK$1,381.38	$255.69 £191.21	+44.0%
Average			+3.7%

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pay 24.2% less for childcare

	Hong Kong	Blackpool
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,038.61 HK$8,081.78	$1,168.50 £873.84	+12.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,248.89 HK$173,126.37	$8,680.31 £6,491.41	-61.0%
Average			-24.2%

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pay 9.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Hong Kong	Blackpool
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.48 HK$50.45	$4.67 £3.50	-27.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.23 HK$40.70	$3.61 £2.70	-31.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.11 HK$102.03	$19.36 £14.48	+47.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$79.18 HK$616.09	$26.71 £19.97	-66.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.85 HK$100.03	$16.69 £12.48	+29.9%
Average			-9.5%

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pay 7.6% more for clothing

	Hong Kong	Blackpool
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.06 HK$576.31	$100.16 £74.90	+35.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.18 HK$328.19	$57.09 £42.69	+35.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.97 HK$715.69	$95.15 £71.16	+3.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.80 HK$1,111.14	$80.13 £59.92	-43.9%
Average			+7.6%

Hong Kong vs. Blackpool - 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: December 2025

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