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Liverpool vs. Hong Kong Cost of Living Summary

Liverpool is 14.5% more expensive than Hong Kong.

Restaurants: pay 85.7% more in Liverpool
Groceries: pay 23.1% less in Liverpool
Transportation: pay 0.8% less in Liverpool
Housing: pay 6.0% more in Liverpool
Childcare: pay 13.1% more in Liverpool
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.4% more in Liverpool
Clothing: pay 15.3% more in Liverpool

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

Liverpool vs. Hong Kong Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 85.7% more for restaurants

	Hong Kong	Liverpool
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.91 HK$61.55	$22.70 £17.02	+187.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.43 HK$50.04	$10.00 £7.50	+55.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.39 HK$10.81	$2.16 £1.62	+55.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.11 HK$8.66	$1.61 £1.20	+44.4%
Average			+85.7%

Hong Kong vs. Liverpool - Cost of restaurants

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pay 23.1% less for groceries

	Hong Kong	Liverpool
Bread 1 loaf	$2.19 HK$17.06	$1.61 £1.21	-26.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$12.44 HK$96.85	$3.62 £2.71	-70.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.75 HK$91.46	$6.09 £4.56	-48.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.52 HK$27.37	$3.84 £2.88	+9.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.85 HK$37.76	$4.04 £3.03	-16.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.57 HK$12.19	$1.34 £1.01	-14.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.09 HK$8.46	$0.81 £0.61	-25.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.62 HK$12.63	$1.27 £0.95	-22.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 HK$10.79	$1.49 £1.11	+7.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.10 HK$8.56	$0.91 £0.68	-17.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.06 HK$8.25	$0.75 £0.56	-28.9%
Average			-23.1%

Hong Kong vs. Liverpool - Cost of groceries

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pay 0.8% less for transportation

	Hong Kong	Liverpool
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$11.90 HK$92.63	$7.12 £5.34	-40.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$67.49 HK$525.39	$90.01 £67.47	+33.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,564.70 HK$300,222.36	$37,772.71 £28,315.37	-2.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.53 HK$113.08	$15.33 £11.49	+5.5%
Average			-0.8%

Hong Kong vs. Liverpool - Cost of transportation

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pay 6.0% more for housing

	Hong Kong	Liverpool
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.19 HK$172.75	$42.85 £32.12	+93.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,349.29 HK$18,288.97	$1,202.50 £901.42	-48.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,688.04 HK$13,141.20	$767.87 £575.62	-54.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$177.52 HK$1,382.01	$238.22 £178.57	+34.2%
Average			+6.0%

Hong Kong vs. Liverpool - Cost of housing

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pay 13.1% more for childcare

	Hong Kong	Liverpool
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,038.61 HK$8,085.47	$1,602.52 £1,201.29	+54.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,248.89 HK$173,205.35	$16,025.19 £12,012.88	-28.0%
Average			+13.1%

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pay 5.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Hong Kong	Liverpool
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.48 HK$50.47	$6.68 £5.01	+3.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.23 HK$40.71	$4.75 £3.56	-9.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.11 HK$102.08	$20.03 £15.02	+52.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$79.18 HK$616.37	$36.06 £27.03	-54.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.85 HK$100.07	$17.36 £13.01	+35.1%
Average			+5.4%

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pay 15.3% more for clothing

	Hong Kong	Liverpool
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.06 HK$576.57	$88.58 £66.40	+19.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.18 HK$328.34	$44.74 £33.54	+6.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.97 HK$716.01	$127.98 £95.94	+39.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.80 HK$1,111.65	$137.55 £103.11	-3.7%
Average			+15.3%

Hong Kong vs. Liverpool - Cost of clothing

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