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Nottingham vs. Hong Kong Cost of Living Summary

Nottingham is 12.3% more expensive than Hong Kong.

Restaurants: pay 76.5% more in Nottingham
Groceries: pay 24.7% less in Nottingham
Transportation: pay 0.5% more in Nottingham
Housing: pay 8.2% less in Nottingham
Childcare: pay 34.2% more in Nottingham
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.6% more in Nottingham
Clothing: pay 7.5% more in Nottingham

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

Nottingham vs. Hong Kong Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 76.5% more for restaurants

	Hong Kong	Nottingham
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.91 HK$61.55	$20.03 £15.02	+153.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.43 HK$50.04	$10.68 £8.01	+66.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.39 HK$10.81	$2.28 £1.71	+64.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.11 HK$8.66	$1.36 £1.02	+22.3%
Average			+76.5%

Hong Kong vs. Nottingham - Cost of restaurants

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pay 24.7% less for groceries

	Hong Kong	Nottingham
Bread 1 loaf	$2.19 HK$17.06	$1.32 £0.99	-39.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$12.44 HK$96.85	$3.39 £2.54	-72.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.75 HK$91.46	$6.02 £4.51	-48.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.52 HK$27.37	$4.16 £3.12	+18.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.85 HK$37.76	$3.48 £2.61	-28.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.57 HK$12.19	$1.38 £1.04	-11.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.09 HK$8.46	$0.87 £0.65	-20.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.62 HK$12.63	$1.65 £1.24	+2.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 HK$10.79	$1.32 £0.99	-4.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.10 HK$8.56	$0.79 £0.59	-28.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.06 HK$8.25	$0.65 £0.49	-38.2%
Average			-24.7%

Hong Kong vs. Nottingham - Cost of groceries

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pay 0.5% more for transportation

	Hong Kong	Nottingham
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$11.90 HK$92.63	$7.13 £5.34	-40.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$67.49 HK$525.39	$96.82 £72.58	+43.5%
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	$14.64 £10.97	+0.8%
Average			+0.5%

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pay 8.2% less for housing

	Hong Kong	Nottingham
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.19 HK$172.75	$38.73 £29.03	+74.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,349.29 HK$18,288.97	$1,127.33 £845.07	-52.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,688.04 HK$13,141.20	$964.02 £722.65	-42.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$177.52 HK$1,382.01	$155.70 £116.72	-12.3%
Average			-8.2%

Hong Kong vs. Nottingham - Cost of housing

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pay 34.2% more for childcare

	Hong Kong	Nottingham
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,038.61 HK$8,085.47	$1,713.81 £1,284.71	+65.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,248.89 HK$173,205.35	$23,036.21 £17,268.52	+3.5%
Average			+34.2%

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pay 0.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Hong Kong	Nottingham
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.48 HK$50.47	$6.01 £4.50	-7.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.23 HK$40.71	$4.38 £3.28	-16.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.11 HK$102.08	$19.36 £14.52	+47.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$79.18 HK$616.37	$43.90 £32.91	-44.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.85 HK$100.07	$15.86 £11.89	+23.4%
Average			+0.6%

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pay 7.5% more for clothing

	Hong Kong	Nottingham
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.06 HK$576.57	$74.78 £56.06	+1.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.18 HK$328.34	$66.77 £50.05	+58.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.97 HK$716.01	$96.82 £72.58	+5.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.80 HK$1,111.65	$93.48 £70.08	-34.5%
Average			+7.5%

Hong Kong vs. Nottingham - Cost of clothing

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