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Sheffield vs. Hong Kong Cost of Living Summary

Sheffield is 9.4% more expensive than Hong Kong.

Restaurants: pay 80.3% more in Sheffield
Groceries: pay 27.9% less in Sheffield
Transportation: pay 5.4% more in Sheffield
Housing: pay 14.9% more in Sheffield
Childcare: pay 14.2% more in Sheffield
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.1% less in Sheffield
Clothing: pay 13.1% less in Sheffield

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

Sheffield vs. Hong Kong Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 80.3% more for restaurants

	Hong Kong	Sheffield
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.91 HK$61.55	$19.36 £14.52	+144.9%
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	$1.63 £1.22	+46.3%
Average			+80.3%

Hong Kong vs. Sheffield - Cost of restaurants

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pay 27.9% less for groceries

	Hong Kong	Sheffield
Bread 1 loaf	$2.19 HK$17.06	$1.50 £1.12	-31.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$12.44 HK$96.85	$4.51 £3.38	-63.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.75 HK$91.46	$5.71 £4.28	-51.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.52 HK$27.37	$3.85 £2.89	+9.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.85 HK$37.76	$3.80 £2.85	-21.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.57 HK$12.19	$1.46 £1.10	-6.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.09 HK$8.46	$0.63 £0.48	-41.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.62 HK$12.63	$1.18 £0.89	-27.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 HK$10.79	$1.28 £0.96	-7.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.10 HK$8.56	$0.84 £0.63	-23.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.06 HK$8.25	$0.62 £0.46	-41.8%
Average			-27.9%

Hong Kong vs. Sheffield - Cost of groceries

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pay 5.4% more for transportation

	Hong Kong	Sheffield
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$11.90 HK$92.63	$7.10 £5.32	-40.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$67.49 HK$525.39	$102.31 £76.70	+51.6%
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	$16.30 £12.22	+12.2%
Average			+5.4%

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pay 14.9% more for housing

	Hong Kong	Sheffield
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.19 HK$172.75	$47.55 £35.65	+114.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,349.29 HK$18,288.97	$1,123.43 £842.15	-52.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,688.04 HK$13,141.20	$888.90 £666.34	-47.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$177.52 HK$1,382.01	$257.01 £192.66	+44.8%
Average			+14.9%

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pay 14.2% more for childcare

	Hong Kong	Sheffield
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,038.61 HK$8,085.47	$1,226.37 £919.32	+18.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,248.89 HK$173,205.35	$24,571.96 £18,419.76	+10.4%
Average			+14.2%

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pay 8.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Hong Kong	Sheffield
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.48 HK$50.47	$5.34 £4.00	-17.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.23 HK$40.71	$4.46 £3.34	-14.7%
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	$40.06 £30.03	-49.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.85 HK$100.07	$11.35 £8.51	-11.7%
Average			-8.1%

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pay 13.1% less for clothing

	Hong Kong	Sheffield
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.06 HK$576.57	$73.23 £54.89	-1.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.18 HK$328.34	$37.39 £28.03	-11.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.97 HK$716.01	$91.88 £68.87	-0.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.80 HK$1,111.65	$85.69 £64.24	-40.0%
Average			-13.1%

Hong Kong vs. Sheffield - Cost of clothing

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