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Southend-on-sea vs. Hong Kong Cost of Living Summary

Southend-on-sea is 13.0% more expensive than Hong Kong.

Restaurants: pay 90.7% more in Southend-on-sea
Groceries: pay 30.4% less in Southend-on-sea
Transportation: pay 3.4% more in Southend-on-sea
Housing: pay 5.6% less in Southend-on-sea
Childcare: pay 41.5% more in Southend-on-sea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.0% less in Southend-on-sea
Clothing: pay 3.2% more in Southend-on-sea

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

Southend-on-sea vs. Hong Kong Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Southend-on-sea instead of Hong Kong, you would:

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pay 90.7% more for restaurants

	Hong Kong	Southend-on-sea
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	$2.67 £1.99	+92.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.11 HK$8.66	$1.91 £1.43	+72.1%
Average			+90.7%

Hong Kong vs. Southend-on-sea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 30.4% less for groceries

	Hong Kong	Southend-on-sea
Bread 1 loaf	$2.19 HK$17.05	$1.40 £1.05	-36.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$12.44 HK$96.81	$4.01 £3.00	-67.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.75 HK$91.42	$5.56 £4.16	-52.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.52 HK$27.36	$3.78 £2.83	+7.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.85 HK$37.74	$3.23 £2.41	-33.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.57 HK$12.18	$1.39 £1.04	-11.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.09 HK$8.46	$0.60 £0.45	-44.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.62 HK$12.62	$1.01 £0.75	-37.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 HK$10.78	$1.21 £0.91	-12.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.10 HK$8.56	$0.84 £0.63	-23.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.06 HK$8.24	$0.83 £0.62	-21.4%
Average			-30.4%

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pay 3.4% more for transportation

	Hong Kong	Southend-on-sea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$11.90 HK$92.58	$7.15 £5.35	-39.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$67.49 HK$525.15	$46.74 £34.95	-30.7%
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	$27.04 £20.22	+86.2%
Average			+3.4%

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pay 5.6% less for housing

	Hong Kong	Southend-on-sea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.19 HK$172.67	$41.26 £30.86	+86.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,349.29 HK$18,280.63	$1,411.55 £1,055.60	-39.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,688.04 HK$13,135.21	$979.32 £732.36	-42.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$177.52 HK$1,381.38	$130.20 £97.37	-26.7%
Average			-5.6%

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pay 41.5% more for childcare

	Hong Kong	Southend-on-sea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,038.61 HK$8,081.78	$2,003.15 £1,498.02	+92.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,248.89 HK$173,126.37	$20,031.49 £14,980.17	-10.0%
Average			+41.5%

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pay 12.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Hong Kong	Southend-on-sea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.48 HK$50.45	$6.01 £4.49	-7.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.23 HK$40.70	$4.46 £3.33	-14.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.11 HK$102.03	$19.36 £14.48	+47.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$79.18 HK$616.09	$41.40 £30.96	-47.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.85 HK$100.03	$8.01 £5.99	-37.7%
Average			-12.0%

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pay 3.2% more for clothing

	Hong Kong	Southend-on-sea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.06 HK$576.31	$86.80 £64.91	+17.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.18 HK$328.19	$51.19 £38.28	+21.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.97 HK$715.69	$91.57 £68.48	-0.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.80 HK$1,111.14	$106.83 £79.89	-25.2%
Average			+3.2%

Hong Kong vs. Southend-on-sea - Cost of clothing

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