Cost of living comparison

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St Albans vs. Hong Kong Cost of Living Summary

St Albans is 19.8% more expensive than Hong Kong.

Restaurants: pay 90.7% more in St Albans
Groceries: pay 25.6% less in St Albans
Transportation: pay 12.1% more in St Albans
Housing: pay 21.9% more in St Albans
Childcare: pay 31.2% more in St Albans
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.6% more in St Albans
Clothing: pay 1.9% more in St Albans

The cost of restaurants, childcare, housing, transportation, entertainment and sports, and clothing in St Albans are more expensive than in Hong Kong. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in St Albans.

St Albans vs. Hong Kong Cost Breakdown

If you lived in St Albans instead of Hong Kong, you would:

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pay 90.7% more for restaurants

	Hong Kong	St Albans
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%

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pay 25.6% less for groceries

	Hong Kong	St Albans
Bread 1 loaf	$2.19 HK$17.05	$1.60 £1.20	-26.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$12.44 HK$96.81	$6.16 £4.61	-50.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.75 HK$91.42	$6.47 £4.84	-44.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.52 HK$27.36	$3.74 £2.80	+6.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.85 HK$37.74	$4.45 £3.32	-8.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.57 HK$12.18	$1.39 £1.04	-11.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.09 HK$8.46	$0.58 £0.43	-46.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.62 HK$12.62	$1.01 £0.75	-37.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 HK$10.78	$1.51 £1.13	+9.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.10 HK$8.56	$0.74 £0.55	-33.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.06 HK$8.24	$0.66 £0.49	-38.1%
Average			-25.6%

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pay 12.1% more for transportation

	Hong Kong	St Albans
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$11.90 HK$92.58	$7.57 £5.66	-36.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$67.49 HK$525.15	$82.30 £61.55	+22.0%
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	$23.92 £17.89	+64.7%
Average			+12.1%

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pay 21.9% more for housing

	Hong Kong	St Albans
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	$1,758.32 £1,314.93	-25.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,688.04 HK$13,135.21	$1,544.09 £1,154.72	-8.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$177.52 HK$1,381.38	$240.38 £179.76	+35.4%
Average			+21.9%

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pay 31.2% more for childcare

	Hong Kong	St Albans
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,038.61 HK$8,081.78	$2,228.30 £1,666.39	+114.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,248.89 HK$173,126.37	$10,683.46 £7,989.42	-52.0%
Average			+31.2%

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pay 6.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Hong Kong	St Albans
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.48 HK$50.45	$7.34 £5.49	+13.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.23 HK$40.70	$4.54 £3.40	-13.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.11 HK$102.03	$18.47 £13.81	+40.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$79.18 HK$616.09	$53.42 £39.95	-32.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.85 HK$100.03	$16.03 £11.98	+24.7%
Average			+6.6%

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pay 1.9% more for clothing

	Hong Kong	St Albans
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.06 HK$576.31	$77.90 £58.26	+5.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.18 HK$328.19	$49.41 £36.95	+17.1%
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	$122.41 £91.55	-14.3%
Average			+1.9%

Hong Kong vs. St Albans - 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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