Cost of Living Comparison

HKD

COMPARED TO

USD

Pennsylvania is 3.7% more expensive than Hong Kong.

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

pay 60.9% more for restaurants

	Hong Kong	Pennsylvania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.74 HK$60.45	$14.17	+83.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.16 HK$40.30	$7.53	+45.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 HK$9.41	$1.97	+63.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 HK$7.79	$1.51	+50.9%
Average			+60.9%

Hong Kong vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.9% more for groceries

	Hong Kong	Pennsylvania
Bread 1 loaf	$1.98 HK$15.45	$2.58	+30.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.22 HK$71.98	$5.53	-40.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.39 HK$88.95	$3.79	-66.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.59 HK$28.04	$2.16	-39.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.50 HK$35.11	$4.00	-10.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.84 HK$14.34	$2.20	+19.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.02 HK$8.00	$0.67	-34.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.69 HK$13.22	$2.45	+44.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.24 HK$9.72	$2.08	+67.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.13 HK$8.81	$1.53	+35.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.19 HK$9.28	$1.64	+38.4%
Average			+3.9%

Hong Kong vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of groceries

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pay 8.1% less for transportation

	Hong Kong	Pennsylvania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.56 HK$66.86	$2.63	-69.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$64.51 HK$503.71	$77.17	+19.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,257.44 HK$251,855.13	$22,567.68	-30.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.87 HK$92.68	$17.46	+47.1%
Average			-8.1%

Hong Kong vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of transportation

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pay 19.6% more for housing

	Hong Kong	Pennsylvania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.46 HK$191.01	$71.65	+192.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,284.63 HK$17,837.64	$1,037.78	-54.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,592.23 HK$12,431.57	$859.99	-46.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$172.53 HK$1,347.07	$148.69	-13.8%
Average			+19.6%

Hong Kong vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of housing

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pay 2.8% less for childcare

	Hong Kong	Pennsylvania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$737.61 HK$5,759.03	$892.95	+21.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$17,731.50 HK$138,441.52	$13,013.17	-26.6%
Average			-2.8%

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pay 26.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Hong Kong	Pennsylvania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.61 HK$59.44	$3.81	-50.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.75 HK$37.07	$3.96	-16.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.87 HK$61.45	$8.00	+1.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$79.14 HK$617.87	$32.70	-58.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.90 HK$100.74	$11.51	-10.8%
Average			-26.9%

Hong Kong vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 21.0% less for clothing

	Hong Kong	Pennsylvania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$78.76 HK$614.95	$42.46	-46.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$37.59 HK$293.47	$35.80	-4.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$88.08 HK$687.66	$77.71	-11.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$120.75 HK$942.74	$94.98	-21.3%
Average			-21.0%

Hong Kong vs. Pennsylvania - Cost of clothing

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