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New Zealand vs. Honolulu Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 30.8% cheaper than Honolulu.

Restaurants: pay 36.4% less in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 54.1% less in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 8.4% less in New Zealand
Housing: pay 47.5% less in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 47.6% less in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.4% less in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 8.5% less in New Zealand

Expenses including groceries, childcare, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and clothing are lower in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Honolulu Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Honolulu, you would:

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pay 36.4% less for restaurants

	Honolulu	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$23.50	$14.45 NZ$25.01	-38.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$15.00	$9.14 NZ$15.82	-39.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.63	$2.11 NZ$3.65	-41.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.72	$2.02 NZ$3.49	-26.0%
Average			-36.4%

Honolulu vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 54.1% less for groceries

	Honolulu	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$6.58	$1.74 NZ$3.01	-73.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$15.27	$3.88 NZ$6.72	-74.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.79	$6.34 NZ$10.97	-18.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$7.51	$5.96 NZ$10.31	-20.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$9.58	$4.01 NZ$6.93	-58.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.43	$1.18 NZ$2.04	-65.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.96	$0.95 NZ$1.65	-51.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.72	$1.29 NZ$2.24	-52.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.89	$2.11 NZ$3.65	-45.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$2.75	$0.85 NZ$1.47	-69.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$2.31	$0.80 NZ$1.38	-65.5%
Average			-54.1%

Honolulu vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 8.4% less for transportation

	Honolulu	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.68	$6.08 NZ$10.52	+30.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$80.00	$74.52 NZ$128.99	-6.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,265.95	$24,777.66 NZ$42,890.20	-29.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$24.38	$17.81 NZ$30.83	-26.9%
Average			-8.4%

Honolulu vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 47.5% less for housing

	Honolulu	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$67.46	$50.00 NZ$86.54	-25.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,197.86	$978.36 NZ$1,693.54	-55.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,857.69	$810.06 NZ$1,402.22	-56.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$200.52	$95.66 NZ$165.59	-52.3%
Average			-47.5%

Honolulu vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay 47.6% less for childcare

	Honolulu	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,633.33	$635.34 NZ$1,099.78	-61.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$20,440.00	$13,463.91 NZ$23,306.07	-34.1%
Average			-47.6%

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pay 13.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Honolulu	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$6.04 NZ$10.46	-24.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$6.46	$3.35 NZ$5.80	-48.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.00	$23.12 NZ$40.03	+77.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.37	$37.72 NZ$65.30	-31.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$18.00	$10.72 NZ$18.56	-40.4%
Average			-13.4%

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pay 8.5% less for clothing

	Honolulu	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.50	$65.22 NZ$112.90	+13.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$55.83	$39.23 NZ$67.91	-29.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.00	$90.28 NZ$156.27	-14.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$124.17	$119.43 NZ$206.73	-3.8%
Average			-8.5%

Honolulu vs. New Zealand - Cost of clothing

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