Cost of Living Comparison

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Turkey is 60.0% cheaper than Iceland.

If you lived in Turkey instead of Iceland, you would:

pay 80.2% less for restaurants

	Iceland	Turkey
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$15.54 kr1,631	$3.15 ₺11.23	-79.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.54 kr1,316	$3.04 ₺10.83	-75.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.37 kr249	$0.55 ₺1.96	-76.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.68 kr177	$0.20 ₺0.70	-88.4%
Average			-80.2%

Iceland vs. Turkey - Cost of restaurants

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pay 62.6% less for groceries

	Iceland	Turkey
Bread 1 loaf	$3.04 kr319	$0.31 ₺1.10	-89.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.12 kr538	$2.57 ₺9.15	-49.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.59 kr482	$2.63 ₺9.39	-42.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.23 kr549	$1.37 ₺4.88	-73.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.56 kr689	$1.08 ₺3.85	-83.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 kr103	$0.33 ₺1.16	-66.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.83 kr88	$0.79 ₺2.81	-5.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 kr107	$0.43 ₺1.54	-57.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.68 kr176	$0.28 ₺1.00	-83.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 kr100	$0.19 ₺0.67	-80.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.55 kr58	$0.25 ₺0.89	-55.1%
Average			-62.6%

Iceland vs. Turkey - Cost of groceries

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pay 52.0% less for transportation

	Iceland	Turkey
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.96 kr626	$3.22 ₺11.50	-45.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$90.41 kr9,489	$20.93 ₺74.63	-76.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,163.21 kr2,745,829	$23,871.04 ₺85,109.80	-8.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.36 kr2,347	$5.20 ₺18.55	-76.7%
Average			-52.0%

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pay 72.1% less for housing

	Iceland	Turkey
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$63.30 kr6,644	$13.41 ₺47.80	-78.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,285.14 kr134,875	$149.53 ₺533.13	-88.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,064.16 kr111,684	$107.80 ₺384.34	-89.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$69.69 kr7,314	$47.99 ₺171.10	-31.1%
Average			-72.1%

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pay 12.1% less for childcare

	Iceland	Turkey
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$279.46 kr29,329	$177.30 ₺632.16	-36.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,014.93 kr316,417	$3,388.31 ₺12,080.67	+12.4%
Average			-12.1%

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pay 70.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Iceland	Turkey
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.97 kr837	$2.06 ₺7.34	-74.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.17 kr438	$1.48 ₺5.28	-64.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.58 kr1,110	$2.35 ₺8.39	-77.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$50.68 kr5,319	$20.08 ₺71.61	-60.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.05 kr1,159	$2.65 ₺9.46	-76.0%
Average			-70.6%

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pay 70.1% less for clothing

	Iceland	Turkey
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$104.95 kr11,015	$28.86 ₺102.90	-72.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$60.45 kr6,345	$20.84 ₺74.29	-65.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$154.03 kr16,166	$50.61 ₺180.44	-67.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$161.72 kr16,973	$40.01 ₺142.64	-75.3%
Average			-70.1%

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