Cost of Living Comparison

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Germany is 10.3% more expensive than Italy.

If you lived in Germany instead of Italy, you would:

pay 19.7% more for restaurants

	Italy	Germany
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$15.63 €13.71	$12.21 €10.71	-21.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.11 €7.99	$9.19 €8.06	+0.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.39 €2.09	$2.64 €2.31	+10.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 €1.06	$2.29 €2.01	+89.5%
Average			+19.7%

Italy vs. Germany - Cost of restaurants

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pay 7.1% less for groceries

	Italy	Germany
Bread 1 loaf	$1.83 €1.61	$1.56 €1.37	-14.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.60 €6.66	$4.64 €4.07	-38.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.76 €4.17	$3.57 €3.13	-25.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.18 €2.79	$2.51 €2.20	-21.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.41 €3.87	$3.72 €3.26	-15.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.95 €0.83	$1.18 €1.04	+24.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.88 €0.78	$0.85 €0.75	-3.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.93 €0.82	$0.99 €0.87	+6.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.01 €0.88	$1.24 €1.09	+23.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68 €0.60	$0.65 €0.57	-4.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.73 €0.64	$0.67 €0.59	-8.8%
Average			-7.1%

Italy vs. Germany - Cost of groceries

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pay 23.2% more for transportation

	Italy	Germany
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.87 €6.03	$6.30 €5.53	-8.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$42.81 €37.54	$78.83 €69.13	+84.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,515.15 €22,374.26	$25,426.33 €22,296.37	-0.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$19.98 €17.52	$23.42 €20.53	+17.2%
Average			+23.2%

Italy vs. Germany - Cost of transportation

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pay 20.4% more for housing

	Italy	Germany
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$34.22 €30.01	$37.52 €32.91	+9.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$635.99 €557.70	$734.30 €643.91	+15.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$477.40 €418.64	$553.91 €485.72	+16.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.03 €121.92	$194.90 €170.91	+40.2%
Average			+20.4%

Italy vs. Germany - Cost of housing

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pay 2.6% less for childcare

	Italy	Germany
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$484.79 €425.12	$344.14 €301.78	-29.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,934.63 €10,465.49	$14,791.33 €12,970.53	+23.9%
Average			-2.6%

Italy vs. Germany - Cost of childcare

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pay 19.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Italy	Germany
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.85 €4.25	$4.05 €3.55	-16.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.64 €1.44	$3.19 €2.79	+94.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.38 €5.60	$7.74 €6.78	+21.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$54.20 €47.53	$35.60 €31.21	-34.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.68 €8.49	$12.70 €11.14	+31.2%
Average			+19.2%

Italy vs. Germany - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 0.9% less for clothing

	Italy	Germany
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$87.08 €76.36	$84.50 €74.10	-3.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$37.41 €32.80	$41.41 €36.31	+10.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$96.82 €84.90	$94.35 €82.74	-2.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$128.04 €112.28	$116.93 €102.54	-8.7%
Average			-0.9%

Italy vs. Germany - Cost of clothing

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