Cost of living comparison

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New Zealand vs. Italy Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 13.2% more expensive than Italy overall.

Restaurants: pay 5.9% less in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 1.8% more in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 1.1% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 22.4% more in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 27.1% more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 56.3% more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 10.3% less in New Zealand

The cost of entertainment and sports, childcare, housing, groceries, and transportation in New Zealand are more expensive than in Italy. Expenses including clothing and restaurants are lower in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Italy Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 5.9% less for restaurants

	Italy	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.50 €15.89	$14.45 NZ$25.01	-21.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.64 €9.99	$9.14 NZ$15.82	-21.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.93 €2.51	$2.11 NZ$3.65	-28.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.36 €1.17	$2.02 NZ$3.49	+47.9%
Average			-5.9%

Italy vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 1.8% more for groceries

	Italy	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$2.30 €1.97	$1.74 NZ$3.01	-24.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.02 €6.89	$3.88 NZ$6.72	-51.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.00 €5.15	$6.34 NZ$10.97	+5.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.93 €3.38	$5.96 NZ$10.31	+51.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.46 €4.69	$4.01 NZ$6.93	-26.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.07 €0.92	$1.18 NZ$2.04	+9.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.94 €0.81	$0.95 NZ$1.65	+1.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.17 €1.00	$1.29 NZ$2.24	+10.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.46 €1.25	$2.11 NZ$3.65	+44.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.86 €0.74	$0.85 NZ$1.47	-0.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.80 €0.69	$0.80 NZ$1.38	-0.6%
Average			+1.8%

Italy vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 1.1% more for transportation

	Italy	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.83 €6.72	$6.08 NZ$10.52	-22.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$44.40 €38.13	$74.52 NZ$128.99	+67.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,732.41 €28,110.96	$24,777.66 NZ$42,890.20	-24.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$21.32 €18.31	$17.81 NZ$30.83	-16.5%
Average			+1.1%

Italy vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 22.4% more for housing

	Italy	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.45 €27.01	$50.00 NZ$86.54	+58.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$740.98 €636.36	$978.36 NZ$1,693.54	+32.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$575.41 €494.16	$810.06 NZ$1,402.22	+40.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$164.94 €141.65	$95.66 NZ$165.59	-42.0%
Average			+22.4%

Italy vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay 27.1% more for childcare

	Italy	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$547.22 €469.96	$635.34 NZ$1,099.78	+16.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,750.16 €8,373.54	$13,463.91 NZ$23,306.07	+38.1%
Average			+27.1%

Italy vs. New Zealand - Cost of childcare

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pay 56.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Italy	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.73 €4.92	$6.04 NZ$10.46	+5.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.95 €1.68	$3.35 NZ$5.80	+71.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.86 €5.89	$23.12 NZ$40.03	+237.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$57.21 €49.13	$37.72 NZ$65.30	-34.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$10.59 €9.10	$10.72 NZ$18.56	+1.2%
Average			+56.3%

Italy vs. New Zealand - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 10.3% less for clothing

	Italy	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$86.36 €74.16	$65.22 NZ$112.90	-24.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.95 €34.31	$39.23 NZ$67.91	-1.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.77 €83.96	$90.28 NZ$156.27	-7.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$128.92 €110.72	$119.43 NZ$206.73	-7.4%
Average			-10.3%

Italy vs. New Zealand - 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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