British Virgin Islands is 62.0% more expensive than Japan.

If you lived in British Virgin Islands instead of Japan, you would:

pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

 
Japan
British Virgin Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.87
¥1,040
$22.50
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.20
¥787
$11.50
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.13
¥172
$2.25
 

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pay 29.2% more for groceries

 
Japan
British Virgin Islands
Bread
1 loaf
$1.58
¥240
$3.94
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.69
¥1,013
$9.00
 
Milk (1 gallon) $5.53
¥837
$7.53
 

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pay 0.7% more for transportation

 
Japan
British Virgin Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.79
¥725
$4.23
 
Monthly public transit pass $77.51
¥11,736
??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $20,322.73
¥3,077,188
$23,000.00
 

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

 
Japan
British Virgin Islands
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$36.05
¥5,458
$122.33
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $586.71
¥88,837
$1,500.00
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $401.57
¥60,804
$1,266.67
 

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pay 11.0% more for childcare

 
Japan
British Virgin Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $343.45
¥52,004
$312.50
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $12,362.75
¥1,871,919
$16,200.00
 

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pay 35.3% more for entertainment and sports

 
Japan
British Virgin Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.03
¥459
$4.00
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.16
¥479
$4.83
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.29
¥650
$2.40
 

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pay 70.5% more for clothing

 
Japan
British Virgin Islands
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$43.55
¥6,594
$80.00
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$32.13
¥4,864
??
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$59.61
¥9,026
$90.00
 

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