Cost of Living Comparison

JPY

COMPARED TO

GBP

United Kingdom is 15.4% more expensive than Japan.

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Japan, you would:

pay 43.1% more for restaurants

	Japan	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.55 ¥855	$16.16 £12.48	+113.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.34 ¥718	$6.92 £5.35	+9.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.29 ¥147	$1.68 £1.29	+29.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.01 ¥114	$1.21 £0.94	+19.8%
Average			+43.1%

Japan vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 45.4% less for groceries

	Japan	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$1.99 ¥225	$1.25 £0.97	-37.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$10.43 ¥1,182	$3.41 £2.63	-67.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.83 ¥773	$4.29 £3.31	-37.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.17 ¥246	$2.31 £1.79	+6.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.37 ¥382	$3.25 £2.51	-3.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ¥349	$1.00 £0.77	-67.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.22 ¥139	$0.63 £0.49	-48.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.52 ¥285	$0.94 £0.73	-62.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.63 ¥298	$0.98 £0.76	-62.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.81 ¥204	$0.70 £0.54	-61.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.38 ¥157	$0.58 £0.45	-58.2%
Average			-45.4%

Japan vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 11.6% less for transportation

	Japan	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.96 ¥562	$5.93 £4.58	+19.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$90.47 ¥10,246	$84.80 £65.52	-6.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,535.41 ¥2,665,409	$23,204.28 £17,928.09	-1.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$38.60 ¥4,372	$16.12 £12.46	-58.2%
Average			-11.6%

Japan vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation

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pay 13.4% more for housing

	Japan	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$47.01 ¥5,324	$38.52 £29.76	-18.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$713.71 ¥80,829	$908.63 £702.02	+27.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$486.68 ¥55,117	$748.70 £578.46	+53.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$163.93 ¥18,565	$148.88 £115.03	-9.2%
Average			+13.4%

Japan vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing

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pay 92.3% more for childcare

	Japan	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$395.70 ¥44,813	$1,074.80 £830.41	+171.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,889.45 ¥1,459,744	$14,578.96 £11,264.00	+13.1%
Average			+92.3%

Japan vs. United Kingdom - Cost of childcare

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pay 22.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Japan	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.01 ¥455	$4.35 £3.36	+8.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.75 ¥424	$3.37 £2.60	-10.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.26 ¥482	$12.61 £9.75	+196.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$89.66 ¥10,154	$40.09 £30.97	-55.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$16.40 ¥1,858	$12.14 £9.38	-26.0%
Average			+22.6%

Japan vs. United Kingdom - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 6.4% less for clothing

	Japan	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$63.54 ¥7,196	$69.79 £53.92	+9.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.77 ¥4,504	$36.44 £28.15	-8.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$75.13 ¥8,508	$76.34 £58.98	+1.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$107.55 ¥12,180	$76.93 £59.44	-28.5%
Average			-6.4%

Japan vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing

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