Cost of living comparison

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Ketchikan vs. London Cost of Living Summary

Ketchikan is 20.4% more expensive than London.

Restaurants
pay 40.6% more in Ketchikan
Groceries
pay 77.0% more in Ketchikan
Transportation
pay 65.5% less in Ketchikan
Housing
pay 36.5% more in Ketchikan
Entertainment and Sports
pay 13.4% more in Ketchikan

The cost of groceries, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Ketchikan are more expensive than in London. Notably, groceries is significantly more expensive in Ketchikan.

Ketchikan vs. London Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ketchikan instead of London, you would:

pay 40.6% more for restaurants

 
London
Ketchikan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $26.73
£20.18
$40.00
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$11.02
£8.33
$18.50
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $3.12
£2.36
$3.29
 

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pay 77.0% more for groceries

 
London
Ketchikan
Bread
1 loaf
$2.16
£1.63
$5.51
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.54
£4.18
$11.02
 
Milk (1 gallon) $6.58
£4.97
$5.00
 

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pay 65.5% less for transportation

 
London
Ketchikan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.12
£5.38
$4.18
 
Monthly public transit pass $240.54
£181.65
$25.00
 
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $37,798.76
£28,544.87
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pay 36.5% more for housing

 
London
Ketchikan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$42.83
£32.34
$150.00
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $3,083.09
£2,328.29
$1,625.00
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $2,340.14
£1,767.22
$1,600.00
 

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
London
Ketchikan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $2,480.84
£1,873.48
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Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $28,512.27
£21,531.90
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pay 13.4% more for entertainment and sports

 
London
Ketchikan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $8.69
£6.56
$8.50
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.21
£3.93
$5.50
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$22.72
£17.16
$14.25
 

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
London
Ketchikan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$116.11
£87.68
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Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$52.02
£39.29
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Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$125.96
£95.13
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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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