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Rhode Island vs. Macau Cost of Living Summary

Rhode Island is 47.0% more expensive than Macau overall.

Restaurants
pay 3.0 times more in Rhode Island
Groceries
pay 10.2% more in Rhode Island
Transportation
pay 18.9% more in Rhode Island
Housing
pay 88.4% more in Rhode Island
Childcare
pay 42.7% more in Rhode Island
Entertainment and Sports
pay 4.7% more in Rhode Island
Clothing
pay 17.3% less in Rhode Island

The cost of restaurants, housing, childcare, transportation, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Rhode Island are more expensive than in Macau. Notably, restaurants and housing are significantly more expensive in Rhode Island.

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Rhode Island vs. Macau Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Macau, you would:

pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

 
Macau
Rhode Island
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.19
MOP50.00
$22.00
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.94
MOP48.00
$13.38
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.89
MOP7.17
$2.87
 
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pay 10.2% more for groceries

 
Macau
Rhode Island
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.72
MOP13.89
$3.98
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.09
MOP65.42
$5.94
 
Milk (1 gallon) $11.99
MOP96.91
$3.94
 
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pay 18.9% more for transportation

 
Macau
Rhode Island
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.86
MOP55.46
$4.02
 
Monthly public transit pass $22.43
MOP181.31
$70.00
 
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $30,925.27
MOP250K
$36,541.58
 
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pay 88.4% more for housing

 
Macau
Rhode Island
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $36.99
MOP299.00
$76.56
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,083.62
MOP8,760.04
$2,081.88
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,032.90
MOP8,350.04
$1,759.17
 
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pay 42.7% more for childcare

 
Macau
Rhode Island
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,211.24
MOP9,791.72
$1,824.60
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $18,979.08
MOP153K
$25,666.67
 
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pay 4.7% more for entertainment and sports

 
Macau
Rhode Island
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.75
MOP46.50
$6.25
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.01
MOP40.50
$5.40
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $6.68
MOP54.00
$13.11
 
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pay 17.3% less for clothing

 
Macau
Rhode Island
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $69.52
MOP562.00
$47.12
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $33.40
MOP270.00
$27.75
 
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $92.78
MOP750.00
$92.50
 
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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