French Polynesia is 3.1 times more expensive than Malawi.

If you lived in French Polynesia instead of Malawi, you would:

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pay 3.5 times more for restaurants

 
Malawi
French Polynesia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $4.32
MWK7,480.61
$15.43
CFPF1,741
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.04
MWK15,654.41
$11.62
CFPF1,311
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.87
MWK1,509.20
$2.96
CFPF333

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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

 
Malawi
French Polynesia
Bread
1 loaf
$1.36
MWK2,362.35
$2.25
CFPF253
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.82
MWK8,340.46
$5.61
CFPF633
Milk (1 gallon) $4.51
MWK7,812.68
$5.89
CFPF665

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

 
Malawi
French Polynesia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.19
MWK10,711.02
$5.27
CFPF594
Monthly public transit pass $4.32
MWK7,480.35
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $35,669.17
MWK61,735,618.67
$19,759.02
CFPF2,229,040

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pay 4.3 times more for housing

 
Malawi
French Polynesia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$186.12
MWK322,141.83
$98.35
CFPF11,095
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $202.19
MWK349,940.16
$1,088.99
CFPF122,850
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $98.76
MWK170,937.23
$943.04
CFPF106,386

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pay 3.7 times more for childcare

 
Malawi
French Polynesia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $354.75
MWK614,002.31
$449.07
CFPF50,660
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,467.81
MWK2,540,461.89
$8,981.37
CFPF1,013,200

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pay 3.3 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Malawi
French Polynesia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.12
MWK1,937.49
$4.49
CFPF507
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.91
MWK5,041.64
$3.86
CFPF436
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.59
MWK2,745.95
$11.14
CFPF1,256

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pay 2.3 times more for clothing

 
Malawi
French Polynesia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$45.22
MWK78,272.98
$118.19
CFPF13,334
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$34.94
MWK60,478.77
$87.78
CFPF9,902
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$59.17
MWK102,413.07
$138.76
CFPF15,654

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