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New Caledonia vs. Malaysia Cost of Living Summary

New Caledonia is 3.3 times more expensive than Malaysia overall.

Restaurants: pay 4.0 times more in New Caledonia
Groceries: pay 3.2 times more in New Caledonia
Transportation: pay 3.1 times more in New Caledonia
Housing: pay 3.0 times more in New Caledonia
Childcare: pay 4.7 times more in New Caledonia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.9 times more in New Caledonia
Clothing: pay 2.5 times more in New Caledonia

The cost of childcare, restaurants, groceries, transportation, housing, and entertainment and sports in New Caledonia are more expensive than in Malaysia. Notably, childcare, restaurants, and groceries are significantly more expensive in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia vs. Malaysia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Caledonia instead of Malaysia, you would:

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pay 4.0 times more for restaurants

	Malaysia	New Caledonia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.22 MYR13.31	$19.58 CFPF2,014	+507.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.41 MYR18.24	$14.68 CFPF1,511	+232.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.73 MYR3.01	$2.57 CFPF264	+252.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.39 MYR1.63	$1.17 CFPF121	+198.7%
Average			+297.9%

Malaysia vs. New Caledonia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.2 times more for groceries

	Malaysia	New Caledonia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.02 MYR4.21	$2.90 CFPF298	+184.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.79 MYR32.19	$15.50 CFPF1,595	+99.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.67 MYR27.55	$4.63 CFPF477	-30.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.99 MYR8.21	$6.47 CFPF666	+225.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.93 MYR7.99	$11.32 CFPF1,165	+485.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.28 MYR5.29	$1.92 CFPF198	+50.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MYR2.75	$3.39 CFPF348	+408.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.29 MYR5.34	$3.00 CFPF308	+131.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.73 MYR3.03	$3.77 CFPF388	+415.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.53 MYR2.20	$1.83 CFPF188	+243.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.59 MYR2.42	$1.63 CFPF168	+178.1%
Average			+217.4%

Malaysia vs. New Caledonia - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.1 times more for transportation

	Malaysia	New Caledonia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.86 MYR7.67	$6.29 CFPF648	+239.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$15.26 MYR63.08	$87.11 CFPF8,964	+470.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,849.31 MYR148,147.28	$31,076.13 CFPF3,197,825	-13.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.52 MYR26.93	$14.59 CFPF1,502	+123.9%
Average			+205.2%

Malaysia vs. New Caledonia - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.0 times more for housing

	Malaysia	New Caledonia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$27.18 MYR112.33	$51.39 CFPF5,288	+89.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$349.73 MYR1,445.27	$856.43 CFPF88,129	+144.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$247.40 MYR1,022.40	$783.02 CFPF80,575	+216.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$34.37 MYR142.05	$159.67 CFPF16,431	+364.5%
Average			+203.7%

Malaysia vs. New Caledonia - Cost of housing

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pay 4.7 times more for childcare

	Malaysia	New Caledonia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$170.62 MYR705.09	$796.07 CFPF81,918	+366.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,229.51 MYR25,743.43	??
Average			+366.6%

Malaysia vs. New Caledonia - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.9 times more for entertainment and sports

	Malaysia	New Caledonia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.72 MYR15.38	$10.52 CFPF1,083	+182.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.63 MYR10.85	$4.91 CFPF506	+87.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.18 MYR17.26	$20.36 CFPF2,095	+387.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.40 MYR150.42	$61.17 CFPF6,295	+68.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.62 MYR19.07	$14.68 CFPF1,511	+218.1%
Average			+188.7%

Malaysia vs. New Caledonia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.5 times more for clothing

	Malaysia	New Caledonia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$59.37 MYR245.35	$115.01 CFPF11,834	+93.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.69 MYR122.68	$61.99 CFPF6,379	+108.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$70.68 MYR292.07	$103.99 CFPF10,701	+47.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$56.86 MYR234.98	$244.69 CFPF25,180	+330.3%
Average			+145.0%

Malaysia vs. New Caledonia - Cost of clothing

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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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