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Chiba vs. Ogden Cost of Living Summary

Chiba vs. Ogden Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Chiba instead of Ogden, you would:

pay 54.1% less for restaurants

 
Ogden
Chiba
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $14.00
 
$6.33
¥997
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
 
$4.74
¥748
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.24
 
$1.01
¥160

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pay 5.3% more for groceries

 
Ogden
Chiba
Bread
1 loaf
$2.76
 
$1.70
¥268
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.96
 
$5.18
¥816
Milk (1 gallon) $3.44
 
$5.37
¥846

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pay 17.1% less for transportation

 
Ogden
Chiba
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.07
 
$4.11
¥648
Monthly public transit pass $85.00
 
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $36,628.00
 
$21,434.36
¥3M

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pay 52.8% less for housing

 
Ogden
Chiba
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$60.00
 
$15.82
¥2,492
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,346.67
 
$861.99
¥136K
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,207.50
 
$485.25
¥76,465

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pay 51.9% less for childcare

 
Ogden
Chiba
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,308.40
 
$632.30
¥99,638
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $20,595.56
 
$9,869.42
¥2M

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pay 21.4% less for entertainment and sports

 
Ogden
Chiba
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.00
 
$1.90
¥299
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.03
 
$3.16
¥498
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.00
 
$3.80
¥598

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pay 17.4% less for clothing

 
Ogden
Chiba
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$40.00
 
$50.61
¥7,976
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$45.52
 
$36.90
¥5,815
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$110.87
 
$61.47
¥9,687

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