Cost of living comparison

compared to

New Zealand vs. Palau Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 70.9% more expensive than Palau overall.

Restaurants: pay 38.8% more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 38.8% less in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 15.9% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 5.4% more in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 5.1 times more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 89.8% more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 24.6% less in New Zealand

The cost of childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, and housing in New Zealand are more expensive than in Palau. Expenses including groceries and clothing are lower in New Zealand. Notably, childcare and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Palau Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Palau, you would:

Display currency: USD

pay 38.8% more for restaurants

	Palau	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.00	$14.45 NZ$25.10	+20.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00	$9.14 NZ$15.87	-8.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.37	$2.11 NZ$3.66	+54.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.07	$2.02 NZ$3.50	+89.0%
Average			+38.8%

Palau vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 38.8% less for groceries

	Palau	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$3.44	$1.74 NZ$3.02	-49.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.00	$3.88 NZ$6.74	-22.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.97	$6.34 NZ$11.01	-36.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.97	$5.96 NZ$10.35	-0.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.30	$4.01 NZ$6.96	-36.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.40	$1.18 NZ$2.05	-50.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00	$0.95 NZ$1.65	-4.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.50	$1.29 NZ$2.25	-48.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$7.50	$2.11 NZ$3.66	-71.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$2.09	$0.85 NZ$1.48	-59.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.50	$0.80 NZ$1.38	-46.9%
Average			-38.8%

Palau vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 15.9% more for transportation

	Palau	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.75	$6.08 NZ$10.56	-9.9%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$74.52 NZ$129.46
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,500.00	$24,777.66 NZ$43,046.67	+41.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$17.81 NZ$30.94
Average			+15.9%

Palau vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 5.4% more for housing

	Palau	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$129.50	$50.00 NZ$86.86	-61.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$750.00	$978.36 NZ$1,699.72	+30.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$550.00	$810.06 NZ$1,407.33	+47.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$95.66 NZ$166.20
Average			+5.4%

Palau vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 5.1 times more for childcare

	Palau	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$200.00	$635.34 NZ$1,103.80	+217.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,920.00	$13,463.91 NZ$23,391.09	+601.2%
Average			+409.5%

Palau vs. New Zealand - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 89.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Palau	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.50	$6.04 NZ$10.50	+302.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.08	$3.35 NZ$5.82	-17.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$11.25	$23.12 NZ$40.17	+105.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.00	$37.72 NZ$65.53	-31.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$10.72 NZ$18.62
Average			+89.8%

Palau vs. New Zealand - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 24.6% less for clothing

	Palau	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$62.50	$65.22 NZ$113.31	+4.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$52.50	$39.23 NZ$68.16	-25.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$147.50	$90.28 NZ$156.84	-38.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$195.00	$119.43 NZ$207.49	-38.8%
Average			-24.6%

Palau vs. New Zealand - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

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

More cost comparisons

Palau vs.

Ecuador

Palau vs.

Austria

Palau vs.

Australia

Palau vs.

France

Palau vs.

Germany

Palau vs.

Thailand

Palau vs.

Vietnam

Palau vs.

Egypt

Share this

Compare by city

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Palau

Add prices for New Zealand

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about New Zealand or Palau. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.