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Kempton Park vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Kempton Park is 10.5% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 12.0% more in Kempton Park
Groceries: pay 9.0% more in Kempton Park
Transportation: pay 50.0% more in Kempton Park
Housing: pay 76.6% more in Kempton Park
Childcare: pay 41.1% less in Kempton Park
Entertainment and Sports: pay 14.7% less in Kempton Park
Clothing: pay 18.1% less in Kempton Park

The cost of housing, transportation, restaurants, and groceries in Kempton Park are more expensive than in Quito. Expenses including childcare, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Kempton Park. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Kempton Park.

Kempton Park vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Kempton Park instead of Quito, you would:

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pay 12.0% more for restaurants

	Quito	Kempton Park
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$8.60 ZAR145.19	+72.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$5.02 ZAR84.70	-31.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$1.06 ZAR17.92	-6.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$0.84 ZAR14.10	+14.0%
Average			+12.0%

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pay 9.0% more for groceries

	Quito	Kempton Park
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.06 ZAR17.83	-34.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$4.02 ZAR67.87	-3.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$4.73 ZAR79.91	+16.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$2.37 ZAR40.03	-2.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$2.21 ZAR37.32	-37.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$0.78 ZAR13.23	-19.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$0.72 ZAR12.08	+40.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$0.75 ZAR12.60	+57.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$0.80 ZAR13.47	+36.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$0.66 ZAR11.11	-3.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.70 ZAR11.87	+49.9%
Average			+9.0%

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pay 50.0% more for transportation

	Quito	Kempton Park
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$4.97 ZAR83.93	+89.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$57.36 ZAR967.96	+112.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$22,943.68 ZAR387,185.15	+14.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$11.24 ZAR189.72	-16.7%
Average			+50.0%

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pay 76.6% more for housing

	Quito	Kempton Park
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$41.63 ZAR702.57	+46.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$286.80 ZAR4,839.81	-36.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$344.16 ZAR5,807.78	+8.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$97.18 ZAR1,640.02	+287.7%
Average			+76.6%

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pay 41.1% less for childcare

	Quito	Kempton Park
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$218.24 ZAR3,682.87	-23.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$3,805.78 ZAR64,224.34	-59.3%
Average			-41.1%

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pay 14.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Quito	Kempton Park
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$2.29 ZAR38.72	-3.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$2.24 ZAR37.84	-24.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$3.01 ZAR50.82	-49.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$35.85 ZAR604.98	-7.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$7.74 ZAR130.67	+10.6%
Average			-14.7%

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pay 18.1% less for clothing

	Quito	Kempton Park
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$50.27 ZAR848.32	-16.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$32.98 ZAR556.48	-29.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$88.67 ZAR1,496.31	-15.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$82.91 ZAR1,399.08	-10.6%
Average			-18.1%

Quito vs. Kempton Park - Cost of clothing

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