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Lower Hutt vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Lower Hutt is 98.3% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 2.3 times more in Lower Hutt
Groceries: pay 88.4% more in Lower Hutt
Transportation: pay 51.1% more in Lower Hutt
Housing: pay 3.2 times more in Lower Hutt
Childcare: pay 83.9% more in Lower Hutt
Entertainment and Sports: pay 96.1% more in Lower Hutt
Clothing: pay 24.3% more in Lower Hutt

The cost of housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, childcare, and transportation in Lower Hutt are more expensive than in Quito. Notably, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Lower Hutt.

Lower Hutt vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Lower Hutt instead of Quito, you would:

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pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

	Quito	Lower Hutt
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$14.42 NZ$24.97	+188.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$10.30 NZ$17.83	+39.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$2.25 NZ$3.89	+98.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$2.12 NZ$3.66	+188.5%
Average			+128.8%

Quito vs. Lower Hutt - Cost of restaurants

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pay 88.4% more for groceries

	Quito	Lower Hutt
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.98 NZ$3.42	+21.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$4.02 NZ$6.96	-3.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$6.79 NZ$11.75	+67.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$6.77 NZ$11.73	+178.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$3.99 NZ$6.91	+13.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$1.24 NZ$2.15	+27.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$0.92 NZ$1.59	+79.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$1.33 NZ$2.30	+180.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$2.32 NZ$4.01	+295.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$0.91 NZ$1.58	+34.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.84 NZ$1.45	+78.4%
Average			+88.4%

Quito vs. Lower Hutt - Cost of groceries

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pay 51.1% more for transportation

	Quito	Lower Hutt
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$6.14 NZ$10.63	+133.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$28.85 NZ$49.93	+6.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$31,154.21 NZ$53,928.03	+55.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$14.55 NZ$25.19	+7.8%
Average			+51.1%

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pay 3.2 times more for housing

	Quito	Lower Hutt
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$48.75 NZ$84.39	+71.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$1,442.32 NZ$2,496.67	+221.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$1,057.70 NZ$1,830.89	+233.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$109.37 NZ$189.31	+336.3%
Average			+215.8%

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pay 83.9% more for childcare

	Quito	Lower Hutt
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$692.32 NZ$1,198.40	+144.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$11,538.60 NZ$19,973.35	+23.3%
Average			+83.9%

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pay 96.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	Lower Hutt
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$6.63 NZ$11.48	+179.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$3.46 NZ$5.99	+17.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$19.62 NZ$33.95	+226.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$41.83 NZ$72.40	+8.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$10.38 NZ$17.98	+48.4%
Average			+96.1%

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pay 24.3% more for clothing

	Quito	Lower Hutt
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$69.31 NZ$119.97	+15.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$54.81 NZ$94.87	+17.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$113.30 NZ$196.13	+7.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$146.23 NZ$253.12	+57.6%
Average			+24.3%

Quito vs. Lower Hutt - Cost of clothing

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