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North Shore vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

North Shore is 2.2 times more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 2.2 times more in North Shore
Groceries: pay 73.0% more in North Shore
Transportation: pay 72.7% more in North Shore
Housing: pay 2.8 times more in North Shore
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in North Shore
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.2 times more in North Shore

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

North Shore vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in North Shore instead of Quito, you would:

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pay 2.2 times more for restaurants

	Quito	North Shore
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$14.42 NZ$25.06	+188.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$8.65 NZ$15.03	+17.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$2.17 NZ$3.76	+91.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$2.20 NZ$3.81	+199.4%
Average			+124.1%

Quito vs. North Shore - Cost of restaurants

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pay 73.0% more for groceries

	Quito	North Shore
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.45 NZ$2.52	-10.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$4.01 NZ$6.96	-4.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$6.37 NZ$11.07	+56.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$5.71 NZ$9.92	+134.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$4.18 NZ$7.25	+18.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$1.22 NZ$2.11	+24.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$0.94 NZ$1.64	+84.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$1.38 NZ$2.40	+191.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$2.04 NZ$3.55	+249.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$0.81 NZ$1.40	+18.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.65 NZ$1.14	+39.2%
Average			+73.0%

Quito vs. North Shore - Cost of groceries

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pay 72.7% more for transportation

	Quito	North Shore
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$6.10 NZ$10.60	+132.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$62.02 NZ$107.75	+129.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$23,077.19 NZ$40,092.42	+15.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$15.27 NZ$26.52	+13.1%
Average			+72.7%

Quito vs. North Shore - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.8 times more for housing

	Quito	North Shore
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$48.52 NZ$84.30	+70.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$1,013.76 NZ$1,761.23	+126.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$764.53 NZ$1,328.23	+141.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$117.26 NZ$203.72	+367.8%
Average			+176.4%

Quito vs. North Shore - Cost of housing

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Quito	North Shore
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$878.54 NZ$1,526.30	+210.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$13,628.73 NZ$23,677.44	+45.6%
Average			+127.9%

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pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	North Shore
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$6.92 NZ$12.03	+191.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$3.46 NZ$6.01	+17.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$24.23 NZ$42.10	+303.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$27.69 NZ$48.11	-28.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$13.85 NZ$24.06	+97.8%
Average			+116.4%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Quito	North Shore
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$67.87 NZ$117.91	+12.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$38.94 NZ$67.66	-16.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$90.39 NZ$157.03	-14.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$109.62 NZ$190.44	+18.1%

Quito vs. North Shore - Cost of clothing

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