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Reggio Di Calabria vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Reggio Di Calabria is 65.5% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 99.0% more in Reggio Di Calabria
Groceries: pay 47.5% more in Reggio Di Calabria
Transportation: pay 85.8% more in Reggio Di Calabria
Housing: pay 2.6 times more in Reggio Di Calabria
Childcare: pay 27.7% more in Reggio Di Calabria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 41.2% more in Reggio Di Calabria
Clothing: pay 1.5% less in Reggio Di Calabria

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

Reggio Di Calabria vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Reggio Di Calabria instead of Quito, you would:

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pay 99.0% more for restaurants

	Quito	Reggio Di Calabria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$14.02 €11.94	+180.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$11.10 €9.45	+50.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$2.34 €1.99	+106.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$1.17 €1.00	+59.3%
Average			+99.0%

Quito vs. Reggio Di Calabria - Cost of restaurants

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pay 47.5% more for groceries

	Quito	Reggio Di Calabria
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$1.81 €1.54	+11.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$7.30 €6.22	+74.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$4.86 €4.14	+19.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$3.06 €2.60	+25.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$4.90 €4.18	+39.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$0.99 €0.84	+1.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$1.03 €0.88	+101.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$0.89 €0.76	+87.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$1.32 €1.13	+126.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$0.79 €0.67	+16.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.56 €0.47	+18.5%
Average			+47.5%

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pay 85.8% more for transportation

	Quito	Reggio Di Calabria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$7.81 €6.65	+197.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$46.72 €39.81	+73.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$33,813.30 €28,809.13	+69.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$14.02 €11.94	+3.8%
Average			+85.8%

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pay 2.6 times more for housing

	Quito	Reggio Di Calabria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$27.84 €23.72	-2.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$513.26 €437.30	+14.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$333.72 €284.33	+5.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$179.60 €153.02	+616.5%
Average			+158.5%

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pay 27.7% more for childcare

	Quito	Reggio Di Calabria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$394.20 €335.86	+39.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$10,862.30 €9,254.75	+16.1%
Average			+27.7%

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pay 41.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	Reggio Di Calabria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$5.26 €4.48	+121.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$2.15 €1.83	-27.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$7.01 €5.97	+16.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$62.29 €53.07	+61.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$9.34 €7.96	+33.5%
Average			+41.2%

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pay 1.5% less for clothing

	Quito	Reggio Di Calabria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$74.52 €63.49	+23.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$32.24 €27.47	-31.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$89.70 €76.43	-14.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$108.04 €92.05	+16.4%
Average			-1.5%

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