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New Caledonia vs. Romania Cost of Living Summary

New Caledonia is 2.3 times more expensive than Romania overall.

Restaurants: pay 49.1% more in New Caledonia
Groceries: pay 3.5 times more in New Caledonia
Transportation: pay 98.7% more in New Caledonia
Housing: pay 3.0 times more in New Caledonia
Childcare: pay 51.2% more in New Caledonia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.7 times more in New Caledonia
Clothing: pay 85.7% more in New Caledonia

The cost of groceries, housing, entertainment and sports, transportation, clothing, and childcare in New Caledonia are more expensive than in Romania. Notably, groceries, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia vs. Romania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Caledonia instead of Romania, you would:

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pay 49.1% more for restaurants

	Romania	New Caledonia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.04 RON44.12	$19.58 CFPF2,014	+94.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.48 RON32.85	$14.68 CFPF1,511	+96.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.94 RON8.52	$2.57 CFPF264	+32.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.61 RON7.09	$1.17 CFPF121	-27.3%
Average			+49.1%

Romania vs. New Caledonia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.5 times more for groceries

	Romania	New Caledonia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.18 RON5.19	$2.90 CFPF298	+145.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.01 RON17.63	$15.50 CFPF1,595	+286.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.61 RON24.64	$4.63 CFPF477	-17.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.05 RON13.38	$6.47 CFPF666	+112.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.90 RON12.74	$11.32 CFPF1,165	+290.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.51 RON2.23	$1.92 CFPF198	+278.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.70 RON3.06	$3.39 CFPF348	+385.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.70 RON3.09	$3.00 CFPF308	+326.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.93 RON4.09	$3.77 CFPF388	+305.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 RON1.73	$1.83 CFPF188	+365.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 RON1.82	$1.63 CFPF168	+292.2%
Average			+251.9%

Romania vs. New Caledonia - Cost of groceries

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pay 98.7% more for transportation

	Romania	New Caledonia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.02 RON26.45	$6.29 CFPF648	+4.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.52 RON103.31	$87.11 CFPF8,964	+270.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,339.27 RON120,090.50	$31,076.13 CFPF3,197,825	+13.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.08 RON31.10	$14.59 CFPF1,502	+106.1%
Average			+98.7%

Romania vs. New Caledonia - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.0 times more for housing

	Romania	New Caledonia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.24 RON40.59	$51.39 CFPF5,288	+456.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$390.19 RON1,713.96	$856.43 CFPF88,129	+119.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$289.13 RON1,270.02	$783.02 CFPF80,575	+170.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$116.41 RON511.34	$159.67 CFPF16,431	+37.2%
Average			+195.9%

Romania vs. New Caledonia - Cost of housing

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pay 51.2% more for childcare

	Romania	New Caledonia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$526.34 RON2,311.99	$796.07 CFPF81,918	+51.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,853.44 RON34,497.00	??
Average			+51.2%

Romania vs. New Caledonia - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.7 times more for entertainment and sports

	Romania	New Caledonia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.34 RON10.30	$10.52 CFPF1,083	+348.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.50 RON11.00	$4.91 CFPF506	+96.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.88 RON25.83	$20.36 CFPF2,095	+246.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.19 RON185.34	$61.17 CFPF6,295	+45.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.90 RON30.33	$14.68 CFPF1,511	+112.7%
Average			+169.8%

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pay 85.7% more for clothing

	Romania	New Caledonia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$66.67 RON292.86	$115.01 CFPF11,834	+72.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.50 RON169.11	$61.99 CFPF6,379	+61.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.13 RON343.19	$103.99 CFPF10,701	+33.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.57 RON389.07	$244.69 CFPF25,180	+176.3%
Average			+85.7%

Romania vs. New Caledonia - Cost of clothing

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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

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