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Cook Islands vs. Saint Lucia Cost of Living Summary

Cook Islands is 11.3% more expensive than Saint Lucia overall.

Restaurants: pay 67.2% more in Cook Islands
Groceries: pay 4.9% less in Cook Islands
Transportation: pay 23.8% less in Cook Islands
Housing: pay 26.7% more in Cook Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.2% more in Cook Islands
Clothing: pay 8.7% less in Cook Islands

The cost of restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Cook Islands are more expensive than in Saint Lucia. Expenses including transportation, clothing, and groceries are lower in Cook Islands.

Cook Islands vs. Saint Lucia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Saint Lucia, you would:

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pay 67.2% more for restaurants

	Saint Lucia	Cook Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.40 EC$20.00	$11.54 NZ$20.12	+55.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.40 EC$20.00	$7.93 NZ$13.83	+7.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.94 EC$5.25	$2.88 NZ$5.03	+48.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.97 EC$2.63	$2.50 NZ$4.36	+157.4%
Average			+67.2%

Saint Lucia vs. Cook Islands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.9% less for groceries

	Saint Lucia	Cook Islands
Bread 1 loaf	$1.67 EC$4.52	$3.11 NZ$5.42	+85.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.61 EC$15.17	$4.98 NZ$8.68	-11.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.76 EC$20.96	$7.37 NZ$12.85	-5.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.24 EC$11.46	$5.57 NZ$9.71	+31.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.41 EC$11.93	$3.40 NZ$5.93	-22.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.43 EC$9.27	$1.30 NZ$2.27	-62.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 EC$2.04	$1.05 NZ$1.83	+39.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.86 EC$7.72	$1.56 NZ$2.73	-45.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.01 EC$8.13	$2.75 NZ$4.79	-8.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$2.62 EC$7.09	$1.05 NZ$1.83	-60.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.78 EC$2.12	$0.82 NZ$1.44	+5.1%
Average			-4.9%

Saint Lucia vs. Cook Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay 23.8% less for transportation

	Saint Lucia	Cook Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.85 EC$15.82	$6.56 NZ$11.45	+12.1%
Monthly public transit pass	??	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,676.62 EC$77,500.00	$11,538.70 NZ$20,123.30	-59.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	??
Average			-23.8%

Saint Lucia vs. Cook Islands - Cost of transportation

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pay 26.7% more for housing

	Saint Lucia	Cook Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$41.07 EC$111.00	$105.96 NZ$184.80	+158.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$461.11 EC$1,246.17	$305.77 NZ$533.27	-33.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$391.61 EC$1,058.33	$305.77 NZ$533.27	-21.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$79.23 EC$214.12	$82.72 NZ$144.27	+4.4%
Average			+26.7%

Saint Lucia vs. Cook Islands - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Saint Lucia	Cook Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$198.89 EC$537.50	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$1,384.64 NZ$2,414.80

Saint Lucia vs. Cook Islands - Cost of childcare

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pay 11.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Saint Lucia	Cook Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.89 EC$10.51	$5.99 NZ$10.44	+54.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.70 EC$10.00	$3.80 NZ$6.62	+2.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.25 EC$25.00	$14.42 NZ$25.15	+55.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$49.03 EC$132.50	$24.04 NZ$41.92	-51.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.03 EC$19.00	$6.63 NZ$11.57	-5.6%
Average			+11.2%

Saint Lucia vs. Cook Islands - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 8.7% less for clothing

	Saint Lucia	Cook Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$50.57 EC$136.67	$64.62 NZ$112.69	+27.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$53.96 EC$145.83	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$107.92 EC$291.67	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$129.51 EC$350.00	$70.96 NZ$123.76	-45.2%
Average			-8.7%

Saint Lucia vs. Cook Islands - 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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