Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Spain
  3. Hong Kong
  4. Comparison
EUR
COMPARED TO
HKD

Hong Kong is 71.4% more expensive than Spain.

If you lived in Hong Kong instead of Spain, you would:
local_dining

pay 31.2% less for restaurants

  Spain help_outline Hong Kong help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $10.94
€9.60
$7.09
HK$55.39
-35.2%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.83
€6.87
$4.90
HK$38.27
-37.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.90
€1.67
$1.23
HK$9.57
-35.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.26
€1.10
$1.05
HK$8.18
-16.7%
Average -31.2%
Spain vs. Hong Kong - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 2.1 times more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.12
€0.98
$2.17
HK$16.93
+94.0%
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.21
€4.57
$11.49
HK$89.70
+120.3%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.23
€2.83
$11.20
HK$87.45
+246.6%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.95
€1.71
$3.12
HK$24.39
+60.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.85
€2.50
$4.85
HK$37.88
+70.0%
Apples (1 lb) $0.81
€0.71
$1.75
HK$13.65
+117.0%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.82
€0.72
$1.04
HK$8.14
+27.8%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.69
€0.60
$1.66
HK$12.93
+140.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.83
€0.73
$1.52
HK$11.88
+83.1%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.56
€0.49
$1.19
HK$9.29
+113.6%
Onions (1 lb) $0.58
€0.51
$1.26
HK$9.87
+118.3%
Average +108.3%
Spain vs. Hong Kong - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 42.9% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.31
€4.66
$8.49
HK$66.30
+59.8%
Monthly public transit pass $39.14
€34.32
$64.49
HK$503.52
+64.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $20,519.36
€17,993.45
$32,243.67
HK$251,747.60
+57.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $13.19
€11.57
$11.87
HK$92.65
-10.0%
Average +42.9%
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home

pay 2.2 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $45.90
€40.25
$24.99
HK$195.08
-45.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $630.31
€552.72
$2,321.46
HK$18,125.13
+268.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $508.40
€445.81
$1,603.79
HK$12,521.85
+215.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $101.69
€89.17
$151.99
HK$1,186.66
+49.5%
Average +121.9%
Spain vs. Hong Kong - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.3 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $342.21
€300.09
$735.93
HK$5,745.92
+115.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,838.85
€6,873.89
$18,711.93
HK$146,096.40
+138.7%
Average +126.9%
Spain vs. Hong Kong - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.35
€2.06
$6.45
HK$50.35
+174.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.72
€1.51
$4.74
HK$37.00
+175.9%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.40
€4.73
$7.74
HK$60.42
+43.4%
Monthly membership at local gym $41.07
€36.01
$80.66
HK$629.78
+96.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $8.29
€7.27
$12.90
HK$100.70
+55.6%
Average +109.1%
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store

pay 22.2% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $74.69
€65.49
$80.47
HK$628.30
+7.7%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $31.65
€27.75
$36.16
HK$282.32
+14.2%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $73.12
€64.12
$91.32
HK$713.00
+24.9%
Men's business shoes (leather) $93.22
€81.74
$132.50
HK$1,034.50
+42.1%
Average +22.2%
Spain vs. Hong Kong - 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: May 2020
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