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Cook Islands vs. Sri Lanka Cost of Living Summary

Cook Islands is 2.5 times more expensive than Sri Lanka overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.8 times more in Cook Islands
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in Cook Islands
Transportation: pay 3.1% more in Cook Islands
Housing: pay 3.4 times more in Cook Islands
Childcare: pay 3.0 times more in Cook Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 94.9% more in Cook Islands
Clothing: pay 2.3 times more in Cook Islands

The cost of restaurants, housing, childcare, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Cook Islands are more expensive than in Sri Lanka. Notably, restaurants, housing, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Cook Islands.

Cook Islands vs. Sri Lanka Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Sri Lanka, you would:

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pay 3.8 times more for restaurants

	Sri Lanka	Cook Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.63 LKR1,116.85	$11.54 NZ$20.12	+217.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.90 LKR2,426.61	$7.93 NZ$13.83	+0.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.73 LKR224.32	$2.88 NZ$5.03	+295.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.35 LKR106.15	$2.50 NZ$4.36	+623.7%
Average			+284.2%

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Sri Lanka	Cook Islands
Bread 1 loaf	$0.48 LKR147.07	$3.11 NZ$5.42	+549.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.72 LKR1,758.02	$4.98 NZ$8.68	-13.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.01 LKR1,847.59	$7.37 NZ$12.85	+22.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.94 LKR597.37	$5.57 NZ$9.71	+186.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.05 LKR629.94	$3.40 NZ$5.93	+66.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.40 LKR736.93	$1.30 NZ$2.27	-45.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.44 LKR136.48	$1.05 NZ$1.83	+135.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.17 LKR665.91	$1.56 NZ$2.73	-27.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.55 LKR168.43	$2.75 NZ$4.79	+401.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.45 LKR139.78	$1.05 NZ$1.83	+130.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.51 LKR155.98	$0.82 NZ$1.44	+62.4%
Average			+133.4%

Sri Lanka vs. Cook Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.1% more for transportation

	Sri Lanka	Cook Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.12 LKR1,264.88	$6.56 NZ$11.45	+59.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.74 LKR3,299.78	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$24,680.98 LKR7,584,425.30	$11,538.70 NZ$20,123.30	-53.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.00 LKR921.91	??
Average			+3.1%

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pay 3.4 times more for housing

	Sri Lanka	Cook Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.84 LKR3,944.37	$105.96 NZ$184.80	+725.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$289.17 LKR88,862.02	$305.77 NZ$533.27	+5.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$178.38 LKR54,816.88	$305.77 NZ$533.27	+71.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$31.64 LKR9,722.89	$82.72 NZ$144.27	+161.4%
Average			+241.0%

Sri Lanka vs. Cook Islands - Cost of housing

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pay 3.0 times more for childcare

	Sri Lanka	Cook Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$33.87 LKR10,407.01	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$466.09 LKR143,227.52	$1,384.64 NZ$2,414.80	+197.1%
Average			+197.1%

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pay 94.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Sri Lanka	Cook Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.08 LKR639.65	$5.99 NZ$10.44	+187.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.39 LKR735.74	$3.80 NZ$6.62	+58.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.25 LKR2,842.89	$14.42 NZ$25.15	+55.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$15.04 LKR4,620.30	$24.04 NZ$41.92	+59.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.12 LKR959.48	$6.63 NZ$11.57	+112.5%
Average			+94.9%

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pay 2.3 times more for clothing

	Sri Lanka	Cook Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$25.05 LKR7,697.80	$64.62 NZ$112.69	+157.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$17.03 LKR5,232.27	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$62.69 LKR19,264.32	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$35.07 LKR10,776.88	$70.96 NZ$123.76	+102.3%
Average			+130.1%

Sri Lanka 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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