Cost of living comparison
Road Town is 37.3% more expensive than Tokyo.
If you lived in Road Town instead of Tokyo, you would:
pay 2.2 times more for restaurants
Tokyo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.57
¥1,196
|
$22.50
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.30
¥837
|
$11.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.29
¥204
|
$2.25
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.88
¥139
|
$1.67
|
|
pay 9.3% more for groceries
Tokyo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.58
¥250
|
$3.94
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.12
¥1,126
|
$9.00
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.46
¥863
|
$7.53
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.04
¥323
|
?? | |
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.81
¥602
|
$4.54
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$3.30
¥522
|
$2.04
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.52
¥240
|
$1.13
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$3.33
¥526
|
$0.91
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.26
¥357
|
$3.18
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$2.29
¥362
|
$1.81
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.79
¥282
|
$1.36
|
|
pay 2.4% less for transportation
Tokyo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.77
¥754
|
$4.23
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$75.67
¥11,963
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$21,565.59
¥3,409,413
|
$23,000.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$28.75
¥4,546
|
?? | |
pay 95.3% more for housing
Tokyo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$35.00
¥5,533
|
$122.33
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,128.57
¥178,422
|
$1,500.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$671.52
¥106,164
|
$1,266.67
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$138.96
¥21,969
|
$152.94
|
|
pay 27.0% less for childcare
Tokyo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$616.16
¥97,412
|
$312.50
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$17,025.47
¥2,691,641
|
$16,200.00
|
|
pay 15.7% more for entertainment and sports
Tokyo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.16
¥658
|
$4.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.54
¥560
|
$4.83
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.54
¥718
|
$2.40
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$72.81
¥11,510
|
$160.00
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$13.62
¥2,153
|
$10.00
|
|
pay 50.4% more for clothing
Tokyo
|
Road Town
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$50.16
¥7,930
|
$80.00
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$40.10
¥6,339
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$65.44
¥10,345
|
$90.00
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.70
¥16,395
|
$160.00
|
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