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Netherlands vs. Tonga Cost of Living Summary

Netherlands is 95.4% more expensive than Tonga overall.

Restaurants
pay 79.2% more in Netherlands
Groceries
pay 3.4% more in Netherlands
Transportation
pay 2.7 times more in Netherlands
Housing
pay 73.8% more in Netherlands
Childcare
pay 22.0 times more in Netherlands
Entertainment and Sports
pay 4.8% more in Netherlands
Clothing
pay 4.3 times more in Netherlands

The cost of childcare, clothing, transportation, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Netherlands are more expensive than in Tonga. Notably, childcare, clothing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Netherlands.

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Netherlands vs. Tonga Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Netherlands instead of Tonga, you would:

pay 79.2% more for restaurants

 
Tonga
Netherlands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.31
TOP20.00
$22.24
€19.86
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $10.38
TOP25.00
$13.74
€12.27
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.84
TOP6.83
$3.60
€3.21
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pay 3.4% more for groceries

 
Tonga
Netherlands
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.04
TOP2.50
$2.06
€1.84
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.50
TOP10.83
$6.70
€5.98
Milk (1 gallon) $5.92
TOP14.26
$5.08
€4.53
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pay 2.7 times more for transportation

 
Tonga
Netherlands
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.50
TOP13.25
$9.11
€8.13
Monthly public transit pass $41.53
TOP100.00
$95.45
€85.20
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $5,814.53
TOP14,000.00
$40,608.58
€36,247.95
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pay 73.8% more for housing

 
Tonga
Netherlands
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $124.60
TOP300.00
$48.29
€43.11
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $622.99
TOP1,500.00
$1,426.76
€1,273.55
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $1,174.28
€1,048.18
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pay 22.0 times more for childcare

 
Tonga
Netherlands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $157.82
TOP380.00
$1,884.17
€1,681.85
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $249.19
TOP600.00
$10,083.31
€9,000.54
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pay 4.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Tonga
Netherlands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.32
TOP8.00
$6.25
€5.58
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.91
TOP7.00
$4.16
€3.71
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $10.18
TOP24.50
$13.60
€12.14
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pay 4.3 times more for clothing

 
Tonga
Netherlands
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $14.54
TOP35.00
$89.45
€79.84
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $17.65
TOP42.50
$43.43
€38.77
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $20.77
TOP50.00
$100.67
€89.86
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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