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Turkey vs. Tunisia Cost of Living Summary

Turkey is 2.1 times more expensive than Tunisia overall.

Restaurants
pay 81.4% more in Turkey
Groceries
pay 32.7% more in Turkey
Transportation
pay 99.4% more in Turkey
Housing
pay 75.8% more in Turkey
Childcare
pay 4.7 times more in Turkey
Entertainment and Sports
pay 85.4% more in Turkey
Clothing
pay 9.9% more in Turkey

The cost of childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, restaurants, housing, and groceries in Turkey are more expensive than in Tunisia. Notably, childcare, transportation, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Turkey.

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Turkey vs. Tunisia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Turkey instead of Tunisia, you would:

pay 81.4% more for restaurants

 
Tunisia
Turkey
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.40
TND9.840
$7.27
TRY333.36
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.85
TND14.030
$7.68
TRY351.94
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.65
TND1.880
$1.18
TRY53.98
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pay 32.7% more for groceries

 
Tunisia
Turkey
Bread
1 loaf
 $0.18
TND0.520
$0.67
TRY30.68
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.46
TND15.790
$4.49
TRY206.07
Milk (1 gallon) $1.88
TND5.450
$3.45
TRY158.32
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pay 99.4% more for transportation

 
Tunisia
Turkey
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.21
TND9.280
$4.58
TRY210.12
Monthly public transit pass $10.45
TND30.250
$29.01
TRY1,330.07
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $38,990.39
TND113K
$48,018.50
TRY2M
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pay 75.8% more for housing

 
Tunisia
Turkey
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $17.74
TND51.330
$13.68
TRY627.14
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $205.53
TND594.810
$515.16
TRY23,621.58
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $139.80
TND404.590
$348.65
TRY15,986.64
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pay 4.7 times more for childcare

 
Tunisia
Turkey
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $91.27
TND264.120
$523.46
TRY24,002.47
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,766.14
TND8,005.200
$10,105.64
TRY463K
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pay 85.4% more for entertainment and sports

 
Tunisia
Turkey
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.44
TND4.160
$2.98
TRY136.49
Cappuccino in mid-range area $0.81
TND2.340
$2.92
TRY134.00
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $3.53
TND10.220
$2.10
TRY96.42
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pay 9.9% more for clothing

 
Tunisia
Turkey
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $40.73
TND117.890
$46.89
TRY2,149.98
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $49.43
TND143.050
$43.49
TRY1,994.21
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $93.37
TND270.210
$101.73
TRY4,664.72
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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: June 2026

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