Cost of Living Comparison

TRY

COMPARED TO

JPY

Japan is 3.6 times more expensive than Turkey.

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

pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

	Turkey	Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.15 ₺11.23	$7.56 ¥856	+139.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.04 ₺10.83	$6.36 ¥720	+109.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.55 ₺1.96	$1.24 ¥140	+124.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.20 ₺0.70	$1.00 ¥113	+410.9%
Average			+196.3%

Turkey vs. Japan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 5.7 times more for groceries

	Turkey	Japan
Bread 1 loaf	$0.31 ₺1.10	$1.89 ¥214	+513.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.57 ₺9.15	$10.49 ¥1,188	+308.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.63 ₺9.39	$6.98 ¥791	+165.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.37 ₺4.88	$2.09 ¥236	+52.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.08 ₺3.85	$3.68 ¥417	+240.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.33 ₺1.16	$3.89 ¥441	+1097.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.79 ₺2.81	$1.32 ¥150	+68.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.43 ₺1.54	$2.86 ¥324	+562.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ₺1.00	$2.78 ¥314	+887.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 ₺0.67	$1.80 ¥203	+853.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 ₺0.89	$1.19 ¥135	+378.2%
Average			+466.1%

Turkey vs. Japan - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.7 times more for transportation

	Turkey	Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.22 ₺11.50	$5.29 ¥599	+64.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.93 ₺74.63	$101.49 ¥11,494	+384.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,871.04 ₺85,109.80	$23,965.49 ¥2,714,116	+0.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.20 ₺18.55	$38.60 ¥4,371	+641.8%
Average			+272.8%

Turkey vs. Japan - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.1 times more for housing

	Turkey	Japan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.41 ₺47.80	$46.23 ¥5,235	+244.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$149.53 ₺533.13	$716.48 ¥81,142	+379.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$107.80 ₺384.34	$495.23 ¥56,085	+359.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$47.99 ₺171.10	$164.39 ¥18,618	+242.6%
Average			+306.5%

Turkey vs. Japan - Cost of housing

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pay 3.3 times more for childcare

	Turkey	Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$177.30 ₺632.16	$436.60 ¥49,445	+146.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,388.31 ₺12,080.67	$13,964.97 ¥1,581,547	+312.2%
Average			+229.2%

Turkey vs. Japan - Cost of childcare

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pay 3.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Turkey	Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.06 ₺7.34	$3.79 ¥429	+83.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.48 ₺5.28	$3.62 ¥410	+144.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.35 ₺8.39	$4.80 ¥544	+104.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$20.08 ₺71.61	$90.21 ¥10,217	+349.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.65 ₺9.46	$16.97 ¥1,922	+539.3%
Average			+244.2%

Turkey vs. Japan - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.2 times more for clothing

	Turkey	Japan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$28.86 ₺102.90	$66.18 ¥7,495	+129.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$20.84 ₺74.29	$39.63 ¥4,488	+90.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$50.61 ₺180.44	$79.95 ¥9,055	+58.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$40.01 ₺142.64	$114.26 ¥12,940	+185.6%
Average			+115.8%

Turkey vs. Japan - Cost of clothing

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