Cost of living comparison

Turks and Caicos Islands

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Netherlands

Netherlands vs. Turks and Caicos Islands Cost of Living Summary

Netherlands is 18.8% cheaper than Turks and Caicos Islands overall.

Restaurants: pay 24.4% more in Netherlands
Groceries: pay 38.4% less in Netherlands
Transportation: pay 10.8% more in Netherlands
Housing: pay 32.6% less in Netherlands
Childcare: pay 71.0% more in Netherlands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 32.4% less in Netherlands
Clothing: pay 7.2% less in Netherlands

The cost of childcare, restaurants, and transportation in Netherlands are more expensive than in Turks and Caicos Islands. Expenses including groceries, housing, entertainment and sports, and clothing are lower in Netherlands.

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Netherlands vs. Turks and Caicos Islands Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Netherlands instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

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pay 24.4% more for restaurants

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Netherlands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00	$22.24 €19.80	+23.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.00	$13.74 €12.23	+24.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.00	$3.60 €3.21	+20.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.25	$2.95 €2.62	+31.1%
Average			+24.4%

Turks and Caicos Islands vs. Netherlands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 38.4% less for groceries

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Netherlands
Bread 1 loaf	$6.00	$2.06 €1.84	-65.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$6.70 €5.96
Milk (1 gallon)	$18.22	$5.08 €4.52	-72.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	??	$4.71 €4.19
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$9.07	$6.35 €5.65	-30.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.81	$1.16 €1.03	-35.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.04	$1.07 €0.95	+2.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.13	$0.91 €0.81	-19.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$1.94 €1.73
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.83 €0.74
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91	$0.86 €0.76	-5.3%
Average			-38.4%

Turks and Caicos Islands vs. Netherlands - Cost of groceries

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pay 10.8% more for transportation

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Netherlands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.22	$9.11 €8.11	+10.8%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$95.45 €84.95
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$40,608.58 €36,143.10
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$27.41 €24.40
Average			+10.8%

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pay 32.6% less for housing

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Netherlands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$142.00	$48.29 €42.98	-66.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,766.67	$1,426.76 €1,269.87	-19.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,883.33	$1,174.28 €1,045.15	-37.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$305.88	$196.24 €174.66	-35.8%
Average			-32.6%

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pay 71.0% more for childcare

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Netherlands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$500.00	$1,884.17 €1,676.98	+276.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,000.00	$10,083.31 €8,974.51	-22.4%
Average			+71.0%

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pay 32.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Netherlands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.00	$6.25 €5.56	+25.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$6.00	$4.16 €3.70	-30.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$13.60 €12.11
Monthly membership at local gym	$100.00	$40.62 €36.16	-59.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$15.51 €13.81
Average			-32.4%

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pay 7.2% less for clothing

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Netherlands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$80.00	$89.45 €79.61	+11.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$60.00	$43.43 €38.65	-27.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$150.00	$100.67 €89.60	-32.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$100.00	$136.42 €121.42	+36.4%
Average			-7.2%

Turks and Caicos Islands vs. Netherlands - Cost of clothing

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