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United Arab Emirates vs. Turks and Caicos Islands Cost of Living Summary

United Arab Emirates is 27.3% cheaper than Turks and Caicos Islands overall.

Restaurants: pay 56.8% less in United Arab Emirates
Groceries: pay 52.0% less in United Arab Emirates
Transportation: pay 62.9% less in United Arab Emirates
Housing: pay 9.2% less in United Arab Emirates
Childcare: pay 0.8% more in United Arab Emirates
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.6% less in United Arab Emirates
Clothing: pay 7.5% less in United Arab Emirates

Expenses including transportation, restaurants, groceries, housing, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates vs. Turks and Caicos Islands Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Arab Emirates instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

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pay 56.8% less for restaurants

	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Arab Emirates
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$7.91 AED29.06	-60.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.50	$8.65 AED31.75	-30.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.50	$1.04 AED3.83	-58.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.25	$0.50 AED1.85	-77.6%
Average			-56.8%

Turks and Caicos Islands vs. United Arab Emirates - Cost of restaurants

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pay 52.0% less for groceries

	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Arab Emirates
Bread 1 loaf	$3.94	$1.47 AED5.39	-62.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$13.23	$5.36 AED19.68	-59.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$19.94	$6.96 AED25.56	-65.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.00	$2.81 AED10.34	-29.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.80	$3.68 AED13.51	-45.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.81	$0.98 AED3.59	-46.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.18	$0.75 AED2.75	-36.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$0.73 AED2.69
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.00	$0.59 AED2.15	-80.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.48 AED1.76
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91	$0.53 AED1.93	-42.0%
Average			-52.0%

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pay 62.9% less for transportation

	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Arab Emirates
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.86	$2.91 AED10.69	-62.9%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$53.10 AED195.00
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$40,680.12 AED149,397.75
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$8.50 AED31.21
Average			-62.9%

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pay 9.2% less for housing

	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Arab Emirates
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$115.00	$101.41 AED372.42	-11.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,225.00	$1,438.18 AED5,281.71	+17.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$950.00	$990.79 AED3,638.67	+4.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$229.41	$122.67 AED450.49	-46.5%
Average			-9.2%

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pay 0.8% more for childcare

	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Arab Emirates
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$500.00	$497.28 AED1,826.25	-0.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,000.00	$8,164.49 AED29,984.10	+2.1%
Average			+0.8%

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pay 3.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Arab Emirates
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$10.43 AED38.31	+30.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.50	$4.99 AED18.32	-9.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.00	$6.23 AED22.88	-11.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$100.00	$75.55 AED277.45	-24.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$13.19 AED48.44
Average			-3.6%

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pay 7.5% less for clothing

	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Arab Emirates
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$80.00	$75.04 AED275.58	-6.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$60.00	$59.50 AED218.51	-0.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$150.00	$105.66 AED388.03	-29.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$100.00	$106.53 AED391.23	+6.5%
Average			-7.5%

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