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New Caledonia vs. United Arab Emirates Cost of Living Summary

New Caledonia is 75.5% more expensive than United Arab Emirates overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.2 times more in New Caledonia
Groceries: pay 3.2 times more in New Caledonia
Transportation: pay 57.1% more in New Caledonia
Housing: pay 20.1% less in New Caledonia
Childcare: pay 60.1% more in New Caledonia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 43.7% more in New Caledonia
Clothing: pay 46.4% more in New Caledonia

The cost of groceries, restaurants, childcare, transportation, clothing, and entertainment and sports in New Caledonia are more expensive than in United Arab Emirates. Notably, groceries and restaurants are significantly more expensive in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia vs. United Arab Emirates Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Caledonia instead of United Arab Emirates, you would:

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pay 2.2 times more for restaurants

	United Arab Emirates	New Caledonia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.91 AED29.06	$19.58 CFPF2,024	+147.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.65 AED31.75	$14.68 CFPF1,518	+69.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.04 AED3.83	$2.57 CFPF266	+146.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 AED1.85	$1.17 CFPF121	+133.0%
Average			+124.2%

United Arab Emirates vs. New Caledonia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.2 times more for groceries

	United Arab Emirates	New Caledonia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.47 AED5.39	$2.90 CFPF300	+97.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.36 AED19.68	$15.50 CFPF1,602	+189.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.96 AED25.56	$4.63 CFPF479	-33.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.81 AED10.34	$6.47 CFPF669	+129.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.68 AED13.51	$11.32 CFPF1,170	+207.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 AED3.59	$1.92 CFPF199	+96.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 AED2.75	$3.39 CFPF350	+352.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 AED2.69	$3.00 CFPF310	+309.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59 AED2.15	$3.77 CFPF390	+544.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.48 AED1.76	$1.83 CFPF189	+281.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.53 AED1.93	$1.63 CFPF168	+209.2%
Average			+216.8%

United Arab Emirates vs. New Caledonia - Cost of groceries

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pay 57.1% more for transportation

	United Arab Emirates	New Caledonia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.91 AED10.69	$6.29 CFPF651	+116.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$53.10 AED195.00	$87.11 CFPF9,005	+64.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$40,680.12 AED149K	$31,076.13 CFPF3M	-23.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.50 AED31.21	$14.59 CFPF1,509	+71.7%
Average			+57.1%

United Arab Emirates vs. New Caledonia - Cost of transportation

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pay 20.1% less for housing

	United Arab Emirates	New Caledonia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$101.41 AED372.42	$51.39 CFPF5,312	-49.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,438.18 AED5,281.71	$856.43 CFPF88,534	-40.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$990.79 AED3,638.67	$783.02 CFPF80,945	-21.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$122.67 AED450.49	$159.67 CFPF16,506	+30.2%
Average			-20.1%

United Arab Emirates vs. New Caledonia - Cost of housing

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pay 60.1% more for childcare

	United Arab Emirates	New Caledonia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$497.28 AED1,826.25	$796.07 CFPF82,294	+60.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,164.49 AED29,984.10	??
Average			+60.1%

United Arab Emirates vs. New Caledonia - Cost of childcare

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pay 43.7% more for entertainment and sports

	United Arab Emirates	New Caledonia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$10.43 AED38.31	$10.52 CFPF1,088	+0.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.99 AED18.32	$4.91 CFPF508	-1.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.23 AED22.88	$20.36 CFPF2,105	+226.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$75.55 AED277.45	$61.17 CFPF6,324	-19.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.19 AED48.44	$14.68 CFPF1,518	+11.3%
Average			+43.7%

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pay 46.4% more for clothing

	United Arab Emirates	New Caledonia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$75.04 AED275.58	$115.01 CFPF11,889	+53.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$59.50 AED218.51	$61.99 CFPF6,408	+4.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.66 AED388.03	$103.99 CFPF10,751	-1.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$106.53 AED391.23	$244.69 CFPF25,295	+129.7%
Average			+46.4%

United Arab Emirates vs. New Caledonia - Cost of clothing

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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: March 2026

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