Cost of Living Comparison

GBP

COMPARED TO

JPY

Japan is 3.5% cheaper than United Kingdom.

If you lived in Japan instead of United Kingdom, you would:

pay 33.2% less for restaurants

	United Kingdom	Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.81 £13.76	$7.42 ¥840	-58.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.97 £6.16	$6.14 ¥695	-23.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.86 £1.44	$1.34 ¥152	-27.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.35 £1.04	$1.03 ¥117	-23.6%
Average			-33.2%

United Kingdom vs. Japan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 82.7% more for groceries

	United Kingdom	Japan
Bread 1 loaf	$1.37 £1.06	$2.14 ¥242	+56.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.82 £2.95	$9.00 ¥1,019	+135.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.80 £3.71	$6.53 ¥739	+36.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.67 £2.06	$1.95 ¥221	-27.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.55 £2.74	$3.50 ¥396	-1.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.16 £0.90	$3.16 ¥358	+172.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.72 £0.56	$1.35 ¥153	+87.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.09 £0.84	$2.67 ¥302	+145.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.17 £0.90	$2.55 ¥289	+117.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.75 £0.58	$1.57 ¥178	+110.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 £0.50	$1.14 ¥129	+76.4%
Average			+82.7%

United Kingdom vs. Japan - Cost of groceries

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pay 8.3% more for transportation

	United Kingdom	Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.75 £5.21	$4.92 ¥557	-27.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$100.97 £78.01	$103.43 ¥11,713	+2.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,928.94 £20,805.84	$23,566.38 ¥2,668,916	-12.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$18.13 £14.01	$30.87 ¥3,496	+70.3%
Average			+8.3%

United Kingdom vs. Japan - Cost of transportation

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pay 23.9% less for housing

	United Kingdom	Japan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$43.51 £33.62	$43.56 ¥4,933	+0.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,061.39 £820.05	$670.40 ¥75,923	-36.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$877.47 £677.95	$463.85 ¥52,532	-47.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$168.66 £130.31	$148.57 ¥16,826	-11.9%
Average			-23.9%

United Kingdom vs. Japan - Cost of housing

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pay 48.7% less for childcare

	United Kingdom	Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,257.47 £971.55	$437.73 ¥49,573	-65.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$17,904.66 £13,833.50	$12,146.82 ¥1,375,640	-32.2%
Average			-48.7%

United Kingdom vs. Japan - Cost of childcare

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pay 1.6% less for entertainment and sports

	United Kingdom	Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.04 £3.90	$3.88 ¥440	-23.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 £2.94	$3.66 ¥415	-3.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$15.26 £11.79	$4.69 ¥531	-69.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$47.17 £36.44	$80.80 ¥9,151	+71.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.49 £10.42	$15.74 ¥1,783	+16.7%
Average			-1.6%

United Kingdom vs. Japan - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 8.2% less for clothing

	United Kingdom	Japan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$79.67 £61.56	$61.16 ¥6,927	-23.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.25 £31.87	$36.56 ¥4,140	-11.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$85.80 £66.29	$76.40 ¥8,653	-11.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$86.00 £66.45	$97.05 ¥10,991	+12.8%
Average			-8.2%

United Kingdom vs. Japan - Cost of clothing

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