Cost of Living Comparison

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Germany is 4.8% more expensive than United States.

If you lived in Germany instead of United States, you would:

pay 24.0% more for restaurants

	United States	Germany
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.02	$12.21 €10.71	-12.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.68	$9.19 €8.06	+19.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.89	$2.64 €2.31	+39.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.53	$2.29 €2.01	+49.9%
Average			+24.0%

United States vs. Germany - Cost of restaurants

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pay 24.1% less for groceries

	United States	Germany
Bread 1 loaf	$2.69	$1.56 €1.37	-41.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.53	$4.64 €4.07	-16.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.20	$3.57 €3.13	+11.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.34	$2.51 €2.20	+7.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.12	$3.72 €3.26	-9.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.11	$1.18 €1.04	-43.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77	$0.85 €0.75	+11.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.93	$0.99 €0.87	-48.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.97	$1.24 €1.09	-36.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.30	$0.65 €0.57	-50.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.29	$0.67 €0.59	-48.0%
Average			-24.1%

United States vs. Germany - Cost of groceries

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pay 52.3% more for transportation

	United States	Germany
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.62	$6.30 €5.53	+141.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$63.87	$78.83 €69.13	+23.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,180.29	$25,426.33 €22,296.37	+9.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.33	$23.42 €20.53	+35.1%
Average			+52.3%

United States vs. Germany - Cost of transportation

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pay 19.5% less for housing

	United States	Germany
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$67.35	$37.52 €32.91	-44.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,222.86	$734.30 €643.91	-40.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,029.07	$553.91 €485.72	-46.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$127.79	$194.90 €170.91	+52.5%
Average			-19.5%

United States vs. Germany - Cost of housing

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pay 31.9% less for childcare

	United States	Germany
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$886.13	$344.14 €301.78	-61.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$15,193.33	$14,791.33 €12,970.53	-2.6%
Average			-31.9%

United States vs. Germany - Cost of childcare

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pay 6.6% less for entertainment and sports

	United States	Germany
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.50	$4.05 €3.55	-9.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.17	$3.19 €2.79	-23.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.76	$7.74 €6.78	-0.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$39.15	$35.60 €31.21	-9.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.52	$12.70 €11.14	+10.2%
Average			-6.6%

United States vs. Germany - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 39.5% more for clothing

	United States	Germany
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$43.40	$84.50 €74.10	+94.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.02	$41.41 €36.31	+14.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$75.12	$94.35 €82.74	+25.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.18	$116.93 €102.54	+22.9%
Average			+39.5%

United States vs. Germany - Cost of clothing

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