South Korea is 22.0% cheaper than United States.

If you lived in South Korea instead of United States, you would:

pay 52.4% less for restaurants

 
United States
South Korea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $18.15
 
$6.13
₩8,187
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.28
 
$5.18
₩6,917
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.24
 
$1.41
₩1,879

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pay 20.1% more for groceries

 
United States
South Korea
Bread
1 loaf
$3.17
 
$2.74
₩3,664
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.93
 
$8.12
₩10,844
Milk (1 gallon) $3.83
 
$7.20
₩9,617

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pay 7.0% less for transportation

 
United States
South Korea
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.72
 
$4.92
₩6,578
Monthly public transit pass $63.08
 
$43.73
₩58,407
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,096.27
 
$28,660.56
₩38,280,615

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pay 60.2% less for housing

 
United States
South Korea
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$70.73
 
$21.09
₩28,168
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,528.07
 
$392.42
₩524,140
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,282.97
 
$302.43
₩403,942

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pay 25.4% less for childcare

 
United States
South Korea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,137.97
 
$342.96
₩458,070
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,943.15
 
$18,987.50
₩25,360,750

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pay 30.7% less for entertainment and sports

 
United States
South Korea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.19
 
$2.92
₩3,898
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.51
 
$3.29
₩4,393
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.57
 
$3.45
₩4,608

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pay 1.5% more for clothing

 
United States
South Korea
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$45.40
 
$48.44
₩64,702
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.73
 
$44.60
₩59,569
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$79.51
 
$75.46
₩100,785

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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: September 2023
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