Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Uruguay
  3. Italy
  4. Comparison
UYU
COMPARED TO
EUR

Italy is 60.4% more expensive than Uruguay.

If you lived in Italy instead of Uruguay, you would:
local_dining

pay 31.1% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $10.10
$289.71
$15.63
€13.71
+54.7%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.56
$216.94
$9.11
€7.99
+20.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.67
$47.82
$2.39
€2.09
+43.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.13
$32.53
$1.21
€1.06
+6.4%
Average +31.1%
Uruguay vs. Italy - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 56.6% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.44
$41.23
$1.83
€1.61
+27.4%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.49
$100.08
$7.60
€6.66
+117.7%
Milk (1 gallon) $2.63
$75.34
$4.76
€4.17
+81.2%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.93
$55.42
$3.18
€2.79
+64.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.55
$73.04
$4.41
€3.87
+73.1%
Apples (1 lb) $0.74
$21.28
$0.95
€0.83
+28.3%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.72
$20.72
$0.88
€0.78
+22.5%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.47
$13.62
$0.93
€0.82
+96.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.82
$23.65
$1.01
€0.88
+22.3%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.53
$15.07
$0.68
€0.60
+29.3%
Onions (1 lb) $0.46
$13.21
$0.73
€0.64
+59.5%
Average +56.6%
Uruguay vs. Italy - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 54.6% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.99
$143.15
$6.87
€6.03
+37.7%
Monthly public transit pass $39.15
$1,122.90
$42.81
€37.54
+9.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $21,890.34
$627,812.76
$25,515.15
€22,374.26
+16.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $7.84
$224.96
$19.98
€17.52
+154.8%
Average +54.6%
Uruguay vs. Italy - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 59.1% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $32.29
$926.19
$34.22
€30.01
+6.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $350.93
$10,064.61
$635.99
€557.70
+81.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $264.35
$7,581.53
$477.40
€418.64
+80.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $82.43
$2,364.08
$139.03
€121.92
+68.7%
Average +59.1%
Uruguay vs. Italy - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.4 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $204.43
$5,863.14
$484.79
€425.12
+137.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,739.44
$135,926.69
$11,934.63
€10,465.49
+151.8%
Average +144.4%
Uruguay vs. Italy - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 46.4% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.87
$82.20
$4.85
€4.25
+69.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.59
$74.35
$1.64
€1.44
-36.7%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $3.30
$94.66
$6.38
€5.60
+93.4%
Monthly membership at local gym $36.73
$1,053.45
$54.20
€47.53
+47.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $6.11
$175.17
$9.68
€8.49
+58.5%
Average +46.4%
Uruguay vs. Italy - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 30.6% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $65.27
$1,872.06
$87.08
€76.36
+33.4%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $36.12
$1,036.03
$37.41
€32.80
+3.5%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $76.62
$2,197.47
$96.82
€84.90
+26.4%
Men's business shoes (leather) $80.53
$2,309.49
$128.04
€112.28
+59.0%
Average +30.6%
Uruguay vs. Italy - 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: January 2021
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