Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Virgin Islands
  3. Isle of Man
  4. Comparison
USD
COMPARED TO
GBP

Virgin Islands is 12.5% cheaper than Isle of Man.

If you lived in Isle of Man instead of Virgin Islands, you would:
local_dining

pay 3.0% less for restaurants

  Virgin Islands help_outline Isle of Man help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $19.38 $18.96
£14.65
-2.1%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.83 $8.22
£6.35
+4.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.83 $1.90
£1.46
+3.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $2.04 $1.07
£0.83
-47.6%
Virgin Islands vs. Isle of Man - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 57.4% less for groceries

  Virgin Islands help_outline Isle of Man help_outline  
Bread
1 loaf
 $4.23 $2.14
£1.65
-49.5%
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.78 $5.06
£3.91
-12.5%
Milk (1 gallon) $6.84 $5.09
£3.93
-25.6%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.17 $2.53
£1.95
-20.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $5.60 $2.87
£2.21
-48.8%
Apples (1 lb) $2.97 $0.50
£0.39
-83.1%
Bananas (1 lb) $1.47 $0.37
£0.29
-74.6%
Oranges (1 lb) $2.97 ??
Tomatoes (1 lb) $2.78 $0.52
£0.40
-81.4%
Potatoes (1 lb) $1.71 $0.29
£0.22
-83.2%
Onions (1 lb) $2.10 $0.40
£0.31
-80.8%
Virgin Islands vs. Isle of Man - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 4.2 times more for transportation

  Virgin Islands help_outline Isle of Man help_outline  
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.14 $6.23
£4.81
+98.1%
Monthly public transit pass $30.00 $126.39
£97.65
+321.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $23,382.20
£18,065.56
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $34.85 ??
Virgin Islands vs. Isle of Man - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 30.7% less for housing

  Virgin Islands help_outline Isle of Man help_outline  
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $86.29 $50.56
£39.06
-41.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,275.31 $926.86
£716.11
-27.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,023.96 $737.28
£569.63
-28.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $206.28 $82.15
£63.47
-60.2%
Virgin Islands vs. Isle of Man - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 23.3% more for childcare

  Virgin Islands help_outline Isle of Man help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $450.00 $884.73
£683.56
+96.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $13,000.00 $15,697.67
£12,128.34
+20.8%
Virgin Islands vs. Isle of Man - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 38.6% less for entertainment and sports

  Virgin Islands help_outline Isle of Man help_outline  
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.12 $3.79
£2.93
-8.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.21 $3.22
£2.49
-38.1%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.17 $13.27
£10.25
+156.9%
Monthly membership at local gym $93.12 $40.44
£31.25
-56.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $9.83 $11.38
£8.79
+15.7%
Virgin Islands vs. Isle of Man - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 1.1% less for clothing

  Virgin Islands help_outline Isle of Man help_outline  
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $38.33 $54.77
£42.32
+42.9%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $40.00 $44.66
£34.50
+11.6%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $88.17 $88.47
£68.36
+0.3%
Men's business shoes (leather) $101.67 $77.41
£59.81
-23.9%
Virgin Islands vs. Isle of Man - Cost of clothing
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