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Isle of Wight vs. Wellington Cost of Living Summary

Isle of Wight is 21.5% more expensive than Wellington.

Restaurants: pay 0.2% more in Isle of Wight
Groceries: pay 31.0% less in Isle of Wight
Transportation: pay 64.6% more in Isle of Wight
Housing: pay 7.6% more in Isle of Wight
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Isle of Wight
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.4% more in Isle of Wight
Clothing: pay 6.1% less in Isle of Wight

The cost of childcare, transportation, housing, entertainment and sports, and restaurants in Isle of Wight are more expensive than in Wellington. Expenses including groceries and clothing are lower in Isle of Wight. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Isle of Wight.

Isle of Wight vs. Wellington Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Isle of Wight instead of Wellington, you would:

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pay 0.2% more for restaurants

	Wellington	Isle of Wight
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.42 NZ$25.13	$17.37 £13.09	+20.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.23 NZ$16.09	$9.35 £7.05	+1.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.46 NZ$4.29	$2.03 £1.53	-17.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.98 NZ$3.45	$1.92 £1.44	-3.1%
Average			+0.2%

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pay 31.0% less for groceries

	Wellington	Isle of Wight
Bread 1 loaf	$1.98 NZ$3.44	$0.99 £0.75	-49.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.02 NZ$7.01	$5.01 £3.78	+24.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.79 NZ$11.83	$5.49 £4.14	-19.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.77 NZ$11.80	$3.78 £2.85	-44.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.77 NZ$8.32	$3.82 £2.88	-20.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.36 NZ$2.37	$1.15 £0.87	-15.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.01 NZ$1.76	$0.55 £0.41	-46.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.33 NZ$2.32	$1.27 £0.96	-4.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.32 NZ$4.04	$1.21 £0.91	-47.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.90 NZ$1.56	$0.18 £0.14	-79.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.68 NZ$1.18	$0.42 £0.32	-38.3%
Average			-31.0%

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pay 64.6% more for transportation

	Wellington	Isle of Wight
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.14 NZ$10.70	$7.09 £5.34	+15.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$109.62 NZ$191.01	$138.98 £104.76	+26.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,154.21 NZ$54,287.65	$37,798.76 £28,491.34	+21.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.55 NZ$25.36	$42.92 £32.35	+194.9%
Average			+64.6%

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pay 7.6% more for housing

	Wellington	Isle of Wight
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$48.75 NZ$84.95	$44.10 £33.24	-9.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,240.57 NZ$2,161.75	$1,002.27 £755.47	-19.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,099.37 NZ$1,915.71	$798.47 £601.86	-27.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$109.37 NZ$190.58	$203.88 £153.68	+86.4%
Average			+7.6%

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Wellington	Isle of Wight
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$768.47 NZ$1,339.10	$1,781.80 £1,343.06	+131.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,211.68 NZ$21,279.42	$22,691.28 £17,103.87	+85.8%
Average			+108.8%

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pay 6.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Wellington	Isle of Wight
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.63 NZ$11.56	$6.68 £5.04	+0.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.54 NZ$6.17	$4.66 £3.51	+31.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$25.67 NZ$44.74	$20.05 £15.11	-21.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.12 NZ$59.46	$36.08 £27.20	+5.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.54 NZ$20.11	$13.36 £10.07	+15.8%
Average			+6.4%

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pay 6.1% less for clothing

	Wellington	Isle of Wight
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$69.31 NZ$120.77	$75.73 £57.08	+9.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.64 NZ$81.26	$48.38 £36.46	+3.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$113.30 NZ$197.44	$109.14 £82.26	-3.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$146.23 NZ$254.81	$96.89 £73.03	-33.7%
Average			-6.1%

Wellington vs. Isle of Wight - 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: April 2026

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