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North Korea vs. Wellington Cost of Living Summary

North Korea is 29.0% cheaper than Wellington.

Restaurants: pay 22.9% less in North Korea
Groceries: pay 31.1% less in North Korea
Housing: pay 84.3% less in North Korea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.1% more in North Korea

Expenses including housing, groceries, and restaurants are lower in North Korea.

North Korea vs. Wellington Cost Breakdown

If you lived in North Korea instead of Wellington, you would:

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pay 22.9% less for restaurants

	Wellington	North Korea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.42 NZ$24.85	??
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.23 NZ$15.90	??
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.46 NZ$4.24	$2.34 KPW2,102	-5.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.98 NZ$3.41	$1.17 KPW1,051	-40.9%
Average			-22.9%

Wellington vs. North Korea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 31.1% less for groceries

	Wellington	North Korea
Bread 1 loaf	$1.98 NZ$3.41	$2.40 KPW2,161	+21.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.02 NZ$6.93	??
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.79 NZ$11.70	$3.70 KPW3,332	-45.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.77 NZ$11.67	$2.08 KPW1,876	-69.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.77 NZ$8.22	??
Apples (1 lb)	$1.36 NZ$2.35	??
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.01 NZ$1.74	??
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.33 NZ$2.29	??
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.32 NZ$3.99	??
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.90 NZ$1.54	??
Onions (1 lb)	$0.68 NZ$1.17	??
Average			-31.1%

Wellington vs. North Korea - Cost of groceries

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

	Wellington	North Korea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.14 NZ$10.58	??
Monthly public transit pass	$109.62 NZ$188.86	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,154.21 NZ$53,677.18	??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.55 NZ$25.07	??

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pay 84.3% less for housing

	Wellington	North Korea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$48.75 NZ$83.99	??
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,240.57 NZ$2,137.45	$93.44 KPW84,095	-92.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,099.37 NZ$1,894.16	$262.80 KPW236,518	-76.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$109.37 NZ$188.43	??
Average			-84.3%

Wellington vs. North Korea - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Wellington	North Korea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$768.47 NZ$1,324.04	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,211.68 NZ$21,040.13	??

Wellington vs. North Korea - Cost of childcare

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pay 22.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Wellington	North Korea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.63 NZ$11.43	$14.02 KPW12,614	+111.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.54 NZ$6.10	$1.17 KPW1,051	-67.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$25.67 NZ$44.23	??
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.12 NZ$58.79	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.54 NZ$19.88	??
Average			+22.1%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Wellington	North Korea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$69.31 NZ$119.42	??
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.64 NZ$80.35	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$113.30 NZ$195.21	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$146.23 NZ$251.95	??

Wellington vs. North Korea - Cost of clothing

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