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Southwark vs. Wellington Cost of Living Summary

Southwark is 24.1% more expensive than Wellington.

Restaurants: pay 10.2% more in Southwark
Groceries: pay 20.2% less in Southwark
Transportation: pay 20.9% more in Southwark
Housing: pay 68.1% more in Southwark
Childcare: pay 75.4% more in Southwark
Entertainment and Sports: pay 27.5% more in Southwark
Clothing: pay 13.5% less in Southwark

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

Southwark vs. Wellington Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Southwark instead of Wellington, you would:

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pay 10.2% more for restaurants

	Wellington	Southwark
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.42 NZ$25.13	$21.37 £16.11	+48.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.23 NZ$16.09	$9.68 £7.30	+4.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.46 NZ$4.29	$2.35 £1.77	-4.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.98 NZ$3.45	$1.82 £1.37	-7.8%
Average			+10.2%

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pay 20.2% less for groceries

	Wellington	Southwark
Bread 1 loaf	$1.98 NZ$3.44	$2.03 £1.53	+2.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.02 NZ$7.01	$3.66 £2.76	-9.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.79 NZ$11.83	$7.13 £5.37	+5.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.77 NZ$11.80	$3.67 £2.76	-45.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.77 NZ$8.32	$3.63 £2.74	-23.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.36 NZ$2.37	$1.42 £1.07	+4.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.01 NZ$1.76	$0.59 £0.44	-42.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.33 NZ$2.32	$1.39 £1.05	+4.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.32 NZ$4.04	$0.83 £0.62	-64.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.90 NZ$1.56	$0.60 £0.45	-32.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.68 NZ$1.18	$0.54 £0.41	-20.7%
Average			-20.2%

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pay 20.9% more for transportation

	Wellington	Southwark
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.14 NZ$10.70	$7.25 £5.47	+18.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$109.62 NZ$191.01	$160.25 £120.79	+46.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,154.21 NZ$54,287.65	$37,772.71 £28,471.71	+21.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.55 NZ$25.36	$14.29 £10.77	-1.8%
Average			+20.9%

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pay 68.1% more for housing

	Wellington	Southwark
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$48.75 NZ$84.95	$39.23 £29.57	-19.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,240.57 NZ$2,161.75	$2,337.01 £1,761.55	+88.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,099.37 NZ$1,915.71	??
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$109.37 NZ$190.58	$257.35 £193.98	+135.3%
Average			+68.1%

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pay 75.4% more for childcare

	Wellington	Southwark
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$768.47 NZ$1,339.10	$1,771.67 £1,335.42	+130.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,211.68 NZ$21,279.42	$14,689.76 £11,072.61	+20.3%
Average			+75.4%

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pay 27.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Wellington	Southwark
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.63 NZ$11.56	$6.68 £5.03	+0.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.54 NZ$6.17	$4.82 £3.63	+36.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$25.67 NZ$44.74	$20.03 £15.10	-22.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.12 NZ$59.46	$66.77 £50.33	+95.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.54 NZ$20.11	$14.69 £11.07	+27.3%
Average			+27.5%

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pay 13.5% less for clothing

	Wellington	Southwark
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$69.31 NZ$120.77	$99.04 £74.66	+42.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.64 NZ$81.26	$33.39 £25.17	-28.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$113.30 NZ$197.44	$84.13 £63.42	-25.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$146.23 NZ$254.81	$83.46 £62.91	-42.9%
Average			-13.5%

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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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