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White Plains vs. Wellington Cost of Living Summary

White Plains is 50.6% more expensive than Wellington.

Restaurants: pay 6.7% more in White Plains
Groceries: pay 98.8% more in White Plains
Transportation: pay 5.0% more in White Plains
Housing: pay 43.2% more in White Plains
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in White Plains
Entertainment and Sports: pay 80.5% more in White Plains
Clothing: pay 6.9% less in White Plains

The cost of childcare, groceries, entertainment and sports, housing, restaurants, and transportation in White Plains are more expensive than in Wellington. Notably, childcare, groceries, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in White Plains.

White Plains vs. Wellington Cost Breakdown

If you lived in White Plains instead of Wellington, you would:

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pay 6.7% more for restaurants

	Wellington	White Plains
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.42 NZ$24.85	$18.00	+24.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.23 NZ$15.90	$11.00	+19.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.46 NZ$4.24	$2.28	-7.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.98 NZ$3.41	$1.78	-10.0%
Average			+6.7%

Wellington vs. White Plains - Cost of restaurants

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pay 98.8% more for groceries

	Wellington	White Plains
Bread 1 loaf	$1.98 NZ$3.41	$4.05	+104.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.02 NZ$6.93	$17.27	+329.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.79 NZ$11.70	$4.80	-29.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.77 NZ$11.67	$5.33	-21.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.77 NZ$8.22	$5.62	+17.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.36 NZ$2.35	$2.87	+110.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.01 NZ$1.74	$0.89	-12.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.33 NZ$2.29	$2.16	+62.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.32 NZ$3.99	$2.37	+2.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.90 NZ$1.54	$1.41	+57.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.68 NZ$1.17	$3.83	+465.3%
Average			+98.8%

Wellington vs. White Plains - Cost of groceries

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pay 5.0% more for transportation

	Wellington	White Plains
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.14 NZ$10.58	$3.30	-46.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$109.62 NZ$188.86	$155.00	+41.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,154.21 NZ$53,677.18	$28,570.00	-8.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.55 NZ$25.07	$19.40	+33.3%
Average			+5.0%

Wellington vs. White Plains - Cost of transportation

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pay 43.2% more for housing

	Wellington	White Plains
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$48.75 NZ$83.99	$63.75	+30.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,240.57 NZ$2,137.45	$2,237.50	+80.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,099.37 NZ$1,894.16	$1,837.50	+67.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$109.37 NZ$188.43	$103.54	-5.3%
Average			+43.2%

Wellington vs. White Plains - Cost of housing

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Wellington	White Plains
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$768.47 NZ$1,324.04	$2,000.00	+160.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,211.68 NZ$21,040.13	$23,666.67	+93.8%
Average			+127.1%

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pay 80.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Wellington	White Plains
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.63 NZ$11.43	$7.00	+5.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.54 NZ$6.10	$5.10	+44.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$25.67 NZ$44.23	$16.00	-37.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.12 NZ$58.79	$151.33	+343.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.54 NZ$19.88	$17.00	+47.3%
Average			+80.5%

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pay 6.9% less for clothing

	Wellington	White Plains
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$69.31 NZ$119.42	$67.90	-2.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.64 NZ$80.35	$53.33	+14.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$113.30 NZ$195.21	$77.50	-31.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$146.23 NZ$251.95	$133.75	-8.5%
Average			-6.9%

Wellington vs. White Plains - Cost of clothing

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