Cost of living comparison
Faroe Islands is 63.1% more expensive than Marshall Islands.
If you lived in Faroe Islands instead of Marshall Islands, you would:
pay 97.5% more for restaurants
Marshall Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$13.75
|
$17.45
DKK120.61
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$11.00
|
$16.00
DKK110.55
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.25
|
$2.98
DKK20.62
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.00
|
$2.79
DKK19.28
|
|
pay 20.9% more for groceries
Marshall Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.40
|
$7.30
DKK50.49
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$13.75
|
$5.70
DKK39.37
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$8.52
|
$7.50
DKK51.83
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.88
|
$4.02
DKK27.75
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? | ?? | |
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.99
DKK6.82
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.19
DKK8.19
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.32
DKK9.10
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.79
DKK5.46
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.19
DKK8.19
|
|
Onions (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.45
DKK10.01
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for transportation
Marshall Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.51
|
$7.34
DKK50.75
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? | ?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$12,000.00
|
$42,670.46
DKK294,908.33
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$12.25
|
?? | |
pay 9.9% less for housing
Marshall Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$85.00
|
$61.68
DKK426.31
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$750.00
|
$780.09
DKK5,391.45
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$700.00
|
$895.02
DKK6,185.72
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$170.42
|
$94.99
DKK656.49
|
|
pay 64.5% less for childcare
Marshall Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$150.00
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,046.67
|
$1,082.77
DKK7,483.34
|
|
pay 79.5% more for entertainment and sports
Marshall Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) | ?? |
$5.67
DKK39.17
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.92
|
$5.00
DKK34.56
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
?? |
$9.43
DKK65.20
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$30.00
|
$56.24
DKK388.70
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema | ?? |
$15.97
DKK110.34
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for clothing
Marshall Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$57.50
|
$137.88
DKK952.94
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$40.00
|
$50.80
DKK351.08
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$35.00
|
$137.88
DKK952.94
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$54.00
|
$203.19
DKK1,404.33
|
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