Cost of living comparison

Anguilla

compared to

Cook Islands

Cook Islands vs. Anguilla Cost of Living Summary

Cook Islands is 23.1% cheaper than Anguilla overall.

Restaurants: pay 34.9% less in Cook Islands
Groceries: pay 19.1% more in Cook Islands
Transportation: pay 34.5% less in Cook Islands
Housing: pay 18.8% less in Cook Islands
Childcare: pay 57.0% less in Cook Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.5% less in Cook Islands

Expenses including childcare, restaurants, transportation, housing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Cook Islands.

Cook Islands vs. Anguilla Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Anguilla, you would:

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pay 34.9% less for restaurants

	Anguilla	Cook Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00 EC$54.05	$8.96 NZ$15.63	-55.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00 EC$27.03	$8.21 NZ$14.33	-17.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.50 EC$9.46	$2.84 NZ$4.95	-18.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$4.00 EC$10.81	$2.09 NZ$3.65	-47.7%
Average			-34.9%

Anguilla vs. Cook Islands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 19.1% more for groceries

	Anguilla	Cook Islands
Bread 1 loaf	$3.50 EC$9.47	$3.22 NZ$5.62	-8.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$11.02 EC$29.79	$5.15 NZ$8.99	-53.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.60 EC$17.84	$7.63 NZ$13.32	+15.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.22 EC$6.00	$5.76 NZ$10.06	+159.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$7.38 EC$19.93	$3.52 NZ$6.15	-52.3%
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.35 NZ$2.35
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.93 EC$2.50	$1.08 NZ$1.89	+17.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.11 EC$3.00	$1.62 NZ$2.82	+45.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.22 EC$6.00	$2.84 NZ$4.96	+28.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$1.08 NZ$1.89
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.85 NZ$1.49
Average			+19.1%

Anguilla vs. Cook Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay 34.5% less for transportation

	Anguilla	Cook Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.50 EC$17.57	$6.79 NZ$11.86	+4.5%
Monthly public transit pass	??	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$45,000.00 EC$121,614.75	$11,944.29 NZ$20,845.19	-73.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$212.01 NZ$370.00
Average			-34.5%

Anguilla vs. Cook Islands - Cost of transportation

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pay 18.8% less for housing

	Anguilla	Cook Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$55.00 EC$148.64	$104.21 NZ$181.87	+89.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	??	$155.28 NZ$270.99
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$800.00 EC$2,162.04	$155.28 NZ$270.99	-80.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$229.41 EC$620.00	$79.92 NZ$139.48	-65.2%
Average			-18.8%

Anguilla vs. Cook Islands - Cost of housing

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pay 57.0% less for childcare

	Anguilla	Cook Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$100.00 EC$270.25	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,336.00 EC$9,015.71	$1,433.32 NZ$2,501.42	-57.0%
Average			-57.0%

Anguilla vs. Cook Islands - Cost of childcare

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pay 12.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Anguilla	Cook Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 EC$10.81	$5.23 NZ$9.12	+30.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.00 EC$13.51	$3.83 NZ$6.69	-23.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$14.93 NZ$26.06
Monthly membership at local gym	$45.00 EC$121.61	$24.88 NZ$43.43	-44.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$6.87 NZ$11.99
Average			-12.5%

Anguilla vs. Cook Islands - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Anguilla	Cook Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$66.89 NZ$116.73
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$73.46 NZ$128.20

Anguilla vs. Cook Islands - 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: March 2025

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