Cost of living comparison
Ankara is 50.6% cheaper than Austin.
If you lived in Ankara instead of Austin, you would:
pay 61.4% less for restaurants
Austin
|
Ankara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$18.00
|
$6.22
TRY211.29
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
|
$6.22
TRY211.29
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.70
|
$1.05
TRY35.55
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.19
|
$0.42
TRY14.12
|
|
pay 57.5% less for groceries
Austin
|
Ankara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.55
|
$0.63
TRY21.27
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.81
|
$3.70
TRY125.68
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.95
|
$3.76
TRY127.81
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.41
|
$1.73
TRY58.62
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.30
|
$2.58
TRY87.76
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.59
|
$0.47
TRY16.07
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.71
|
$0.66
TRY22.41
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.04
|
$0.46
TRY15.59
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.67
|
$0.49
TRY16.64
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.26
|
$0.28
TRY9.37
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.24
|
$0.20
TRY6.80
|
|
pay 15.4% less for transportation
Austin
|
Ankara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.07
|
$4.74
TRY161.20
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$45.00
|
$8.55
TRY290.53
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$35,639.19
|
$46,646.14
TRY1,584,709.30
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$16.92
|
$5.75
TRY195.45
|
|
pay 74.2% less for housing
Austin
|
Ankara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$66.20
|
$10.93
TRY371.28
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,348.40
|
$534.79
TRY18,168.55
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,570.00
|
$366.77
TRY12,460.17
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$132.48
|
$53.48
TRY1,816.79
|
|
pay 66.5% less for childcare
Austin
|
Ankara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,476.11
|
$446.32
TRY15,162.79
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$21,625.00
|
$7,966.43
TRY270,643.49
|
|
pay 57.4% less for entertainment and sports
Austin
|
Ankara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$6.00
|
$3.03
TRY103.01
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.33
|
$2.34
TRY79.55
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.00
|
$1.80
TRY61.28
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$57.67
|
$36.76
TRY1,249.01
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$14.50
|
$4.66
TRY158.47
|
|
pay 21.6% less for clothing
Austin
|
Ankara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.92
|
$48.03
TRY1,631.69
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$55.85
|
$44.31
TRY1,505.47
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$98.04
|
$92.67
TRY3,148.29
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$132.87
|
$82.89
TRY2,815.91
|
|
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