Cost of living comparison

 Christmas Island
compared to
 Albania
Albania vs. Christmas Island Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Albania instead of Christmas Island, you would:

pay (unknown) more for restaurants

 
Christmas Island
Albania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant ?? $8.37
ALL730
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
?? $6.97
ALL609
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) ?? $1.66
ALL145

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pay (unknown) more for groceries

 
Christmas Island
Albania
Bread
1 loaf
?? $0.85
ALL74
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $5.29
ALL462
Milk (1 gallon) ?? $7.20
ALL629

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

 
Christmas Island
Albania
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $7.81
ALL682
Monthly public transit pass ?? $17.64
ALL1,539
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $28,265.14
ALL2,466,834

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pay (unknown) more for housing

 
Christmas Island
Albania
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $16.01
ALL1,397
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $447.88
ALL39,089
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $324.85
ALL28,351

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Christmas Island
Albania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $168.56
ALL14,711
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $3,514.89
ALL306,761

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pay (unknown) more for entertainment and sports

 
Christmas Island
Albania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) ?? $2.60
ALL227
Cappuccino in mid-range area ?? $1.77
ALL155
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
?? $3.70
ALL323

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Christmas Island
Albania
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $50.86
ALL4,439
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $40.61
ALL3,544
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $90.86
ALL7,930

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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 2025
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