Cost of living comparison

 Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands
compared to
 Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo vs. Cockburn Town Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tokyo instead of Cockburn Town, you would:

pay (unknown) more for restaurants

 
Cockburn Town
Tokyo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant ?? $6.51
¥938
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
?? $5.21
¥751
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) ?? $1.12
¥161

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pay (unknown) more for groceries

 
Cockburn Town
Tokyo
Bread
1 loaf
?? $1.63
¥235
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $7.01
¥1,010
Milk (1 gallon) ?? $5.89
¥848

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

 
Cockburn Town
Tokyo
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $4.42
¥637
Monthly public transit pass ?? $58.62
¥8,444
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $21,767.76
¥3,135,439

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pay (unknown) more for housing

 
Cockburn Town
Tokyo
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $31.86
¥4,589
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $1,120.28
¥161,365
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $582.98
¥83,973

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Cockburn Town
Tokyo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $533.29
¥76,816
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $14,506.96
¥2,089,589

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pay (unknown) more for entertainment and sports

 
Cockburn Town
Tokyo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) ?? $3.26
¥469
Cappuccino in mid-range area ?? $3.40
¥490
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
?? $3.91
¥563

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Cockburn Town
Tokyo
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $52.60
¥7,576
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $36.87
¥5,311
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $63.41
¥9,134

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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: June 2025
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