Japan is 4.7% more expensive than Croatia.

If you lived in Japan instead of Croatia, you would:

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pay 52.9% less for restaurants

 
Croatia
Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.19
HRK80.26
$6.44
¥990
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.42
HRK60.40
$4.94
¥760
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.80
HRK20.08
$0.97
¥149

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pay 66.2% more for groceries

 
Croatia
Japan
Bread
1 loaf
$1.38
HRK9.88
$1.52
¥234
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.36
HRK38.45
$5.72
¥879
Milk (1 gallon) $4.40
HRK31.55
$5.46
¥839

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pay 17.0% more for transportation

 
Croatia
Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.04
HRK43.32
$4.22
¥649
Monthly public transit pass $39.44
HRK282.94
$57.82
¥8,888
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,382.54
HRK239,486.37
$22,042.19
¥3,388,656

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pay 10.8% less for housing

 
Croatia
Japan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$28.67
HRK205.71
$31.09
¥4,780
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $578.08
HRK4,147.15
$500.38
¥76,925
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $443.55
HRK3,182.06
$325.42
¥50,028

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pay 31.3% more for childcare

 
Croatia
Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $223.99
HRK1,606.89
$288.10
¥44,292
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,279.88
HRK59,399.87
$11,095.30
¥1,705,737

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pay 18.9% more for entertainment and sports

 
Croatia
Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.29
HRK23.61
$2.71
¥416
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.17
HRK15.57
$2.78
¥427
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$5.05
HRK36.23
$3.98
¥612

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pay 37.1% less for clothing

 
Croatia
Japan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$85.67
HRK614.56
$40.54
¥6,233
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$39.19
HRK281.12
$26.82
¥4,123
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$99.74
HRK715.52
$54.08
¥8,314

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