Aruba is 71.5% more expensive than Maldives.

If you lived in Aruba instead of Maldives, you would:

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pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

 
Maldives
Aruba
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.50
MVR84.72
$16.00
AWG28.80
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.71
MVR149.51
$10.14
AWG18.24
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.21
MVR18.69
$1.80
AWG3.24

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pay 82.2% more for groceries

 
Maldives
Aruba
Bread
1 loaf
$1.54
MVR23.67
$3.44
AWG6.20
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.65
MVR87.05
$11.00
AWG19.80
Milk (1 gallon) $6.78
MVR104.47
$7.65
AWG13.77

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pay 78.2% more for transportation

 
Maldives
Aruba
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.56
MVR54.78
$5.48
AWG9.86
Monthly public transit pass $22.65
MVR348.87
$40.00
AWG72.00
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $38,834.95
MVR598,058.25
$35,000.00
AWG63,000.00

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pay 14.4% more for housing

 
Maldives
Aruba
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$65.94
MVR1,015.45
$79.65
AWG143.37
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,098.53
MVR16,917.30
$705.36
AWG1,269.65
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $829.29
MVR12,771.04
$655.25
AWG1,179.45

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pay 81.0% more for childcare

 
Maldives
Aruba
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $172.53
MVR2,657.00
$225.00
AWG405.00
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $3,198.06
MVR49,250.10
$7,404.07
AWG13,327.32

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pay 33.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Maldives
Aruba
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.69
MVR72.27
$3.62
AWG6.53
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.24
MVR49.84
$4.24
AWG7.64
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$7.12
MVR109.64
$13.75
AWG24.75

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pay 14.1% more for clothing

 
Maldives
Aruba
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$55.89
MVR860.71
$65.00
AWG117.00
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$58.79
MVR905.39
$57.37
AWG103.27
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$101.13
MVR1,557.44
$116.59
AWG209.86

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