Cost of living comparison

Northern Mariana Islands

compared to

New Zealand

New Zealand vs. Northern Mariana Islands Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 24.9% more expensive than Northern Mariana Islands overall.

Restaurants: pay 50.5% more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 26.7% less in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 10.6% less in New Zealand
Housing: pay 15.6% more in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 77.7% more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.8% less in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 68.8% more in New Zealand

The cost of childcare, clothing, restaurants, and housing in New Zealand are more expensive than in Northern Mariana Islands. Expenses including groceries, transportation, and entertainment and sports are lower in New Zealand. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Northern Mariana Islands Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Northern Mariana Islands, you would:

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pay 50.5% more for restaurants

	Northern Mariana Islands	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.00	$13.47 NZ$22.56	+68.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$8.81 NZ$14.75	-26.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.50	$2.16 NZ$3.62	+44.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.90	$1.94 NZ$3.26	+116.1%
Average			+50.5%

Northern Mariana Islands vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 26.7% less for groceries

	Northern Mariana Islands	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$3.33	$1.86 NZ$3.12	-44.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$3.77 NZ$6.31
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.44	$6.55 NZ$10.96	-22.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.33	$5.92 NZ$9.92	-6.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.00	$4.25 NZ$7.12	-29.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.99	$1.15 NZ$1.92	-61.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00	$1.04 NZ$1.74	+4.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.99	$1.31 NZ$2.19	-56.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$2.31 NZ$3.87
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.95	$0.90 NZ$1.50	-5.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.03	$0.83 NZ$1.39	-19.6%
Average			-26.7%

Northern Mariana Islands vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 10.6% less for transportation

	Northern Mariana Islands	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.32	$6.26 NZ$10.48	+17.8%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$69.15 NZ$115.79
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,999.00	$24,735.85 NZ$41,416.25	-33.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$21.41	$17.90 NZ$29.97	-16.4%
Average			-10.6%

Northern Mariana Islands vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 15.6% more for housing

	Northern Mariana Islands	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$60.00	$51.16 NZ$85.65	-14.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$625.00	$1,007.66 NZ$1,687.17	+61.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$450.00	$809.64 NZ$1,355.61	+79.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$254.42	$91.68 NZ$153.50	-64.0%
Average			+15.6%

Northern Mariana Islands vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay 77.7% more for childcare

	Northern Mariana Islands	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$611.89 NZ$1,024.51
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,000.00	$10,661.07 NZ$17,850.27	+77.7%
Average			+77.7%

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pay 0.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Northern Mariana Islands	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.50	$6.10 NZ$10.21	+10.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.83	$3.30 NZ$5.53	-31.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$22.88 NZ$38.31
Monthly membership at local gym	$47.50	$38.53 NZ$64.51	-18.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.00	$10.92 NZ$18.28	+36.5%
Average			-0.8%

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pay 68.8% more for clothing

	Northern Mariana Islands	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$30.00	$65.31 NZ$109.34	+117.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.00	$40.78 NZ$68.29	+2.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$70.00	$93.71 NZ$156.90	+33.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$55.00	$121.74 NZ$203.84	+121.4%
Average			+68.8%

Northern Mariana Islands vs. New Zealand - Cost of clothing

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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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