Cost of living comparison

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London is 76.6% more expensive than Road Town.

If you lived in London instead of Road Town, you would:

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pay 11.8% more for restaurants

 
Road Town
London
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $20.00
 
$25.83
£20.56
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$11.50
 
$10.33
£8.22
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.10
 
$2.46
£1.96

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pay 26.9% less for groceries

 
Road Town
London
Bread
1 loaf
$4.66
 
$2.07
£1.65
Local cheese (8 oz) $9.00
 
$5.65
£4.49
Milk (1 gallon) $8.81
 
$6.31
£5.02

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pay 59.4% more for transportation

 
Road Town
London
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.64
 
$7.39
£5.88
Monthly public transit pass ?? $258.31
£205.55
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $36,531.14
£29,070.27

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pay 41.5% more for housing

 
Road Town
London
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$125.00
 
$41.63
£33.13
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,666.67
 
$2,834.46
£2,255.57
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,366.67
 
$2,063.73
£1,642.25

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pay 4.5 times more for childcare

 
Road Town
London
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $375.00
 
$2,333.60
£1,857.00
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $10,320.00
 
$27,892.30
£22,195.77

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pay 83.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Road Town
London
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.00
 
$8.27
£6.58
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.75
 
$4.80
£3.82
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$5.00
 
$19.76
£15.72

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pay 20.3% more for clothing

 
Road Town
London
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$47.50
 
$96.94
£77.14
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$55.00
 
$50.55
£40.22
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$130.00
 
$114.87
£91.41

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