Cost of living comparison
Berlin is 19.4% cheaper than San Diego.
If you lived in Berlin instead of San Diego, you would:
pay 5.7% less for restaurants
San Diego
|
Berlin
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$22.00
|
$15.24
€13.73
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.00
|
$10.88
€9.81
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.83
|
$3.08
€2.77
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.53
|
$2.74
€2.47
|
|
pay 19.5% less for groceries
San Diego
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$4.05
|
$2.14
€1.93
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.98
|
$6.94
€6.25
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.49
|
$4.68
€4.22
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.19
|
$3.49
€3.15
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$6.63
|
$6.38
€5.75
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.21
|
$1.31
€1.18
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.81
|
$0.78
€0.70
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.46
|
$1.06
€0.95
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.00
|
$1.65
€1.48
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.53
|
$0.81
€0.73
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.00
|
$0.86
€0.77
|
|
pay 8.6% more for transportation
San Diego
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$5.14
|
$7.43
€6.69
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$72.00
|
$53.34
€48.06
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,000.00
|
$32,415.23
€29,210.33
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$23.67
|
$25.46
€22.95
|
|
pay 34.8% less for housing
San Diego
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$73.13
|
$42.52
€38.32
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,785.55
|
$1,392.07
€1,254.44
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$2,355.05
|
$988.74
€890.98
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$251.36
|
$278.35
€250.83
|
|
pay 68.2% less for childcare
San Diego
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,713.33
|
$209.09
€188.42
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$18,333.33
|
$9,427.53
€8,495.43
|
|
pay 32.9% less for entertainment and sports
San Diego
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$8.00
|
$4.90
€4.41
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.51
|
$4.05
€3.65
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.53
|
$8.93
€8.04
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$89.62
|
$37.56
€33.85
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$18.00
|
$13.33
€12.02
|
|
pay 16.5% more for clothing
San Diego
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$55.93
|
$88.82
€80.04
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$54.11
|
$41.27
€37.19
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$88.05
|
$96.51
€86.97
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$119.17
|
$144.43
€130.15
|
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