British Virgin Islands is 7.4% more expensive than Singapore.

If you lived in British Virgin Islands instead of Singapore, you would:

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pay 70.1% more for restaurants

 
Singapore
British Virgin Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $10.16
SGD13.77
$24.49
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.52
SGD10.20
$13.25
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.52
SGD2.06
$1.97
 

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pay 50.0% more for groceries

 
Singapore
British Virgin Islands
Bread
1 loaf
$2.11
SGD2.85
$4.96
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.41
SGD11.41
$7.75
 
Milk (1 gallon) $10.38
SGD14.08
$9.43
 

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pay 43.3% less for transportation

 
Singapore
British Virgin Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon) $8.18
SGD11.10
$4.64
 
Monthly public transit pass $90.29
SGD122.40
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $135,434.68
SGD183,595.25
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pay 33.8% more for housing

 
Singapore
British Virgin Islands
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$36.16
SGD49.02
$120.00
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $2,745.11
SGD3,721.27
$1,458.33
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,988.78
SGD2,695.99
$1,183.33
 

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pay 65.4% less for childcare

 
Singapore
British Virgin Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,189.74
SGD1,612.82
$375.00
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $27,370.99
SGD37,104.12
$10,320.00
 

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pay 10.3% less for entertainment and sports

 
Singapore
British Virgin Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.73
SGD9.13
$3.75
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.71
SGD6.38
$6.04
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$12.64
SGD17.14
$5.00
 

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pay 17.0% more for clothing

 
Singapore
British Virgin Islands
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$66.32
SGD89.90
$47.50
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$44.36
SGD60.14
$55.00
 
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$96.71
SGD131.09
$155.00
 

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