Puerto Rico is 4.4 times more expensive than Tonga.

If you lived in Puerto Rico instead of Tonga, you would:

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pay 1.2% less for restaurants

 
Tonga
Puerto Rico
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.40
TOP20.12
$15.81
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.50
TOP25.15
$9.53
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.66
TOP6.37
$1.60
 

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pay 31.0% more for groceries

 
Tonga
Puerto Rico
Bread
1 loaf
$1.05
TOP2.51
$3.14
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.55
TOP10.90
$4.23
 
Milk (1 gallon) $5.99
TOP14.34
$7.64
 

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pay 89.2% more for transportation

 
Tonga
Puerto Rico
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.57
TOP13.33
$3.74
 
Monthly public transit pass $42.01
TOP100.59
$49.80
 
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $5,881.34
TOP14,083.04
$31,875.00
 

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pay 2.2% less for housing

 
Tonga
Puerto Rico
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$126.03
TOP301.78
$59.13
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $830.95
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $536.89
 

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pay 20.3 times more for childcare

 
Tonga
Puerto Rico
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $159.64
TOP382.25
$421.25
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $252.06
TOP603.56
$9,550.00
 

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pay 16.9% less for entertainment and sports

 
Tonga
Puerto Rico
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.36
TOP8.05
$2.72
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.94
TOP7.04
$3.36
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$10.29
TOP24.65
$10.94
 

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pay 4.8 times more for clothing

 
Tonga
Puerto Rico
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$4.20
TOP10.06
$40.66
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$17.85
TOP42.75
$46.06
 
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$21.00
TOP50.30
$77.78
 

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