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London vs. West New York Cost of Living Summary

London is 49.3% more expensive than West New York.

Restaurants: pay 36.8% more in London
Groceries: pay 8.9% less in London
Transportation: pay 82.6% more in London
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in London
Childcare: pay 46.3% more in London
Entertainment and Sports: pay 41.1% more in London
Clothing: pay 31.9% more in London

The cost of housing, transportation, childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and clothing in London are more expensive than in West New York. Notably, housing and transportation are significantly more expensive in London.

London vs. West New York Cost Breakdown

If you lived in London instead of West New York, you would:

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pay 36.8% more for restaurants

	West New York	London
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$15.00	$25.83 £21.16	+72.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00	$10.33 £8.46	+3.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.37	$2.46 £2.01	+3.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.10	$1.85 £1.52	+68.2%
Average			+36.8%

West New York vs. London - Cost of restaurants

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pay 8.9% less for groceries

	West New York	London
Bread 1 loaf	$4.08	$2.07 £1.70	-49.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.31	$5.65 £4.63	+70.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.19	$6.31 £5.17	+50.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.46	$4.45 £3.64	+28.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.00	$4.26 £3.49	-14.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.45	$1.56 £1.28	-36.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.69	$0.75 £0.62	+9.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.25	$1.44 £1.18	-36.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.47	$1.79 £1.47	-27.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.14	$0.69 £0.56	-39.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.53	$0.70 £0.57	-54.0%
Average			-8.9%

West New York vs. London - Cost of groceries

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pay 82.6% more for transportation

	West New York	London
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.07	$7.39 £6.06	+140.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$125.00	$258.31 £211.60	+106.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,344.69	$36,531.14 £29,925.17	+0.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$35.26 £28.88
Average			+82.6%

West New York vs. London - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	West New York	London
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.00	$41.63 £34.10	-16.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,800.00	$2,834.46 £2,321.90	+57.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	??	$2,063.73 £1,690.55
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$65.00	$263.90 £216.18	+306.0%
Average			+115.6%

West New York vs. London - Cost of housing

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pay 46.3% more for childcare

	West New York	London
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,750.00	$2,333.60 £1,911.61	+33.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$17,500.00	$27,892.30 £22,848.51	+59.4%
Average			+46.3%

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pay 41.1% more for entertainment and sports

	West New York	London
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.00	$8.27 £6.77	+37.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.00	$4.80 £3.93	-3.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$12.00	$19.76 £16.19	+64.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$29.00	$65.66 £53.79	+126.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$20.00	$16.14 £13.22	-19.3%
Average			+41.1%

West New York vs. London - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 31.9% more for clothing

	West New York	London
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$50.00	$96.94 £79.41	+93.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$80.00	$50.55 £41.41	-36.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$86.67	$114.87 £94.10	+32.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$98.00	$135.36 £110.89	+38.1%
Average			+31.9%

West New York vs. London - 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: January 2025

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