Cost of Living, What's your number?

[ZohsixGT5]

With prices on going up everything, I thought it would be interesting to see the daily cost of living for the members here. There is such a broad range of countries and ages on these boards that the results should be pretty random. Basically, add up all of your yearly expenses, and divide that number by 365. This includes gas, food, housing, bills, car payments, insurance, etc. Everything you need to function on a normal day. Do not include things like vacations, binge drinking, drug habits, strip club visits, etc. Only things you have a monetary obligation to, or things like gas and food that are essential to living and getting to/from work or school.

I have included 4 currencies in the poll with 6 tiers each. Sorry if your currency isn't listed.

I know this can be considered fairly personal but showing how much you spend doesn't reveal how much you make (well, it shouldn't).

My number: $84.03 USD

 

[Moglet]

I have no idea what the exact amount is for me but it'll be about £30 a day now that I've moved into my first house with my girlfriend. Luckily the mortgage is fairly cheap and my car is cheap to run too. 👍

 

[MatskiMonk]

I have no idea what the exact amount is for me but it'll be about £30 a day now that I've moved into my first house with my girlfriend.

Would that be divided by two then for dual income? how does that work for the poll?..

Personally I'm single, my bills total about £1000 a month so I reckon about £30 a day, though that doesn't really include food... since I spend more on alcohol than food..

 

[Moglet]

Would that be divided by two then for dual income? how does that work for the poll?..

Personally I'm single, my bills total about £1000 a month so I reckon about £30 a day, though that doesn't really include food... since I spend more on alcohol than food..

Me and my girlfriend split everything evenly so I was able to work out my own costs separately. Our bills are fairly cheap though, where do you live that costs £1,000 a month?! I barely earn that even after my recent wage increase!

 

[phillgt2002]

I don't have any cost of living because I'm usually broke.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I don't have any cost of living because I'm usually broke.

Ditto.

 

[MatskiMonk]

I don't have any cost of living because I'm usually broke.

Ditto.

So you don't have to pay rent or mortgage or anything?

 

[Cowboys965]

Despite the cost of living, it's still very popular.

 

[Moglet]

I don't have any cost of living because I'm usually broke.

But something must be making you broke. That is your cost.

 

[ZohsixGT5]

Despite the cost of living, it's still very popular.

Lol, BREAKING NEWS

 

[nick09]

For the present time I currently live with my parents so my cost of living is very low(0-20USD). It's the easiest way to live while taking college as a full time student.

 

[Lain]

Daily cost of living: $1.31

...and that's my cellphone bill. What can I say? I'm in the military, so I've got food and shelter covered for me.

 

[NINE_HUNDRED]

I read/voted wrong, i wondered why the options were so low I don't spend 300 pounds a day.

 

[bevo]

This is a question everyone should know the answer to. If you don't know the answer to this question and do not live with your parents, then you are very irresponsible, and it shows how much different things are now, from how they were with our grandparents, or their parents. Todays society is just thrown so much money we don't even have to keep track of it, or learn how to actually manage money.

After that, I would like to say that I have no idea how much my daily living expenses are.

 

[Dalamar]

Since I have no savings (and no debt) I'll just divide my income by the number of days in a year and got a bit of a shock.

$219AUD

 

[CodeRedR51]

So you don't have to pay rent or mortgage or anything?

I'll just say it's depressing enough that I don't even want to know the number.

 

[Adamgp]

$72.60 USD.

Mortgage, gas, electric, cable, adds up fast. Going to be adding a car payment this summer as well.

 

[CMvan46]

Roughly $20 a day I'd say.

I'm living at home with the parents still and that number doesn't include school costs. Just insurance, gas, cell phone and food... Vancouver's cost of living is ridiculously high, especially housing which should be fine in two years when I plan on moving out.

 

[TB]

House, cars, food, insurance, medication, doctors visits, etc. ~$200/day.

I read/voted wrong, i wondered why the options were so low I don't spend 300 pounds a day.

I reset the 300+ GBP to zero for you. If you're not able to vote again, let me know and I can put you in manually.

 

[W3H5]

Rent, food, bills, transport, other stuff: £35 a day, roughly. Would be a lot more were I not in China.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

Around £45, probably a little less as i'm currently working part-time.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Me and my girlfriend split everything evenly so I was able to work out my own costs separately. Our bills are fairly cheap though, where do you live that costs £1,000 a month?! I barely earn that even after my recent wage increase!

Nowhere nice, Rent for my two bedroom flat is actually only £500/month, the rest is made up of the usual stuff, council tax, electricity, car insurance, water, Phone, mobile, TV License, etc. etc.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

Well lets see.
2 Dr. Peppers on Sundays times 4 weeks a month
=$1.25 * 4
=$5 a month
=$5 a month / 30 days a month
=$0.16 per day
7 Dollars a month for cell phone plan (Unlimited Web Browsing on the Samsung SPH-m300)
=7 / 30 days a month
=$0.23 per day

Total expenses I pay for
=Pop+Phone
=$0.16+$0.23
=$0.39

Therefore my cost of living is a mere 39 cents a day.
I'm thrifty and don't have much money to spend in the first place.
Parents take care of food, rent, hydro bill.

 

[spunwicked]

Works out around £56 a day. But that includes _everything_.

House, gas, electric, council tax, HMRC tax, water rates, phone & broadband, sky, other miscellaneous bills, food, baby stuff, car insurance, car tax, the kitchen sink. Oh, and beers 👍

God I miss being a teenager.

 

[Danoff]

Voted $300+

My property tax and mortgage work out to $175 per day all by themselves*. Factor in electricity, garbage, cell phones for myself and my wife, food, gas, the other gas, water, car insurance, earthquake insurance, home insurance, flood insurance, life insurance, internet, satellite tv, home maintenance, car maintenance, dog food, and health insurance and you get the other $125.

Parents take care of food, rent, hydro bill.

....so you don't take that into account? Your cost of living includes that stuff whether you're paying it or someone else is.

*Obviously there are major tax implications here that I'm ignoring because taxes are another mixed bag. You don't want to see what happens if I include the cost of paying for my government as well.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

Well would we take loan payments into account with that Danoff?

 

[Danoff]

Well would we take loan payments into account with that Danoff?

Definitely.

 

[Mr. S]

Around 23-24 Euros a day. I'd say around 25 if I'm having lunch at work. So, let's make it 30 all in all, random stuff included - like mobile phone etc. Actually, I spend like 850-900 Euros a month. So everything else is just for shiggles.

I'm paying 700 Euros a month for everything - rent, phone, electricity etc. We're living in a rather big house, so 5x 700 Euros is still quite a lot. Then again, I'm getting paid a lot more than I actually have to spend on such things, luckily.

Living in my own flat, however, was a whole different thing.

Rent: 600
Electricity: 70
Phone: 30
Mobile: 50
Food: 300-350

Buying food in small portions is extremely expensive in France...>_>

 

[eSZee]

Voted $300+

My property tax and mortgage work out to $175 per day all by themselves*.


*Obviously there are major tax implications here that I'm ignoring because taxes are another mixed bag. You don't want to see what happens if I include the cost of paying for my government as well.

Ehh?
My property tax is around $6k which comes out to ~$16 a day.
A monthly mortgage of lets say $2000 is around $70 a day.
$300 a day means $9k+ a month, which sounds ridiculous to me, though to be fair, I'm not as baller as GTMail.
Cali really is that expensive to live in? Would you like to make a donation to the eSZee Vacation fund?

 

[Danoff]

My house cost approximately $1M. Mortgage is ~$5000 per month. Property tax is close to $10k per year.