This translates to marginally lower prices this year than cities like Seoul (US$64.40) and Singapore (US$73.40), and relatively higher prices than regional cities like Tokyo (US$57.70), Jakarta (US$47.10), Manila (US$41.50), Dhaka (US$24.50).įor those who want to buy a summer dress in a high-street store like H&M or Zara, Kuala Lumpur is the 13th cheapest city with prices at US$37, down from US$42 (2018) and US$50 (2014). While being 30 per cent cheaper than the US for such shoes, Kuala Lumpur is edged out by India’s Bangalore (cheapest at US$58.30), Mumbai, New Delhi Argentina’s Buenos Aires Turkey’s Istanbul and Nigeria’s Lagos, based on the figures sourced from Expatistan for the Deutsche Bank report.īut in Asia, branded sports shoes are cheaper here compared to Dhaka in Bangladesh (US$67.90), Jakarta (US$72.60), Tokyo (US$75.50), Manila (US$81.10), Seoul (US$93.50), Hong Kong (US$96) and Singapore (US$97.60 which also ranks at the 24th most expensive city out of 55 for such sports shoes) and Shanghai (US$101.30).Īs for buying a pair of Levi’s 501 jeans or similar, Kuala Lumpur is the 22nd cheapest city to do so, with its ranking this year at 33 out of 55 cities surveyed.Īlso based on Expatistan figures, the Deutsche Bank report showed jeans’ prices in Kuala Lumpur falling from US$72.70 five years ago in 2014, to US$68.50 (2018) and to US$64.10 or 14 per cent more expensive than a purchase in the US (2019). In other words, KL is the seventh cheapest city in the survey with such sports shoes priced at US$65.50 down from US$74.10 last year and falling down 16 rungs from the 2014 price ranking when shoes were sold here at a higher price of US$92.80. The same Deutsche Bank report also ranked Kuala Lumpur 49th out of 55 cities when it comes to prices of a pair of sports shoes such as Nike and Adidas.
The same phone is priced at US$2,050 in Brazil and US$1,178 in Nigeria, according to the survey. “Don’t lose or damage your iPhone on holiday in Brazil, Turkey, Argentina, India or Greece as iPhones are 25-65 per cent more expensive than in the US - still the cheapest place to buy outside of Nigeria which we can’t quite explain,” the Deutsche Bank advised in its report. In other words, an iPhone XS in Malaysia is only 10 per cent more expensive than at official Apple stores in the US, but cheaper than neighbouring Singapore where a brand-new unit costs US$1,386.ĭeutsche Bank sourced prices of the phone from official Apple store websites or alternatively from online retailers when the official figures were not available.Īnd if you are a frequent traveller, you may want to leave your iPhone XS or carry an older or less popular model or brand with you to these next countries. In comparison, in the US (where iPhone’s maker Apple is based) the phone retails at US$1,251.
The 2019 edition of Deutsche Bank’s “Mapping the World’s Prices” shows people here forking out US$1,378 (RM5,775) for the smartphone.
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