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Ahwaz vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Ahwaz is 20.1% cheaper than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 84.8% more in Ahwaz
Groceries: pay 51.8% less in Ahwaz
Transportation: pay 32.0% more in Ahwaz
Housing: pay 56.6% less in Ahwaz
Childcare: pay 88.9% less in Ahwaz
Entertainment and Sports: pay 64.6% less in Ahwaz
Clothing: pay 4.6% more in Ahwaz

The cost of restaurants, transportation, and clothing in Ahwaz are more expensive than in Bangkok. Expenses including childcare, entertainment and sports, housing, and groceries are lower in Ahwaz. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in Ahwaz.

Ahwaz vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ahwaz instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 84.8% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Ahwaz
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$2.00 IRR84,225	-35.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$3.75 IRR157,922	-39.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$2.02 IRR85,196	+155.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.20 IRR50,351	+258.7%
Average			+84.8%

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pay 51.8% less for groceries

	Bangkok	Ahwaz
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$0.60 IRR25,268	-58.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$2.03 IRR85,629	-76.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$3.25 IRR136,789	-55.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$1.27 IRR53,679	-44.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$1.68 IRR70,677	+21.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$0.38 IRR15,918	-76.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.65 IRR27,379	-20.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.36 IRR15,282	-64.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.26 IRR10,824	-69.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.26 IRR10,824	-64.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.24 IRR10,188	-62.7%
Average			-51.8%

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pay 32.0% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Ahwaz
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	??
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$13.10 IRR551,674	-64.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$119,838.29 IRR5,046,689,988	+222.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$4.50 IRR189,506	-61.3%
Average			+32.0%

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pay 56.6% less for housing

	Bangkok	Ahwaz
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$7.00 IRR294,788	-58.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$316.67 IRR13,335,625	-53.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$225.00 IRR9,475,312	-30.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$10.71 IRR450,851	-84.4%
Average			-56.6%

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pay 88.9% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Ahwaz
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$106.22 IRR4,473,283	-82.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$625.00 IRR26,320,312	-95.3%
Average			-88.9%

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pay 64.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Ahwaz
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$0.85 IRR35,796	-69.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$1.17 IRR49,131	-54.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$2.20 IRR92,648	-49.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$18.17 IRR765,044	-64.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$1.20 IRR50,535	-85.1%
Average			-64.6%

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pay 4.6% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Ahwaz
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$53.00 IRR2,231,962	-9.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$46.67 IRR1,965,250	+22.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$96.67 IRR4,070,875	-7.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$103.33 IRR4,351,625	+13.0%
Average			+4.6%

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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: December 2025

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