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Alice Springs vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Alice Springs is 99.4% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 4.2 times more in Alice Springs
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Alice Springs
Transportation: pay 14.5% more in Alice Springs
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Alice Springs
Childcare: pay 20.2% more in Alice Springs
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1 times more in Alice Springs
Clothing: pay 2.5% more in Alice Springs

The cost of restaurants, housing, groceries, entertainment and sports, childcare, and transportation in Alice Springs are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants, housing, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Alice Springs.

Alice Springs vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Alice Springs instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 4.2 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Alice Springs
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.49	$13.08 A$19.67	+322.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB194.99	$9.81 A$14.75	+58.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.89	$2.55 A$3.84	+222.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.48	$2.53 A$3.81	+660.5%
Average			+315.8%

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Bangkok	Alice Springs
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.28	$2.19 A$3.29	+52.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.43	??
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.32	$5.39 A$8.10	-25.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.83	$4.67 A$7.02	+104.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.39	$5.74 A$8.62	+315.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.01	$1.61 A$2.42	+1.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.68	$1.93 A$2.90	+136.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.18	$1.87 A$2.81	+82.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.82	$3.26 A$4.91	+282.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.65	$1.48 A$2.23	+105.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.41	$1.11 A$1.67	+70.6%
Average			+112.6%

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pay 14.5% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Alice Springs
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.55	$4.90 A$7.36	+4.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,169.93	$56.88 A$85.52	+52.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,169,932.86	$29,772.43 A$44,757.10	-20.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB365.60	$14.04 A$21.10	+20.7%
Average			+14.5%

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Alice Springs
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB531.61	$66.07 A$99.33	+290.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,226.75	$619.28 A$930.97	-8.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,124.02	$567.50 A$853.12	+76.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,159.82	$150.08 A$225.61	+118.5%
Average			+119.3%

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pay 20.2% more for childcare

	Bangkok	Alice Springs
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,161.40	$1,338.88 A$2,012.74	+119.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB419,669.10	$2,763.88 A$4,154.97	-79.3%
Average			+20.2%

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Alice Springs
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.74	$6.05 A$9.10	+116.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB79.88	$3.68 A$5.53	+44.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.20	$17.66 A$26.55	+301.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,604.74	$66.51 A$99.98	+30.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.49	$13.08 A$19.67	+62.3%
Average			+111.2%

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pay 2.5% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Alice Springs
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,849.09	$71.96 A$108.18	+22.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,195.92	$11.45 A$17.21	-69.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,277.67	$141.74 A$213.08	+36.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,876.08	$111.21 A$167.18	+21.6%
Average			+2.5%

Bangkok vs. Alice Springs - Cost of clothing

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