Cost of living comparison

compared to

Atenas vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Atenas is 43.6% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.0 times more in Atenas
Groceries: pay 41.3% more in Atenas
Transportation: pay 18.2% more in Atenas
Housing: pay 44.9% more in Atenas
Childcare: pay 28.5% less in Atenas
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.2% more in Atenas
Clothing: pay 16.6% more in Atenas

The cost of restaurants, housing, groceries, transportation, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Atenas are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in Atenas.

Atenas vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

Display currency: USD

pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Atenas
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$8.91 CRC4,354.66	+187.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$9.91 CRC4,838.51	+59.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$2.06 CRC1,004.21	+159.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.67 CRC817.27	+401.9%
Average			+202.2%

Bangkok vs. Atenas - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 41.3% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Atenas
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$2.64 CRC1,288.25	+83.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$4.95 CRC2,419.25	-41.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$7.78 CRC3,801.22	+7.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.88 CRC1,404.76	+25.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$3.97 CRC1,936.83	+187.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.80 CRC877.88	+13.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.65 CRC319.23	-20.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$1.08 CRC526.73	+5.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.99 CRC482.84	+15.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$1.53 CRC746.20	+112.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$1.08 CRC526.73	+66.1%
Average			+41.3%

Bangkok vs. Atenas - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 18.2% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Atenas
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$5.39 CRC2,631.93	+14.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$37,640.45 CRC18,386,324.93	+1.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$16.12 CRC7,872.25	+38.6%
Average			+18.2%

Bangkok vs. Atenas - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 44.9% more for housing

	Bangkok	Atenas
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$46.56 CRC22,740.98	+175.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$544.80 CRC266,117.86	-19.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$396.22 CRC193,540.26	+23.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$68.88 CRC33,646.32	+0.3%
Average			+44.9%

Bangkok vs. Atenas - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 28.5% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Atenas
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$600.27 CRC293,213.50	-1.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$5,943.23 CRC2,903,103.94	-55.5%
Average			-28.5%

Bangkok vs. Atenas - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 10.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Atenas
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$2.67 CRC1,306.40	-4.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$3.76 CRC1,838.63	+48.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$5.15 CRC2,516.02	+17.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$43.58 CRC21,289.43	-14.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$8.42 CRC4,112.73	+4.4%
Average			+10.2%

Bangkok vs. Atenas - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 16.6% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Atenas
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$61.74 CRC30,160.02	+5.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$49.53 CRC24,192.53	+30.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$118.86 CRC58,062.08	+14.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$106.98 CRC52,255.87	+17.0%
Average			+16.6%

Bangkok vs. Atenas - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

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

More cost comparisons

Bangkok vs.

Vienna

Bangkok vs.

Manila

Bangkok vs.

Kiev

Bangkok vs.

Hong Kong

Bangkok vs.

Rome

Bangkok vs.

Reykjavik

Bangkok vs.

Algiers

Bangkok vs.

Dublin

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

See the cost of living in Thailand vs. Costa Rica. This provides a comparison of the average cost of living from cities within Thailand and Costa Rica.

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Bangkok

Add prices for Atenas

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Atenas or Bangkok. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.