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Buraydah vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Buraydah is 21.4% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 76.1% more in Buraydah
Groceries: pay 2.9% less in Buraydah
Transportation: pay 1.5% more in Buraydah
Housing: pay 69.5% more in Buraydah
Childcare: pay 64.1% less in Buraydah
Entertainment and Sports: pay 60.3% more in Buraydah
Clothing: pay 9.4% more in Buraydah

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

Buraydah vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 76.1% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Buraydah
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.67	$12.66 SAR47.50	+308.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB195.33	$7.33 SAR27.50	+18.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.94	$0.77 SAR2.90	-2.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.50	$0.27 SAR1.00	-20.0%
Average			+76.1%

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pay 2.9% less for groceries

	Bangkok	Buraydah
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.36	$1.07 SAR4.00	-25.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.90	$4.22 SAR15.83	-50.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.72	$6.14 SAR23.02	-15.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.95	$2.58 SAR9.70	+13.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.47	$3.05 SAR11.45	+121.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.10	$1.06 SAR3.99	-33.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.72	$0.82 SAR3.08	+0.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.24	$0.77 SAR2.90	-24.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.86	$0.77 SAR2.90	-9.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.69	$0.65 SAR2.45	-9.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.45	$0.65 SAR2.45	+0.6%
Average			-2.9%

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pay 1.5% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Buraydah
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.81	$2.31 SAR8.65	-50.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,172.00	$39.99 SAR150.01	+7.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,171,999.79	$15,997.76 SAR60,002.02	-57.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB366.25	$24.00 SAR90.00	+106.4%
Average			+1.5%

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pay 69.5% more for housing

	Bangkok	Buraydah
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB532.54	$70.12 SAR263.01	+314.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,264.25	$573.25 SAR2,150.07	-15.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,141.91	$319.96 SAR1,200.04	-0.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,163.64	$54.09 SAR202.89	-21.2%
Average			+69.5%

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pay 64.1% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Buraydah
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,195.25	$266.63 SAR1,000.03	-56.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB420,410.53	$3,732.81 SAR14,000.47	-72.0%
Average			-64.1%

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pay 60.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Buraydah
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.90	$1.60 SAR6.00	-42.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.02	$3.63 SAR13.60	+42.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.44	$6.40 SAR24.00	+45.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,607.58	$135.51 SAR508.27	+165.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.93	$15.33 SAR57.50	+90.2%
Average			+60.3%

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pay 9.4% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Buraydah
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,852.35	$51.73 SAR194.01	-12.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,198.04	$73.77 SAR276.68	+94.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,283.46	$81.32 SAR305.01	-22.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,881.17	$71.10 SAR266.68	-22.3%
Average			+9.4%

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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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