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Cancun vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Cancun is 34.1% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.8 times more in Cancun
Groceries: pay 26.9% more in Cancun
Transportation: pay 21.7% more in Cancun
Housing: pay 63.1% more in Cancun
Childcare: pay 63.1% less in Cancun
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.6% less in Cancun
Clothing: pay 16.1% more in Cancun

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

Cancun vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.8 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Cancun
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$12.59 MX$228.84	+306.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$10.83 MX$196.85	+74.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.62 MX$29.45	+104.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.06 MX$19.22	+217.3%
Average			+175.7%

Bangkok vs. Cancun - Cost of restaurants

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pay 26.9% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Cancun
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$2.55 MX$46.29	+76.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$5.45 MX$99.06	-35.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$5.50 MX$99.97	-23.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.27 MX$41.24	-0.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$3.77 MX$68.43	+172.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.40 MX$25.39	-12.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.67 MX$12.26	-17.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$1.44 MX$26.09	+40.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.94 MX$17.05	+10.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.89 MX$16.24	+24.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$1.05 MX$19.05	+61.5%
Average			+26.9%

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pay 21.7% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Cancun
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$5.06 MX$91.88	+7.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$27.08 MX$492.12	-27.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$31,003.27 MX$563,471.97	-16.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$25.93 MX$471.22	+123.0%
Average			+21.7%

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pay 63.1% more for housing

	Bangkok	Cancun
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$37.91 MX$688.96	+124.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$665.32 MX$12,091.97	-1.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$433.23 MX$7,873.84	+34.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$133.90 MX$2,433.56	+94.9%
Average			+63.1%

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pay 63.1% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Cancun
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$204.43 MX$3,715.47	-66.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$5,361.26 MX$97,438.82	-59.8%
Average			-63.1%

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pay 1.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Cancun
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$3.12 MX$56.79	+12.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$3.46 MX$62.90	+36.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$4.33 MX$78.74	-1.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$27.06 MX$491.87	-47.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$7.42 MX$134.84	-8.0%
Average			-1.6%

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pay 16.1% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Cancun
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$64.99 MX$1,181.08	+10.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$51.43 MX$934.77	+35.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$75.82 MX$1,377.92	-27.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$133.56 MX$2,427.44	+46.0%
Average			+16.1%

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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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