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Cotonou vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Cotonou is 4.6% cheaper than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 43.5% more in Cotonou
Groceries: pay 4.2% more in Cotonou
Transportation: pay 20.8% less in Cotonou
Housing: pay 67.8% more in Cotonou
Childcare: pay 67.1% less in Cotonou
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.3% more in Cotonou
Clothing: pay 71.1% less in Cotonou

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

Cotonou vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 43.5% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Cotonou
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB102.09	$3.56 F CFA2,031	+14.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB204.18	$6.23 F CFA3,555	+0.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB26.07	$0.93 F CFA533	+18.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.98	$0.80 F CFA457	+140.4%
Average			+43.5%

Bangkok vs. Cotonou - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.2% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Cotonou
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB47.41	$1.60 F CFA914	+11.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB280.03	$4.90 F CFA2,793	-42.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB238.03	$10.90 F CFA6,215	+50.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB75.21	$2.42 F CFA1,379	+5.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB45.44	$2.36 F CFA1,347	+71.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB52.37	$1.62 F CFA921	+1.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB26.89	$0.85 F CFA484	+3.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB33.70	$0.62 F CFA353	-39.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB28.08	$0.74 F CFA422	-13.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB23.72	$0.67 F CFA384	-6.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB21.38	$0.67 F CFA384	+3.7%
Average			+4.2%

Bangkok vs. Cotonou - Cost of groceries

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pay 20.8% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Cotonou
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB154.51	$4.13 F CFA2,356	-12.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,225.08	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1M	??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB382.84	$8.19 F CFA4,672	-29.6%
Average			-20.8%

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pay 67.8% more for housing

	Bangkok	Cotonou
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB556.66	$50.45 F CFA28,775	+198.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB22,227.29	$211.44 F CFA121K	-68.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,601.23	$142.45 F CFA81,248	-55.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,261.62	$204.24 F CFA116K	+197.4%
Average			+67.8%

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pay 67.1% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Cotonou
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB20,064.59	$136.51 F CFA77,863	-77.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB439K	$5,786.92 F CFA3M	-56.6%
Average			-67.1%

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pay 11.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Cotonou
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB91.88	$1.07 F CFA609	-61.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB83.65	$5.94 F CFA3,385	+133.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB144.71	$3.56 F CFA2,031	-19.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,680.38	$47.48 F CFA27,083	-7.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB265.43	$8.90 F CFA5,078	+10.4%
Average			+11.3%

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pay 71.1% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Cotonou
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,936.25	$17.81 F CFA10,156	-69.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,252.29	$8.90 F CFA5,078	-76.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,432.16	$8.90 F CFA5,078	-91.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB3,011.65	$48.97 F CFA27,929	-46.5%
Average			-71.1%

Bangkok vs. Cotonou - Cost of clothing

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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: April 2026

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