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Guinea vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Guinea is 42.1% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.2 times more in Guinea
Groceries: pay 23.6% more in Guinea
Transportation: pay 11.6% less in Guinea
Housing: pay 3.7 times more in Guinea
Childcare: pay 52.3% less in Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.7% less in Guinea
Clothing: pay 54.2% less in Guinea

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

Guinea vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.2 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB102.09	$5.00 GNF43,737	+61.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB204.18	$10.77 GNF94,249	+73.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB26.07	$1.62 GNF14,170	+104.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.98	$1.20 GNF10,497	+260.0%
Average			+124.9%

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pay 23.6% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB47.41	$1.32 GNF11,553	-8.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB280.03	$9.28 GNF81,169	+9.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB238.03	$8.22 GNF71,873	+13.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB75.21	$3.95 GNF34,516	+72.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB45.44	$2.83 GNF24,799	+105.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB52.37	$1.27 GNF11,131	-20.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB26.89	$1.11 GNF9,670	+35.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB33.70	$0.92 GNF8,039	-10.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB28.08	$1.28 GNF11,225	+50.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB23.72	$0.72 GNF6,314	+0.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB21.38	$0.72 GNF6,314	+11.2%
Average			+23.6%

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pay 11.6% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB154.51	$5.26 GNF46,023	+12.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,225.08	$28.49 GNF249K	-23.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1M	$33,000.00 GNF289M	-11.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB382.84	$8.87 GNF77,548	-23.8%
Average			-11.6%

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pay 3.7 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB556.66	$185.16 GNF2M	+995.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB22,227.29	$630.52 GNF6M	-6.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,601.23	$317.99 GNF3M	-1.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,261.62	$132.79 GNF1M	+93.3%
Average			+270.2%

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pay 52.3% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB20,064.59	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB439K	$6,362.45 GNF56M	-52.3%
Average			-52.3%

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pay 5.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB91.88	$2.50 GNF21,869	-10.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB83.65	$3.32 GNF29,000	+30.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB144.71	$1.16 GNF10,169	-73.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,680.38	$89.25 GNF781K	+74.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB265.43	$4.05 GNF35,442	-49.7%
Average			-5.7%

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pay 54.2% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,936.25	$20.00 GNF175K	-66.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,252.29	$25.00 GNF219K	-34.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,432.16	$30.00 GNF262K	-71.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB3,011.65	$50.00 GNF437K	-45.3%
Average			-54.2%

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