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Idaho Falls vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Idaho Falls is 82.4% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.8 times more in Idaho Falls
Groceries: pay 42.8% more in Idaho Falls
Transportation: pay 5.1% less in Idaho Falls
Housing: pay 2.6 times more in Idaho Falls
Childcare: pay 46.6% more in Idaho Falls
Entertainment and Sports: pay 61.4% more in Idaho Falls
Clothing: pay 0.3% more in Idaho Falls

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, and clothing in Idaho Falls are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants and housing are significantly more expensive in Idaho Falls.

Idaho Falls vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Idaho Falls instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 3.8 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Idaho Falls
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB99.13	$17.50	+464.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB198.27	$11.00	+77.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.31	$2.21	+179.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.66	$1.60	+380.0%
Average			+275.2%

Bangkok vs. Idaho Falls - Cost of restaurants

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pay 42.8% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Idaho Falls
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB46.04	$3.23	+124.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB271.92	$5.22	-38.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB231.14	$3.47	-52.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB73.03	$4.23	+85.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB44.12	$4.60	+233.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.86	$1.54	-3.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB26.11	$0.62	-24.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.72	$1.21	+18.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.27	$1.24	+45.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB23.03	$0.74	+2.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.76	$1.17	+80.2%
Average			+42.8%

Bangkok vs. Idaho Falls - Cost of groceries

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pay 5.1% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Idaho Falls
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB150.03	$3.36	-28.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,189.60	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,189,604.53	$34,677.84	-6.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB371.75	$13.93	+19.8%
Average			-5.1%

Bangkok vs. Idaho Falls - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.6 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Idaho Falls
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB540.54	$57.50	+240.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,583.67	$1,000.00	+48.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,294.25	$1,150.00	+257.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,196.14	$121.08	+76.3%
Average			+155.4%

Bangkok vs. Idaho Falls - Cost of housing

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pay 46.6% more for childcare

	Bangkok	Idaho Falls
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,483.59	$950.00	+55.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB426,725.56	$18,333.33	+37.4%
Average			+46.6%

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pay 61.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Idaho Falls
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB89.22	$4.50	+61.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB81.22	$5.14	+102.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB140.52	$9.00	+104.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,631.73	$38.00	-25.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB257.75	$13.25	+64.4%
Average			+61.4%

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pay 0.3% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Idaho Falls
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,880.18	$58.50	-0.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,216.03	$44.17	+16.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,332.78	$85.00	-18.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,924.44	$95.00	+3.9%
Average			+0.3%

Bangkok vs. Idaho Falls - 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: December 2025

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