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Karlovy Vary vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Karlovy Vary is 29.8% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.8 times more in Karlovy Vary
Groceries: pay 7.8% more in Karlovy Vary
Transportation: pay 2.5% more in Karlovy Vary
Housing: pay 60.6% more in Karlovy Vary
Childcare: pay 73.5% less in Karlovy Vary
Entertainment and Sports: pay 15.2% more in Karlovy Vary
Clothing: pay 17.1% more in Karlovy Vary

The cost of restaurants, housing, clothing, entertainment and sports, groceries, and transportation in Karlovy Vary are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in Karlovy Vary.

Karlovy Vary vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Karlovy Vary instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 2.8 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Karlovy Vary
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.67	$8.16 CZK169.55	+163.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB195.33	$7.92 CZK164.56	+27.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.94	$2.02 CZK42.06	+155.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.50	$1.56 CZK32.41	+368.0%
Average			+178.6%

Bangkok vs. Karlovy Vary - Cost of restaurants

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pay 7.8% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Karlovy Vary
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.36	$1.43 CZK29.65	-0.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.90	$6.13 CZK127.42	-27.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.72	$4.26 CZK88.58	-41.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.95	$2.84 CZK59.10	+24.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.47	$3.27 CZK67.86	+136.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.10	$0.79 CZK16.40	-50.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.72	$0.82 CZK17.13	+1.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.24	$1.05 CZK21.84	+2.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.86	$1.58 CZK32.93	+85.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.69	$0.56 CZK11.63	-22.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.45	$0.51 CZK10.54	-21.8%
Average			+7.8%

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pay 2.5% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Karlovy Vary
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.81	$6.52 CZK135.39	+38.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,172.00	$26.40 CZK548.55	-29.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,171,999.79	$28,797.76 CZK598,414.57	-22.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB366.25	$14.30 CZK297.21	+23.0%
Average			+2.5%

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pay 60.6% more for housing

	Bangkok	Karlovy Vary
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB532.54	$19.62 CZK407.72	+16.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,264.25	$746.34 CZK15,508.91	+10.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,141.91	$404.13 CZK8,397.75	+25.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,163.64	$199.42 CZK4,143.92	+190.3%
Average			+60.6%

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pay 73.5% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Karlovy Vary
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,195.25	$191.99 CZK3,989.43	-68.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB420,410.53	$2,879.78 CZK59,841.46	-78.4%
Average			-73.5%

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pay 15.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Karlovy Vary
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.90	$2.16 CZK44.88	-22.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.02	$2.98 CZK61.84	+17.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.44	$7.68 CZK159.58	+74.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,607.58	$60.00 CZK1,246.70	+17.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.93	$7.20 CZK149.60	-10.7%
Average			+15.2%

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pay 17.1% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Karlovy Vary
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,852.35	$88.55 CZK1,840.12	+50.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,198.04	$38.40 CZK797.89	+1.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,283.46	$101.59 CZK2,111.07	-2.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,881.17	$109.06 CZK2,266.25	+19.2%
Average			+17.1%

Bangkok vs. Karlovy Vary - 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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