Cost of living comparison

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Linkoping vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Linkoping is 86.5% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants
pay 4.2 times more in Linkoping
Groceries
pay 70.2% more in Linkoping
Transportation
pay 80.8% more in Linkoping
Housing
pay 66.8% more in Linkoping
Childcare
pay 79.7% less in Linkoping
Entertainment and Sports
pay 80.2% more in Linkoping
Clothing
pay 66.3% more in Linkoping

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

Linkoping vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

pay 4.2 times more for restaurants

 
Bangkok
Linkoping
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.10
THB99.13
$14.55
SEK137.48
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$6.20
THB198.27
$10.58
SEK99.98
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.79
THB25.31
$2.77
SEK26.16

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pay 70.2% more for groceries

 
Bangkok
Linkoping
Bread
1 loaf
$1.44
THB46.04
$3.24
SEK30.59
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.50
THB271.92
$7.11
SEK67.16
Milk (1 gallon) $7.23
THB231.14
$6.93
SEK65.54

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pay 80.8% more for transportation

 
Bangkok
Linkoping
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.69
THB150.03
$7.34
SEK69.40
Monthly public transit pass $37.21
THB1,189.60
$79.87
SEK754.88
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $37,206.42
THB1,189,604.53
$32,689.58
SEK308,949.23

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pay 66.8% more for housing

 
Bangkok
Linkoping
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$16.91
THB540.54
$39.35
SEK371.94
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $675.06
THB21,583.67
$823.41
SEK7,782.05
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $321.97
THB10,294.25
$648.04
SEK6,124.59

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pay 79.7% less for childcare

 
Bangkok
Linkoping
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $609.37
THB19,483.59
$214.23
SEK2,024.67
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $13,346.39
THB426,725.56
$740.54
SEK6,998.85

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pay 80.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Bangkok
Linkoping
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.79
THB89.22
$7.41
SEK69.99
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.54
THB81.22
$4.58
SEK43.33
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.40
THB140.52
$7.41
SEK69.99

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pay 66.3% more for clothing

 
Bangkok
Linkoping
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$58.81
THB1,880.18
$104.29
SEK985.64
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$38.03
THB1,216.03
$51.81
SEK489.67
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$104.24
THB3,332.78
$122.42
SEK1,156.95

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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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