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Medellin vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Medellin is 0.0% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 79.7% more in Medellin
Groceries: pay 16.5% less in Medellin
Transportation: pay 1.5% more in Medellin
Housing: pay 12.7% more in Medellin
Childcare: pay 43.5% less in Medellin
Entertainment and Sports: pay 42.8% less in Medellin
Clothing: pay 8.9% more in Medellin

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

Medellin vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 79.7% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Medellin
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$6.40 COP24,314.59	+106.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$7.68 COP29,177.51	+23.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.16 COP4,418.62	+46.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$0.81 COP3,061.70	+141.8%
Average			+79.7%

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pay 16.5% less for groceries

	Bangkok	Medellin
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$1.42 COP5,405.22	-1.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$2.26 COP8,588.71	-73.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$4.18 COP15,869.58	-42.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.36 COP8,956.02	+3.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$2.61 COP9,900.20	+88.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.13 COP4,297.52	-28.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.48 COP1,840.64	-40.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.79 COP3,018.77	-22.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.65 COP2,450.87	-24.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.58 COP2,218.04	-19.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.51 COP1,946.61	-21.1%
Average			-16.5%

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pay 1.5% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Medellin
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$3.94 COP14,969.53	-16.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$43.52 COP165,339.21	+17.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$18,943.94 COP71,971,186.19	-49.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$17.92 COP68,080.85	+54.1%
Average			+1.5%

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pay 12.7% more for housing

	Bangkok	Medellin
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$25.49 COP96,826.10	+50.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$532.59 COP2,023,393.98	-21.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$400.83 COP1,522,836.11	+24.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$66.50 COP252,654.43	-3.2%
Average			+12.7%

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pay 43.5% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Medellin
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$400.53 COP1,521,689.25	-34.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$6,297.58 COP23,925,556.49	-52.8%
Average			-43.5%

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pay 42.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Medellin
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$1.79 COP6,808.09	-35.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$1.76 COP6,684.50	-30.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$2.30 COP8,753.25	-47.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$26.71 COP101,472.89	-47.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$3.84 COP14,588.75	-52.4%
Average			-42.8%

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pay 8.9% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Medellin
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$66.24 COP251,656.01	+12.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$37.24 COP141,466.71	-2.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$108.25 COP411,263.92	+3.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$110.81 COP420,989.76	+21.2%
Average			+8.9%

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