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Monterrey vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Monterrey is 38.4% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.8 times more in Monterrey
Groceries: pay 39.1% more in Monterrey
Transportation: pay 3.5% less in Monterrey
Housing: pay 68.7% more in Monterrey
Childcare: pay 35.5% less in Monterrey
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.6% more in Monterrey
Clothing: pay 21.1% more in Monterrey

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

Monterrey vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.8 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Monterrey
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$13.57 MX$246.64	+337.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$10.31 MX$187.45	+66.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.50 MX$27.31	+89.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.06 MX$19.35	+219.3%
Average			+178.3%

Bangkok vs. Monterrey - Cost of restaurants

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pay 39.1% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Monterrey
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$2.86 MX$51.91	+98.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$5.51 MX$100.14	-35.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$6.76 MX$122.87	-6.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.59 MX$47.11	+13.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$4.49 MX$81.62	+225.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.55 MX$28.11	-2.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.70 MX$12.67	-14.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.97 MX$17.62	-5.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.99 MX$17.93	+15.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$1.08 MX$19.60	+49.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$1.24 MX$22.60	+91.5%
Average			+39.1%

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pay 3.5% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Monterrey
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$5.26 MX$95.52	+12.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$43.97 MX$799.12	+18.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$24,155.97 MX$439,025.02	-35.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$10.59 MX$192.38	-9.0%
Average			-3.5%

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pay 68.7% more for housing

	Bangkok	Monterrey
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$30.26 MX$549.88	+79.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$919.42 MX$16,710.08	+36.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$717.49 MX$13,040.17	+122.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$93.90 MX$1,706.58	+36.7%
Average			+68.7%

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pay 35.5% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Monterrey
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$367.64 MX$6,681.79	-39.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$9,179.87 MX$166,840.47	-31.2%
Average			-35.5%

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pay 0.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Monterrey
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$2.71 MX$49.33	-2.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$3.83 MX$69.63	+50.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$4.61 MX$83.86	+5.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$38.58 MX$701.10	-24.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$5.97 MX$108.52	-25.9%
Average			+0.6%

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pay 21.1% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Monterrey
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$62.26 MX$1,131.60	+5.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$43.64 MX$793.05	+14.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$115.54 MX$2,099.92	+10.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$139.97 MX$2,543.95	+53.0%
Average			+21.1%

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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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