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New Taipei City vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

New Taipei City is 17.8% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 35.4% more in New Taipei City
Groceries: pay 46.5% more in New Taipei City
Transportation: pay 6.3% less in New Taipei City
Housing: pay 24.7% more in New Taipei City
Childcare: pay 13.9% more in New Taipei City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.2% less in New Taipei City
Clothing: pay 12.6% more in New Taipei City

The cost of groceries, restaurants, housing, childcare, and clothing in New Taipei City are more expensive than in Bangkok. Expenses including transportation and entertainment and sports are lower in New Taipei City.

New Taipei City vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Taipei City instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 35.4% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	New Taipei City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$4.92 NT$153.80	+58.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$5.41 NT$169.19	-12.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$0.87 NT$27.34	+10.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$0.62 NT$19.32	+85.3%
Average			+35.4%

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pay 46.5% more for groceries

	Bangkok	New Taipei City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$1.97 NT$61.52	+36.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$6.43 NT$201.10	-24.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$12.05 NT$376.89	+66.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.82 NT$88.18	+23.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$3.56 NT$111.25	+157.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.93 NT$60.46	+21.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$1.09 NT$34.15	+33.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$1.04 NT$32.44	+1.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$1.29 NT$40.46	+51.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$1.64 NT$51.16	+127.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.76 NT$23.72	+16.8%
Average			+46.5%

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pay 6.3% less for transportation

	Bangkok	New Taipei City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$3.84 NT$120.25	-18.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$39.32 NT$1,230.44	+5.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$37,686.38 NT$1,179,169.22	+1.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$10.00 NT$312.74	-14.0%
Average			-6.3%

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pay 24.7% more for housing

	Bangkok	New Taipei City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$24.39 NT$763.04	+44.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$581.67 NT$18,199.98	-13.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$433.18 NT$13,553.86	+34.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$91.89 NT$2,875.04	+33.8%
Average			+24.7%

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pay 13.9% more for childcare

	Bangkok	New Taipei City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$589.87 NT$18,456.56	-3.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$17,477.74 NT$546,861.09	+31.0%
Average			+13.9%

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pay 2.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	New Taipei City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$1.72 NT$53.83	-38.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$2.43 NT$75.88	-4.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$4.92 NT$153.80	+11.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$39.74 NT$1,243.33	-22.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$11.47 NT$358.88	+42.3%
Average			-2.2%

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pay 12.6% more for clothing

	Bangkok	New Taipei City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$74.83 NT$2,341.25	+27.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$47.46 NT$1,485.07	+24.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$90.94 NT$2,845.39	-12.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$101.58 NT$3,178.43	+11.1%
Average			+12.6%

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