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New Westminster vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

New Westminster is 84.2% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.7 times more in New Westminster
Groceries: pay 30.0% more in New Westminster
Transportation: pay 38.5% more in New Westminster
Housing: pay 3.0 times more in New Westminster
Childcare: pay 1.6% less in New Westminster
Entertainment and Sports: pay 83.3% more in New Westminster
Clothing: pay 23.2% less in New Westminster

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

New Westminster vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Westminster instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 3.7 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	New Westminster
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.67	$17.94 CA$24.75	+478.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB195.33	$9.33 CA$12.87	+50.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.94	$1.95 CA$2.69	+146.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.50	$1.62 CA$2.24	+387.3%
Average			+265.6%

Bangkok vs. New Westminster - Cost of restaurants

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pay 30.0% more for groceries

	Bangkok	New Westminster
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.36	$1.93 CA$2.66	+33.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.90	$4.92 CA$6.78	-42.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.72	$6.49 CA$8.96	-10.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.95	$3.44 CA$4.75	+50.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.47	$3.91 CA$5.39	+183.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.10	$1.50 CA$2.06	-6.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.72	$0.93 CA$1.28	+13.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.24	$1.28 CA$1.77	+25.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.86	$1.34 CA$1.84	+56.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.69	$0.90 CA$1.23	+24.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.45	$0.65 CA$0.90	+0.3%
Average			+30.0%

Bangkok vs. New Westminster - Cost of groceries

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pay 38.5% more for transportation

	Bangkok	New Westminster
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.81	$4.51 CA$6.22	-4.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,172.00	$93.29 CA$128.67	+150.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,171,999.79	$24,382.26 CA$33,631.67	-34.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB366.25	$16.50 CA$22.77	+42.0%
Average			+38.5%

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pay 3.0 times more for housing

	Bangkok	New Westminster
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB532.54	$63.69 CA$87.85	+276.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,264.25	$1,584.68 CA$2,185.82	+134.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,141.91	$1,345.48 CA$1,855.89	+317.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,163.64	$108.98 CA$150.32	+58.7%
Average			+197.0%

Bangkok vs. New Westminster - Cost of housing

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pay 1.6% less for childcare

	Bangkok	New Westminster
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,195.25	$789.35 CA$1,088.79	+29.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB420,410.53	$8,969.87 CA$12,372.59	-32.8%
Average			-1.6%

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pay 83.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	New Westminster
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.90	$5.74 CA$7.92	+105.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.02	$3.41 CA$4.70	+34.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.44	$15.79 CA$21.78	+259.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,607.58	$33.73 CA$46.52	-33.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.93	$12.20 CA$16.83	+51.3%
Average			+83.3%

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pay 23.2% less for clothing

	Bangkok	New Westminster
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,852.35	$35.88 CA$49.49	-39.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,198.04	$28.70 CA$39.59	-24.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,283.46	$71.76 CA$98.98	-31.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,881.17	$93.29 CA$128.67	+2.0%
Average			-23.2%

Bangkok vs. New Westminster - 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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