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Papua New Guinea vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Papua New Guinea is 75.5% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Papua New Guinea
Groceries: pay 67.4% more in Papua New Guinea
Transportation: pay 6.9% more in Papua New Guinea
Housing: pay 4.3 times more in Papua New Guinea
Childcare: pay 33.3% less in Papua New Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 27.5% more in Papua New Guinea
Clothing: pay 17.8% less in Papua New Guinea

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

Papua New Guinea vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Papua New Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.49	$17.87 PGK76.12	+476.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB194.99	$5.92 PGK25.23	-4.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.89	$0.80 PGK3.42	+1.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.48	$0.70 PGK3.00	+111.4%
Average			+146.2%

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pay 67.4% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Papua New Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.28	$1.55 PGK6.62	+7.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.43	$3.60 PGK15.35	-57.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.32	$7.76 PGK33.06	+7.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.83	$4.00 PGK17.05	+75.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.39	$3.63 PGK15.46	+163.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.01	$1.99 PGK8.47	+25.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.68	$1.32 PGK5.63	+61.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.18	$2.73 PGK11.64	+167.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.82	$1.62 PGK6.92	+90.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.65	$1.58 PGK6.73	+119.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.41	$1.18 PGK5.03	+81.9%
Average			+67.4%

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pay 6.9% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Papua New Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.55	$4.22 PGK17.96	-10.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,169.93	$23.69 PGK100.90	-36.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,169,932.86	$22,387.96 PGK95,354.79	-39.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB365.60	$24.88 PGK105.95	+113.9%
Average			+6.9%

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pay 4.3 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Papua New Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB531.61	$165.84 PGK706.33	+880.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,226.75	$2,652.44 PGK11,297.25	+292.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,124.02	$758.54 PGK3,230.79	+135.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,159.82	$80.08 PGK341.06	+16.6%
Average			+331.5%

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pay 33.3% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Papua New Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,161.40	$631.76 PGK2,690.79	+3.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB419,669.10	$3,968.24 PGK16,901.51	-70.3%
Average			-33.3%

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pay 27.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Papua New Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.74	$2.98 PGK12.67	+6.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB79.88	$2.56 PGK10.89	+0.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.20	$6.96 PGK29.63	+58.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,604.74	$73.52 PGK313.14	+44.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.49	$10.30 PGK43.87	+27.8%
Average			+27.5%

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pay 17.8% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Papua New Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,849.09	$31.15 PGK132.69	-47.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,195.92	$36.48 PGK155.39	-4.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,277.67	$76.40 PGK325.42	-26.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,876.08	$97.73 PGK416.23	+6.8%
Average			-17.8%

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