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Parry Sound vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Parry Sound is 91.8% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.7 times more in Parry Sound
Groceries: pay 17.1% more in Parry Sound
Transportation: pay 23.5% less in Parry Sound
Housing: pay 2.8 times more in Parry Sound
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Parry Sound
Entertainment and Sports: pay 53.6% more in Parry Sound
Clothing: pay 35.4% more in Parry Sound

The cost of restaurants, housing, childcare, entertainment and sports, clothing, and groceries in Parry Sound are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants, housing, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Parry Sound.

Parry Sound vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Parry Sound instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 3.7 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Parry Sound
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB102.09	$19.01 CA$26.39	+513.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB204.18	$10.08 CA$13.99	+62.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB26.07	$1.90 CA$2.63	+139.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.98	$1.55 CA$2.15	+365.1%
Average			+270.0%

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pay 17.1% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Parry Sound
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB47.41	$2.38 CA$3.31	+65.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB280.03	$2.12 CA$2.94	-75.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB238.03	$8.75 CA$12.14	+21.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB75.21	$3.14 CA$4.36	+37.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB45.44	$4.88 CA$6.78	+253.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB52.37	$1.56 CA$2.17	-1.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB26.89	$0.33 CA$0.45	-60.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB33.70	$0.33 CA$0.45	-68.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB28.08	$0.98 CA$1.36	+14.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB23.72	$0.76 CA$1.06	+6.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB21.38	$0.62 CA$0.86	-4.8%
Average			+17.1%

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pay 23.5% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Parry Sound
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB154.51	$3.93 CA$5.46	-16.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,225.08	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1M	$24,369.83 CA$33,839.43	-34.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB382.84	$9.32 CA$12.95	-19.8%
Average			-23.5%

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pay 2.8 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Parry Sound
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB556.66	$53.79 CA$74.69	+218.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB22,227.29	$1,111.70 CA$1,543.68	+64.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,601.23	$1,362.73 CA$1,892.25	+323.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,261.62	$142.50 CA$197.88	+107.5%
Average			+178.4%

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Bangkok	Parry Sound
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB20,064.59	$1,291.00 CA$1,792.66	+111.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB439K	??
Average			+111.9%

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pay 53.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Parry Sound
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB91.88	$5.02 CA$6.97	+79.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB83.65	$2.87 CA$3.98	+12.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB144.71	$12.12 CA$16.83	+175.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,680.38	$33.71 CA$46.81	-33.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB265.43	$10.76 CA$14.94	+33.5%
Average			+53.6%

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pay 35.4% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Parry Sound
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,936.25	$68.67 CA$95.36	+16.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,252.29	$56.90 CA$79.01	+49.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,432.16	$112.96 CA$156.86	+8.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB3,011.65	$152.41 CA$211.63	+66.6%
Average			+35.4%

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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: April 2026

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