Cost of living comparison

Thailand

compared to

Italy

Perugia vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Perugia is 17.1% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.5 times more in Perugia
Groceries: pay 3.6% more in Perugia
Transportation: pay 39.3% more in Perugia
Housing: pay 4.8% more in Perugia
Childcare: pay 49.5% less in Perugia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.4% more in Perugia
Clothing: pay 13.8% less in Perugia

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

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Perugia vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 3.5 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Perugia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.97 THB99.93	$17.36 €15.49	+484.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.98 THB234.83	$11.20 €9.99	+60.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 THB21.88	$3.02 €2.70	+364.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.35 THB11.85	$1.55 €1.38	+338.5%
Average			+252.9%

Bangkok vs. Perugia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.6% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Perugia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.48 THB49.71	$2.09 €1.86	+41.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.63 THB290.22	$8.54 €7.62	-1.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.27 THB244.58	$5.17 €4.61	-29.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.56 THB86.28	$4.29 €3.83	+67.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.63 THB54.88	$5.59 €4.99	+242.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 THB59.51	$0.71 €0.63	-59.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.81 THB27.13	$0.77 €0.69	-4.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.24 THB41.81	$0.81 €0.72	-35.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.87 THB29.41	$0.97 €0.86	+10.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 THB26.29	$0.65 €0.58	-17.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.69 THB23.27	$0.79 €0.71	+14.7%
Average			+3.6%

Bangkok vs. Perugia - Cost of groceries

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pay 39.3% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Perugia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.32 THB178.88	$7.46 €6.66	+40.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$34.98 THB1,176.64	$61.59 €54.97	+76.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,193.83 THB1M	$36,317.50 €32,414.75	+16.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.55 THB354.74	$13.66 €12.19	+29.5%
Average			+39.3%

Bangkok vs. Perugia - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.8% more for housing

	Bangkok	Perugia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.88 THB601.26	$30.79 €27.48	+72.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.80 THB22,731.05	$485.22 €433.08	-28.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$346.10 THB11,641.49	$428.38 €382.34	+23.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$82.03 THB2,759.05	$127.80 €114.06	+55.8%
Average			+4.8%

Bangkok vs. Perugia - Cost of housing

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pay 49.5% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Perugia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$568.31 THB19,115.66	$597.19 €533.02	+5.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$16,500.59 THB555K	$4,003.05 €3,572.88	-75.7%
Average			-49.5%

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pay 4.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Perugia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.67 THB89.93	$5.60 €5.00	+109.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.79 THB93.99	$1.75 €1.57	-37.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.60 THB154.89	$6.16 €5.50	+33.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.43 THB1,965.23	$44.79 €39.98	-23.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.58 THB254.81	$8.40 €7.50	+10.9%
Average			+4.4%

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pay 13.8% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Perugia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$70.75 THB2,379.76	$67.18 €59.96	-5.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.94 THB1,444.28	$35.83 €31.98	-16.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.05 THB3,264.28	$80.60 €71.94	-16.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$109.92 THB3,697.30	$92.38 €82.45	-16.0%
Average			-13.8%

Bangkok vs. Perugia - Cost of clothing

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