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Porto Seguro vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Porto Seguro is 12.3% cheaper than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 49.7% more in Porto Seguro
Groceries: pay 10.3% less in Porto Seguro
Transportation: pay 16.5% more in Porto Seguro
Housing: pay 43.5% less in Porto Seguro
Childcare: pay 79.1% less in Porto Seguro
Entertainment and Sports: pay 30.7% less in Porto Seguro
Clothing: pay 11.4% more in Porto Seguro

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

Porto Seguro vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Porto Seguro instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 49.7% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Porto Seguro
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$5.59 R$30.41	+80.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$6.80 R$37.00	+9.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.12 R$6.08	+41.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$0.56 R$3.04	+67.7%
Average			+49.7%

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pay 10.3% less for groceries

	Bangkok	Porto Seguro
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$1.37 R$7.43	-5.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$4.43 R$24.07	-48.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$4.94 R$26.86	-31.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$4.66 R$25.34	+103.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$1.69 R$9.19	+22.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$0.85 R$4.60	-46.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.59 R$3.22	-27.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.76 R$4.14	-25.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.68 R$3.68	-20.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.63 R$3.45	-12.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.51 R$2.76	-21.9%
Average			-10.3%

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pay 16.5% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Porto Seguro
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$4.89 R$26.59	+4.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$65.22 R$354.75	+75.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$26,087.28 R$141,899.15	-29.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	??
Average			+16.5%

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pay 43.5% less for housing

	Bangkok	Porto Seguro
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$16.14 R$87.81	-4.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$223.61 R$1,216.28	-66.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$139.75 R$760.17	-56.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$37.05 R$201.52	-46.1%
Average			-43.5%

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pay 79.1% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Porto Seguro
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$2,795.07 R$15,203.48	-79.1%
Average			-79.1%

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pay 30.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Porto Seguro
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$1.68 R$9.12	-39.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$2.05 R$11.15	-19.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	??
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$22.36 R$121.63	-56.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$7.45 R$40.54	-7.5%
Average			-30.7%

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pay 11.4% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Porto Seguro
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$93.17 R$506.78	+58.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$55.90 R$304.07	+47.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$93.17 R$506.78	-10.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$46.58 R$253.39	-49.1%
Average			+11.4%

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