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Richmond Hill vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Richmond Hill is 83.8% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.1 times more in Richmond Hill
Groceries: pay 53.7% more in Richmond Hill
Transportation: pay 38.3% more in Richmond Hill
Housing: pay 3.3 times more in Richmond Hill
Childcare: pay 4.6% less in Richmond Hill
Entertainment and Sports: pay 64.8% more in Richmond Hill
Clothing: pay 7.2% less in Richmond Hill

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

Richmond Hill vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Richmond Hill instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 3.1 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Richmond Hill
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$14.75 CA$20.39	+375.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$9.35 CA$12.93	+50.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.83 CA$2.53	+131.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.26 CA$1.74	+277.5%
Average			+208.8%

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pay 53.7% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Richmond Hill
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$2.26 CA$3.13	+57.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$3.97 CA$5.49	-53.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$11.81 CA$16.33	+63.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$3.28 CA$4.53	+43.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$5.13 CA$7.09	+271.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.80 CA$2.48	+12.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.60 CA$0.83	-26.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$1.47 CA$2.04	+44.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$1.54 CA$2.13	+80.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$1.11 CA$1.53	+53.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.93 CA$1.29	+43.4%
Average			+53.7%

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pay 38.3% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Richmond Hill
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$4.05 CA$5.60	-13.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$110.79 CA$153.21	+197.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$24,444.83 CA$33,803.54	-34.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$12.00 CA$16.59	+3.2%
Average			+38.3%

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pay 3.3 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Richmond Hill
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$56.36 CA$77.93	+233.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$1,755.41 CA$2,427.47	+160.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$1,798.58 CA$2,487.16	+458.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$123.78 CA$171.18	+80.2%
Average			+233.0%

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pay 4.6% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Richmond Hill
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$647.49 CA$895.38	+6.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$11,271.09 CA$15,586.22	-15.5%
Average			-4.6%

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pay 64.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Richmond Hill
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$5.04 CA$6.96	+80.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$3.17 CA$4.38	+24.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$12.95 CA$17.91	+194.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$43.17 CA$59.69	-15.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$11.26 CA$15.57	+39.7%
Average			+64.8%

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pay 7.2% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Richmond Hill
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$60.43 CA$83.57	+2.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$43.17 CA$59.69	+13.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$62.95 CA$87.05	-39.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$86.33 CA$119.38	-5.6%
Average			-7.2%

Bangkok vs. Richmond Hill - 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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