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Rotorua vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Rotorua is 71.9% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.6 times more in Rotorua
Groceries: pay 41.3% more in Rotorua
Transportation: pay 21.1% more in Rotorua
Housing: pay 69.1% more in Rotorua
Childcare: pay 7.8% more in Rotorua
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1 times more in Rotorua
Clothing: pay 8.8% less in Rotorua

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

Rotorua vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 3.6 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Rotorua
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$11.54 NZ$19.97	+272.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$9.23 NZ$15.98	+48.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$2.17 NZ$3.75	+173.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$2.20 NZ$3.80	+558.6%
Average			+263.3%

Bangkok vs. Rotorua - Cost of restaurants

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pay 41.3% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Rotorua
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$1.76 NZ$3.04	+22.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$3.63 NZ$6.28	-57.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$6.75 NZ$11.69	-6.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$6.38 NZ$11.05	+179.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$3.66 NZ$6.34	+165.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$0.98 NZ$1.70	-38.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.92 NZ$1.59	+12.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$1.38 NZ$2.40	+35.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$1.96 NZ$3.40	+130.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.80 NZ$1.39	+11.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.65 NZ$1.13	+0.7%
Average			+41.3%

Bangkok vs. Rotorua - Cost of groceries

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pay 21.1% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Rotorua
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$5.70 NZ$9.87	+21.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$60.58 NZ$104.86	+62.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$25,670.49 NZ$44,435.70	-31.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$15.27 NZ$26.42	+31.3%
Average			+21.1%

Bangkok vs. Rotorua - Cost of transportation

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pay 69.1% more for housing

	Bangkok	Rotorua
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$48.08 NZ$83.22	+184.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$806.26 NZ$1,395.64	+19.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$642.56 NZ$1,112.27	+99.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$50.18 NZ$86.87	-26.9%
Average			+69.1%

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pay 7.8% more for childcare

	Bangkok	Rotorua
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$692.32 NZ$1,198.40	+13.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$13,628.73 NZ$23,591.37	+2.1%
Average			+7.8%

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Rotorua
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$6.35 NZ$10.99	+127.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$3.27 NZ$5.66	+28.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$21.92 NZ$37.95	+398.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$39.81 NZ$68.91	-22.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$9.23 NZ$15.98	+14.5%
Average			+109.5%

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pay 8.8% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Rotorua
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$67.87 NZ$117.48	+15.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$25.96 NZ$44.94	-31.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$76.92 NZ$133.16	-26.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$98.08 NZ$169.77	+7.2%
Average			-8.8%

Bangkok vs. Rotorua - 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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