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San Luis Potosi vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

San Luis Potosi is 12.9% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.4 times more in San Luis Potosi
Groceries: pay 39.0% more in San Luis Potosi
Transportation: pay 20.3% more in San Luis Potosi
Housing: pay 14.1% less in San Luis Potosi
Childcare: pay 75.8% less in San Luis Potosi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.0% less in San Luis Potosi
Clothing: pay 7.0% less in San Luis Potosi

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

San Luis Potosi vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Luis Potosi instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 2.4 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	San Luis Potosi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$11.37 MX$206.69	+266.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$10.56 MX$191.92	+70.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.20 MX$21.90	+52.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$0.90 MX$16.40	+170.8%
Average			+140.0%

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pay 39.0% more for groceries

	Bangkok	San Luis Potosi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$2.52 MX$45.77	+74.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$4.12 MX$74.80	-51.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$5.37 MX$97.56	-25.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.63 MX$47.88	+15.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$4.50 MX$81.76	+226.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.47 MX$26.64	-7.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.75 MX$13.71	-7.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.98 MX$17.86	-4.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$1.14 MX$20.69	+33.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$1.14 MX$20.77	+58.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$1.41 MX$25.68	+117.7%
Average			+39.0%

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pay 20.3% more for transportation

	Bangkok	San Luis Potosi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$4.99 MX$90.68	+6.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$70.64 MX$1,283.78	+89.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$24,910.92 MX$452,746.04	-33.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$13.75 MX$249.95	+18.3%
Average			+20.3%

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pay 14.1% less for housing

	Bangkok	San Luis Potosi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$30.69 MX$557.73	+81.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$203.08 MX$3,690.86	-69.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$270.77 MX$4,921.15	-15.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$33.01 MX$599.94	-51.9%
Average			-14.1%

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pay 75.8% less for childcare

	Bangkok	San Luis Potosi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$193.15 MX$3,510.42	-68.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$2,209.49 MX$40,156.61	-83.4%
Average			-75.8%

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pay 12.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	San Luis Potosi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$2.71 MX$49.21	-3.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$3.09 MX$56.10	+21.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$4.06 MX$73.82	-7.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$29.78 MX$541.33	-41.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$5.69 MX$103.34	-29.5%
Average			-12.0%

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pay 7.0% less for clothing

	Bangkok	San Luis Potosi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$54.15 MX$984.23	-7.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$37.91 MX$688.96	-0.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$99.26 MX$1,804.09	-4.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$77.60 MX$1,410.40	-15.2%
Average			-7.0%

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