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San Pedro Sula vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

San Pedro Sula is 11.4% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in San Pedro Sula
Groceries: pay 21.3% more in San Pedro Sula
Transportation: pay 1.2% more in San Pedro Sula
Housing: pay 48.8% more in San Pedro Sula
Childcare: pay 76.2% less in San Pedro Sula
Entertainment and Sports: pay 24.5% less in San Pedro Sula
Clothing: pay 1.7% less in San Pedro Sula

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

San Pedro Sula vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Pedro Sula instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	San Pedro Sula
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.67	$7.62 HNL200.71	+145.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB195.33	$8.46 HNL222.89	+36.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.94	$1.28 HNL33.64	+61.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.50	$1.00 HNL26.42	+200.8%
Average			+111.0%

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pay 21.3% more for groceries

	Bangkok	San Pedro Sula
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.36	$2.01 HNL53.01	+39.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.90	$4.45 HNL117.36	-47.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.72	$5.75 HNL151.40	-20.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.95	$2.41 HNL63.62	+5.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.47	$3.08 HNL81.16	+123.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.10	$1.63 HNL42.90	+2.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.72	$0.57 HNL14.95	-30.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.24	$1.51 HNL39.76	+47.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.86	$0.77 HNL20.32	-9.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.69	$1.13 HNL29.82	+57.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.45	$1.08 HNL28.55	+66.9%
Average			+21.3%

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pay 1.2% more for transportation

	Bangkok	San Pedro Sula
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.81	$3.88 HNL102.27	-17.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,172.00	$36.57 HNL963.39	-1.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,171,999.79	$23,518.42 HNL619,626.60	-36.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB366.25	$18.66 HNL491.73	+60.5%
Average			+1.2%

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pay 48.8% more for housing

	Bangkok	San Pedro Sula
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB532.54	$43.70 HNL1,151.33	+158.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,264.25	$505.90 HNL13,328.67	-25.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,141.91	$377.34 HNL9,941.61	+17.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,163.64	$99.26 HNL2,615.23	+44.5%
Average			+48.8%

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pay 76.2% less for childcare

	Bangkok	San Pedro Sula
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,195.25	$143.47 HNL3,779.99	-76.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB420,410.53	$3,222.37 HNL84,897.86	-75.9%
Average			-76.2%

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pay 24.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	San Pedro Sula
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.90	$1.90 HNL50.18	-31.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.02	$2.38 HNL62.82	-6.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.44	$3.05 HNL80.28	-30.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,607.58	$38.41 HNL1,012.05	-24.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.93	$5.70 HNL150.17	-29.3%
Average			-24.5%

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pay 1.7% less for clothing

	Bangkok	San Pedro Sula
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,852.35	$75.05 HNL1,977.23	+27.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,198.04	$40.66 HNL1,071.15	+6.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,283.46	$78.83 HNL2,076.92	-24.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,881.17	$75.79 HNL1,996.71	-17.1%
Average			-1.7%

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