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Thailand

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Spain

Santa Cruz De Tenerife vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Santa Cruz De Tenerife is 47.6% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.5 times more in Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Groceries: pay 22.2% more in Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Transportation: pay 22.3% more in Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Housing: pay 91.3% more in Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Childcare: pay 53.4% less in Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.8% more in Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Clothing: pay 5.1% more in Santa Cruz De Tenerife

The cost of restaurants, housing, transportation, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Santa Cruz De Tenerife are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants and housing are significantly more expensive in Santa Cruz De Tenerife.

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Santa Cruz De Tenerife vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Santa Cruz De Tenerife instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 3.5 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.97 THB99.58	$20.16 €18.08	+578.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.98 THB234.01	$11.20 €10.05	+60.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 THB21.81	$1.92 €1.72	+194.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.35 THB11.81	$1.27 €1.14	+260.1%
Average			+253.7%

Bangkok vs. Santa Cruz De Tenerife - Cost of restaurants

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pay 22.2% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Bread 1 loaf	$1.48 THB49.54	$2.43 €2.18	+64.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.63 THB289.21	$9.80 €8.79	+13.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.27 THB243.73	$5.12 €4.59	-29.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.56 THB85.97	$4.13 €3.70	+60.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.63 THB54.69	$4.57 €4.10	+180.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 THB59.30	$1.23 €1.10	-30.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.81 THB27.03	$1.06 €0.95	+31.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.24 THB41.66	$1.00 €0.90	-19.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.87 THB29.31	$1.16 €1.04	+32.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 THB26.20	$0.95 €0.86	+22.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.69 THB23.19	$0.90 €0.80	+29.4%
Average			+22.2%

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pay 22.3% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.32 THB178.25	$6.38 €5.72	+20.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$34.98 THB1,172.54	$42.55 €38.17	+21.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,193.83 THB1M	$35,271.67 €31,643.98	+13.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.55 THB353.50	$17.64 €15.82	+67.2%
Average			+22.3%

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pay 91.3% more for housing

	Bangkok	Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.88 THB599.16	$35.19 €31.57	+96.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.80 THB22,651.82	$1,146.93 €1,028.97	+69.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$346.10 THB11,600.91	$887.95 €796.62	+156.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$82.03 THB2,749.44	$97.76 €87.70	+19.2%
Average			+91.3%

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pay 53.4% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$568.31 THB19,049.03	$404.97 €363.32	-28.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$16,500.59 THB553K	$5,038.81 €4,520.57	-69.5%
Average			-53.4%

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pay 0.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.67 THB89.62	$2.80 €2.51	+4.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.79 THB93.66	$2.03 €1.82	-27.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.60 THB154.35	$5.60 €5.02	+21.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.43 THB1,958.38	$53.52 €48.02	-8.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.58 THB253.93	$9.84 €8.83	+29.9%
Average			+0.8%

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pay 5.1% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$70.75 THB2,371.47	$92.38 €82.88	+30.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.94 THB1,439.24	$41.99 €37.67	-2.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.05 THB3,252.90	$90.98 €81.62	-6.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$109.92 THB3,684.41	$111.97 €100.46	+1.9%
Average			+5.1%

Bangkok vs. Santa Cruz De Tenerife - Cost of clothing

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