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Santo Andre vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Santo Andre is 6.6% cheaper than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 93.2% more in Santo Andre
Groceries: pay 9.3% less in Santo Andre
Transportation: pay 29.7% less in Santo Andre
Housing: pay 25.8% less in Santo Andre
Childcare: pay 37.6% less in Santo Andre
Entertainment and Sports: pay 30.5% less in Santo Andre
Clothing: pay 6.4% less in Santo Andre

Expenses including childcare, entertainment and sports, transportation, housing, groceries, and clothing are lower in Santo Andre. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in Santo Andre.

Santo Andre vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Santo Andre instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 93.2% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Santo Andre
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.67	$7.45 R$41.32	+140.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB195.33	$7.45 R$41.32	+20.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.94	$1.21 R$6.72	+53.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.50	$0.86 R$4.79	+159.2%
Average			+93.2%

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pay 9.3% less for groceries

	Bangkok	Santo Andre
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.36	$1.90 R$10.52	+31.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.90	$5.30 R$29.39	-37.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.72	$3.81 R$21.10	-47.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.95	$2.38 R$13.19	+4.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.47	$1.99 R$11.03	+44.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.10	$1.04 R$5.78	-34.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.72	$0.82 R$4.56	+0.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.24	$0.72 R$4.00	-29.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.86	$0.77 R$4.26	-9.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.69	$0.61 R$3.38	-15.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.45	$0.59 R$3.26	-9.3%
Average			-9.3%

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pay 29.7% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Santo Andre
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.81	$4.13 R$22.92	-11.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,172.00	$25.62 R$142.02	-31.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,171,999.79	$22,360.53 R$123,948.87	-39.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB366.25	$7.45 R$41.32	-35.9%
Average			-29.7%

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pay 25.8% less for housing

	Bangkok	Santo Andre
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB532.54	$20.82 R$115.40	+23.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,264.25	$291.93 R$1,618.22	-56.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,141.91	$208.08 R$1,153.41	-35.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,163.64	$45.38 R$251.52	-33.9%
Average			-25.8%

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pay 37.6% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Santo Andre
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,195.25	$344.72 R$1,910.88	-43.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB420,410.53	$9,093.28 R$50,405.87	-31.9%
Average			-37.6%

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pay 30.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Santo Andre
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.90	$2.24 R$12.39	-19.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.02	$1.89 R$10.50	-25.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.44	$2.33 R$12.91	-47.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,607.58	$24.22 R$134.28	-52.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.93	$7.45 R$41.32	-7.5%
Average			-30.5%

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pay 6.4% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Santo Andre
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,852.35	$54.85 R$304.07	-6.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,198.04	$47.52 R$263.39	+24.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,283.46	$78.22 R$433.61	-25.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,881.17	$74.26 R$411.62	-18.8%
Average			-6.4%

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