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Stara Zagora vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Stara Zagora is 14.1% cheaper than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 97.7% more in Stara Zagora
Groceries: pay 10.8% less in Stara Zagora
Transportation: pay 23.8% less in Stara Zagora
Housing: pay 25.2% less in Stara Zagora
Childcare: pay 71.4% less in Stara Zagora
Entertainment and Sports: pay 27.4% less in Stara Zagora
Clothing: pay 38.0% less in Stara Zagora

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

Stara Zagora vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Stara Zagora instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 97.7% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Stara Zagora
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$8.36 BGN14.04	+169.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$9.25 BGN15.54	+49.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.29 BGN2.17	+63.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$0.70 BGN1.17	+108.6%
Average			+97.7%

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pay 10.8% less for groceries

	Bangkok	Stara Zagora
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$0.87 BGN1.46	-39.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$4.75 BGN7.99	-44.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$6.95 BGN11.67	-3.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.40 BGN4.03	+5.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$3.07 BGN5.15	+122.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$0.61 BGN1.02	-61.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.79 BGN1.33	-3.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.83 BGN1.40	-18.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.91 BGN1.53	+6.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.46 BGN0.77	-36.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.35 BGN0.59	-45.8%
Average			-10.8%

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pay 23.8% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Stara Zagora
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$5.73 BGN9.63	+22.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$21.49 BGN36.10	-42.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$25,264.26 BGN42,444.00	-32.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$6.63 BGN11.13	-43.0%
Average			-23.8%

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pay 25.2% less for housing

	Bangkok	Stara Zagora
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$11.41 BGN19.18	-32.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$273.56 BGN459.58	-59.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$232.77 BGN391.06	-27.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$81.55 BGN137.01	+18.7%
Average			-25.2%

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pay 71.4% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Stara Zagora
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$238.74 BGN401.09	-60.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$2,387.42 BGN4,010.87	-82.1%
Average			-71.4%

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pay 27.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Stara Zagora
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$1.19 BGN2.01	-57.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$2.19 BGN3.68	-13.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$3.88 BGN6.52	-11.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$19.70 BGN33.09	-61.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$8.65 BGN14.54	+7.4%
Average			-27.4%

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pay 38.0% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Stara Zagora
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$38.80 BGN65.18	-34.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$18.65 BGN31.33	-51.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$77.59 BGN130.35	-25.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$53.72 BGN90.24	-41.3%
Average			-38.0%

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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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