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Taguig City vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Taguig City is 13.6% cheaper than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 8.8% more in Taguig City
Groceries: pay 7.2% more in Taguig City
Transportation: pay 39.4% less in Taguig City
Housing: pay 15.5% more in Taguig City
Childcare: pay 37.4% less in Taguig City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 21.9% less in Taguig City
Clothing: pay 27.9% less in Taguig City

The cost of housing, restaurants, and groceries in Taguig City are more expensive than in Bangkok. Expenses including transportation, childcare, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Taguig City.

Taguig City vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Taguig City instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 8.8% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Taguig City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB97.49	$4.30 ₱254.24	+38.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB194.99	$3.44 ₱203.39	-44.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB24.89	$0.82 ₱48.31	+3.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.48	$0.46 ₱27.12	+37.6%
Average			+8.8%

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pay 7.2% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Taguig City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.28	$1.33 ₱78.84	-7.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB267.43	$3.17 ₱187.12	-62.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB227.32	$7.32 ₱432.73	+1.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB71.83	$2.17 ₱128.19	-5.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.39	$2.26 ₱133.77	+64.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.01	$1.11 ₱65.50	-30.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.68	$0.82 ₱48.61	+0.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.18	$1.38 ₱81.36	+34.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB26.82	$0.52 ₱30.51	-39.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.65	$0.81 ₱47.59	+11.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.41	$1.37 ₱81.25	+111.7%
Average			+7.2%

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pay 39.4% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Taguig City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB147.55	$4.16 ₱245.89	-11.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,169.93	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,169,932.86	$25,288.58 ₱1,494,934.54	-32.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB365.60	$2.92 ₱172.88	-74.8%
Average			-39.4%

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pay 15.5% more for housing

	Bangkok	Taguig City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB531.61	$24.51 ₱1,449.17	+45.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,226.75	$560.82 ₱33,152.97	-16.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,124.02	$322.56 ₱19,068.04	+0.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,159.82	$91.71 ₱5,421.64	+33.5%
Average			+15.5%

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pay 37.4% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Taguig City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,161.40	$138.58 ₱8,192.20	-77.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB419,669.10	$13,676.48 ₱808,485.01	+2.5%
Average			-37.4%

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pay 21.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Taguig City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB87.74	$1.42 ₱83.90	-49.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB79.88	$2.59 ₱152.95	+1.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB138.20	$3.10 ₱183.05	-29.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,604.74	$41.86 ₱2,474.61	-18.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB253.49	$6.88 ₱406.78	-14.6%
Average			-21.9%

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pay 27.9% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Taguig City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,849.09	$44.44 ₱2,627.15	-24.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,195.92	$29.70 ₱1,755.55	-21.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,277.67	$71.68 ₱4,237.34	-31.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,876.08	$60.21 ₱3,559.37	-34.2%
Average			-27.9%

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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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