Cost of living comparison
Tirana is 5.3% more expensive than Bangkok.
If you lived in Tirana instead of Bangkok, you would:
pay 2.2 times more for restaurants
Bangkok
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.95
THB109.34
|
$6.82
ALL641
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.91
THB218.68
|
$6.82
ALL641
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.57
THB21.10
|
$1.57
ALL148
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.32
THB11.94
|
$0.78
ALL74
|
|
pay 6.6% less for groceries
Bangkok
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.86
THB68.92
|
$0.88
ALL83
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$8.67
THB321.06
|
$4.26
ALL400
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.60
THB244.21
|
$6.34
ALL596
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.02
THB74.71
|
$3.31
ALL311
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.46
THB53.94
|
$3.10
ALL291
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.36
THB50.40
|
$0.51
ALL48
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.63
THB23.48
|
$0.91
ALL85
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.90
THB33.40
|
$0.65
ALL61
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.73
THB27.16
|
$0.64
ALL60
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.73
THB26.98
|
$0.40
ALL38
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.63
THB23.21
|
$0.40
ALL37
|
|
pay 27.4% more for transportation
Bangkok
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.46
THB165.19
|
$8.27
ALL777
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$38.39
THB1,421.42
|
$15.60
ALL1,465
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$59,069.18
THB2,186,800.14
|
$20,815.16
ALL1,955,738
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$10.60
THB392.53
|
$26.32
ALL2,473
|
|
pay 0.7% more for housing
Bangkok
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$15.74
THB582.81
|
$16.74
ALL1,573
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$659.48
THB24,414.47
|
$496.12
ALL46,614
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$314.02
THB11,625.42
|
$320.47
ALL30,110
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$60.89
THB2,254.18
|
$72.54
ALL6,815
|
|
pay 68.0% less for childcare
Bangkok
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$562.72
THB20,832.54
|
$203.42
ALL19,113
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$13,500.26
THB499,793.17
|
$3,770.26
ALL354,243
|
|
pay 22.6% less for entertainment and sports
Bangkok
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.36
THB87.47
|
$1.95
ALL183
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.30
THB85.26
|
$1.51
ALL142
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.43
THB164.01
|
$3.41
ALL321
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$56.73
THB2,100.04
|
$40.37
ALL3,793
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.97
THB295.22
|
$7.21
ALL678
|
|
pay 9.8% less for clothing
Bangkok
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$59.87
THB2,216.57
|
$52.10
ALL4,895
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$40.54
THB1,500.79
|
$38.16
ALL3,585
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.44
THB3,607.23
|
$83.51
ALL7,846
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$102.02
THB3,776.74
|
$96.12
ALL9,031
|
|
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