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Twin Falls vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Twin Falls is 100.0% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 3.9 times more in Twin Falls
Groceries: pay 63.2% more in Twin Falls
Transportation: pay 4.4% less in Twin Falls
Housing: pay 3.0 times more in Twin Falls
Childcare: pay 88.8% more in Twin Falls
Entertainment and Sports: pay 72.6% more in Twin Falls
Clothing: pay 11.1% less in Twin Falls

The cost of restaurants, housing, childcare, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Twin Falls are more expensive than in Bangkok. Expenses including clothing and transportation are lower in Twin Falls. Notably, restaurants, housing, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Twin Falls.

Twin Falls vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Twin Falls instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 3.9 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Twin Falls
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB99.13	$16.50	+432.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB198.27	$12.00	+93.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.31	$2.00	+152.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.66	$2.00	+498.5%
Average			+294.1%

Bangkok vs. Twin Falls - Cost of restaurants

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pay 63.2% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Twin Falls
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB46.04	$3.27	+126.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB271.92	$5.67	-33.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB231.14	$3.21	-55.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB73.03	$4.43	+93.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB44.12	$4.30	+211.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.86	$2.06	+29.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB26.11	$0.74	-9.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.72	$1.68	+64.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.27	$2.20	+157.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB23.03	$1.12	+55.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.76	$1.00	+53.5%
Average			+63.2%

Bangkok vs. Twin Falls - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.4% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Twin Falls
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB150.03	$3.33	-29.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,189.60	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,189,604.53	$33,650.00	-9.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB371.75	$14.60	+25.6%
Average			-4.4%

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pay 3.0 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Twin Falls
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB540.54	$70.00	+314.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,583.67	$1,533.33	+127.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,294.25	$1,233.33	+283.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,196.14	$111.02	+61.6%
Average			+196.5%

Bangkok vs. Twin Falls - Cost of housing

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pay 88.8% more for childcare

	Bangkok	Twin Falls
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,483.59	$1,238.89	+103.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB426,725.56	$23,265.00	+74.3%
Average			+88.8%

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pay 72.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Twin Falls
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB89.22	$6.00	+115.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB81.22	$6.38	+150.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB140.52	$8.25	+87.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,631.73	$31.00	-39.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB257.75	$12.00	+48.9%
Average			+72.6%

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pay 11.1% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Twin Falls
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,880.18	$46.67	-20.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,216.03	$34.00	-10.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,332.78	$81.67	-21.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,924.44	$99.17	+8.4%
Average			-11.1%

Bangkok vs. Twin Falls - Cost of clothing

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