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Umhlanga vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Umhlanga is 19.3% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Umhlanga
Groceries: pay 26.1% less in Umhlanga
Transportation: pay 1.4% more in Umhlanga
Housing: pay 71.5% more in Umhlanga
Childcare: pay 50.9% less in Umhlanga
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.8% less in Umhlanga
Clothing: pay 3.7% more in Umhlanga

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

Umhlanga vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Umhlanga instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Umhlanga
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$11.47 ZAR194.18	+270.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$4.88 ZAR82.52	-21.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.35 ZAR22.82	+70.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.20 ZAR20.39	+261.4%
Average			+145.1%

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pay 26.1% less for groceries

	Bangkok	Umhlanga
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$0.82 ZAR13.90	-43.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$5.22 ZAR88.35	-38.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$4.02 ZAR67.99	-44.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.18 ZAR36.89	-4.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$1.95 ZAR33.03	+41.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$0.52 ZAR8.81	-67.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.65 ZAR11.01	-20.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.65 ZAR11.01	-36.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$0.52 ZAR8.81	-39.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.47 ZAR7.93	-35.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.65 ZAR11.01	+0.2%
Average			-26.1%

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pay 1.4% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Umhlanga
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$5.65 ZAR95.55	+20.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$30,687.17 ZAR519,420.28	-17.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	??
Average			+1.4%

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pay 71.5% more for housing

	Bangkok	Umhlanga
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$40.12 ZAR679.13	+137.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$573.59 ZAR9,708.79	-15.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$688.31 ZAR11,650.55	+113.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$103.08 ZAR1,744.73	+50.1%
Average			+71.5%

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pay 50.9% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Umhlanga
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$258.12 ZAR4,368.96	-57.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$7,456.70 ZAR126,214.27	-44.1%
Average			-50.9%

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pay 9.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Umhlanga
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$2.87 ZAR48.54	+2.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$2.58 ZAR43.69	+1.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$3.15 ZAR53.40	-28.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$31.23 ZAR528.68	-38.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$9.18 ZAR155.34	+13.8%
Average			-9.8%

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pay 3.7% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Umhlanga
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$61.66 ZAR1,043.69	+4.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$40.15 ZAR679.62	+5.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$114.72 ZAR1,941.76	+10.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$86.04 ZAR1,456.32	-5.9%
Average			+3.7%

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