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Vasteras vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Vasteras is 80.0% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 4.2 times more in Vasteras
Groceries: pay 58.2% more in Vasteras
Transportation: pay 68.8% more in Vasteras
Housing: pay 66.5% more in Vasteras
Childcare: pay 67.2% less in Vasteras
Entertainment and Sports: pay 87.8% more in Vasteras
Clothing: pay 24.5% more in Vasteras

The cost of restaurants, entertainment and sports, transportation, housing, groceries, and clothing in Vasteras are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Vasteras.

Vasteras vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 4.2 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Vasteras
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB99.13	$14.71 SEK138.98	+374.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB198.27	$10.53 SEK99.48	+69.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.31	$2.77 SEK26.16	+249.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.66	$2.31 SEK21.83	+593.0%
Average			+321.7%

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pay 58.2% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Vasteras
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB46.04	$2.70 SEK25.50	+87.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB271.92	$5.98 SEK56.49	-29.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB231.14	$5.81 SEK54.96	-19.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB73.03	$3.97 SEK37.48	+73.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB44.12	$5.67 SEK53.63	+311.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.86	$1.49 SEK14.05	-6.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB26.11	$1.19 SEK11.22	+45.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.72	$1.59 SEK15.07	+55.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.27	$1.68 SEK15.87	+96.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB23.03	$0.70 SEK6.58	-3.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.76	$0.84 SEK7.93	+29.3%
Average			+58.2%

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pay 68.8% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Vasteras
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB150.03	$7.34 SEK69.40	+56.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,189.60	$74.05 SEK699.88	+99.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,189,604.53	$32,689.58 SEK308,949.23	-12.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB371.75	$26.98 SEK254.96	+132.0%
Average			+68.8%

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pay 66.5% more for housing

	Bangkok	Vasteras
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB540.54	$41.64 SEK393.54	+146.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,583.67	$825.17 SEK7,798.72	+22.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,294.25	$600.37 SEK5,674.07	+86.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,196.14	$76.37 SEK721.73	+11.2%
Average			+66.5%

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pay 67.2% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Vasteras
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,483.59	$159.04 SEK1,503.09	-73.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB426,725.56	$5,289.58 SEK49,991.79	-60.4%
Average			-67.2%

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pay 87.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Vasteras
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB89.22	$7.67 SEK72.49	+174.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB81.22	$4.58 SEK43.33	+80.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB140.52	$7.41 SEK69.99	+68.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,631.73	$36.90 SEK348.74	-27.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB257.75	$19.57 SEK184.97	+142.8%
Average			+87.8%

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pay 24.5% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Vasteras
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,880.18	$95.21 SEK899.85	+61.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,216.03	$42.32 SEK399.93	+11.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,332.78	$92.57 SEK874.86	-11.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,924.44	$124.31 SEK1,174.81	+35.9%
Average			+24.5%

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