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Viana do Castelo vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Viana do Castelo is 33.0% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.7 times more in Viana do Castelo
Groceries: pay 2.3% more in Viana do Castelo
Transportation: pay 33.2% more in Viana do Castelo
Housing: pay 52.1% more in Viana do Castelo
Childcare: pay 19.6% less in Viana do Castelo
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.9% less in Viana do Castelo
Clothing: pay 3.3% less in Viana do Castelo

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

Viana do Castelo vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Viana do Castelo instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 2.7 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Viana do Castelo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$9.34 €8.02	+201.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$9.34 €8.02	+50.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.90 €1.63	+139.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.31 €1.13	+294.2%
Average			+171.5%

Bangkok vs. Viana do Castelo - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.3% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Viana do Castelo
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$1.02 €0.88	-29.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$5.20 €4.46	-38.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$3.87 €3.32	-46.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.90 €2.49	+27.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$3.71 €3.18	+168.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$0.94 €0.80	-41.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.64 €0.55	-21.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$0.77 €0.66	-24.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$1.05 €0.90	+22.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.61 €0.53	-15.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.80 €0.69	+23.8%
Average			+2.3%

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pay 33.2% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Viana do Castelo
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$7.39 €6.35	+57.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$58.40 €50.15	+57.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$33,871.70 €29,089.39	-9.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$14.79 €12.70	+27.2%
Average			+33.2%

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pay 52.1% more for housing

	Bangkok	Viana do Castelo
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$36.11 €31.01	+113.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$738.75 €634.45	+9.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$607.35 €521.60	+88.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$66.64 €57.23	-3.0%
Average			+52.1%

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pay 19.6% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Viana do Castelo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$467.20 €401.23	-23.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$11,212.70 €9,629.59	-16.0%
Average			-19.6%

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pay 4.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Viana do Castelo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$1.61 €1.38	-42.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$1.58 €1.35	-37.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$6.10 €5.24	+38.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$57.23 €49.15	+12.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$8.47 €7.27	+5.0%
Average			-4.9%

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pay 3.3% less for clothing

	Bangkok	Viana do Castelo
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$74.46 €63.95	+26.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$34.75 €29.84	-8.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$75.92 €65.20	-27.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$87.60 €75.23	-4.2%
Average			-3.3%

Bangkok vs. Viana do Castelo - Cost of clothing

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