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Bangkok vs. Fethiye Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 20.7% more expensive than Fethiye.

Restaurants: pay 47.6% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 2.6% less in Bangkok
Housing: pay 27.0% more in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 52.8% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 32.6% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 21.2% less in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Fethiye Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 47.6% less for restaurants

	Fethiye	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.70 TRY327.07	$3.10 THB99.13	-59.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.98 TRY296.41	$6.20 THB198.27	-11.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.69 TRY71.80	$0.79 THB25.31	-53.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.99 TRY42.09	$0.33 THB10.66	-66.4%
Average			-47.6%

Fethiye vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Fethiye	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$0.98 TRY41.84	$1.44 THB46.04	+46.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 TRY167.65	$8.50 THB271.92	+115.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.17 TRY134.47	$7.23 THB231.14	+128.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.67 TRY71.07	$2.28 THB73.03	+36.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.33 TRY99.13	$1.38 THB44.12	-40.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.52 TRY21.89	$1.59 THB50.86	+208.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.96 TRY40.66	$0.82 THB26.11	-14.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48 TRY20.31	$1.02 THB32.72	+114.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 TRY19.66	$0.85 THB27.27	+84.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.24 TRY10.34	$0.72 THB23.03	+196.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.18 TRY7.50	$0.65 THB20.76	+267.9%
Average			+103.8%

Fethiye vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.6% less for transportation

	Fethiye	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.53 TRY192.35	$4.69 THB150.03	+3.6%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$37.21 THB1,189.60
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$44,505.92 TRY1,890,874.24	$37,206.42 THB1,189,604.53	-16.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.07 TRY470.16	$11.63 THB371.75	+5.1%
Average			-2.6%

Fethiye vs. Bangkok - Cost of transportation

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pay 27.0% more for housing

	Fethiye	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$14.95 TRY635.16	$16.91 THB540.54	+13.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$573.62 TRY24,370.56	$675.06 THB21,583.67	+17.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$382.51 TRY16,251.30	$321.97 THB10,294.25	-15.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$35.61 TRY1,512.96	$68.69 THB2,196.14	+92.9%
Average			+27.0%

Fethiye vs. Bangkok - Cost of housing

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pay 52.8% more for childcare

	Fethiye	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$276.66 TRY11,754.08	$609.37 THB19,483.59	+120.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$15,647.88 TRY664,814.48	$13,346.39 THB426,725.56	-14.7%
Average			+52.8%

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pay 32.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Fethiye	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.13 TRY132.87	$2.79 THB89.22	-10.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.60 TRY110.61	$2.54 THB81.22	-2.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY91.99	$4.40 THB140.52	+103.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.61 TRY1,555.51	$51.03 THB1,631.73	+39.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.01 TRY255.52	$8.06 THB257.75	+34.0%
Average			+32.6%

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pay 21.2% less for clothing

	Fethiye	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$72.17 TRY3,066.15	$58.81 THB1,880.18	-18.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.22 TRY1,963.70	$38.03 THB1,216.03	-17.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$162.38 TRY6,899.01	$104.24 THB3,332.78	-35.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$104.82 TRY4,453.41	$91.47 THB2,924.44	-12.7%
Average			-21.2%

Fethiye vs. Bangkok - Cost of clothing

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