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Bangkok vs. Fort Lauderdale Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 38.3% cheaper than Fort Lauderdale.

Restaurants: pay 73.2% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 32.5% less in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 2.0% less in Bangkok
Housing: pay 70.2% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 44.8% less in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 46.6% less in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 1.1% more in Bangkok

Expenses including restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, and transportation are lower in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Fort Lauderdale Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Fort Lauderdale, you would:

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pay 73.2% less for restaurants

	Fort Lauderdale	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$3.10 THB98.65	-87.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.98	$6.20 THB197.30	-48.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.96	$0.79 THB25.19	-73.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.04	$0.33 THB10.61	-83.7%
Average			-73.2%

Fort Lauderdale vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 32.5% less for groceries

	Fort Lauderdale	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$4.48	$1.44 THB45.81	-67.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.26	$8.50 THB270.59	+2.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.68	$7.23 THB230.01	+96.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.37	$2.28 THB72.68	-47.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.68	$1.38 THB43.91	-70.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.82	$1.59 THB50.61	-43.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78	$0.82 THB25.98	+5.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.25	$1.02 THB32.56	-54.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.54	$0.85 THB27.13	-66.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.41	$0.72 THB22.92	-48.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.73	$0.65 THB20.65	-62.5%
Average			-32.5%

Fort Lauderdale vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0% less for transportation

	Fort Lauderdale	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.26	$4.69 THB149.30	+43.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50	$37.21 THB1,183.78	-48.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,003.00	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	+28.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.93	$11.63 THB369.93	-31.3%
Average			-2.0%

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pay 70.2% less for housing

	Fort Lauderdale	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$70.00	$16.91 THB537.90	-75.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,380.22	$675.06 THB21,477.90	-71.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,983.11	$321.97 THB10,243.81	-83.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$136.01	$68.69 THB2,185.37	-49.5%
Average			-70.2%

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pay 44.8% less for childcare

	Fort Lauderdale	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$816.67	$609.37 THB19,388.11	-25.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$37,150.00	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	-64.1%
Average			-44.8%

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pay 46.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Fort Lauderdale	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.00	$2.79 THB88.78	-44.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.14	$2.54 THB80.83	-50.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.50	$4.40 THB139.83	-58.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$72.00	$51.03 THB1,623.73	-29.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$16.50	$8.06 THB256.48	-51.1%
Average			-46.6%

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pay 1.1% more for clothing

	Fort Lauderdale	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$47.50	$58.81 THB1,870.97	+23.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.75	$38.03 THB1,210.07	-13.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.33	$104.24 THB3,316.45	+11.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$111.25	$91.47 THB2,910.11	-17.8%
Average			+1.1%

Fort Lauderdale vs. Bangkok - Cost of clothing

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