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Bangkok vs. Jhongli City Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 29.4% more expensive than Jhongli City.

Restaurants: pay 6.8% more in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 20.6% less in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 15.1% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 50.8% more in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 19.0% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 21.4% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 2.1 times more in Bangkok

The cost of clothing, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, transportation, and restaurants in Bangkok are more expensive than in Jhongli City. Notably, clothing is significantly more expensive in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Jhongli City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Jhongli City, you would:

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pay 6.8% more for restaurants

	Jhongli City	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.92 NT$154.03	$3.10 THB97.49	-36.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.59 NT$143.76	$6.20 THB194.99	+35.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.49 NT$15.40	$0.79 THB24.89	+61.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.49 NT$15.40	$0.33 THB10.48	-32.2%
Average			+6.8%

Jhongli City vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 20.6% less for groceries

	Jhongli City	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.69 NT$53.06	$1.44 THB45.28	-15.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$15.02 NT$470.65	$8.50 THB267.43	-43.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$12.22 NT$382.88	$7.23 THB227.32	-40.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.56 NT$80.10	$2.28 THB71.83	-10.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.63 NT$113.84	$1.38 THB43.39	-62.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.03 NT$63.66	$1.59 THB50.01	-21.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78 NT$24.51	$0.82 THB25.68	+4.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.98 NT$30.74	$1.02 THB32.18	+4.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.51 NT$47.43	$0.85 THB26.82	-43.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.58 NT$18.05	$0.72 THB22.65	+25.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.84 NT$26.36	$0.65 THB20.41	-22.8%
Average			-20.6%

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pay 15.1% more for transportation

	Jhongli City	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.47 NT$108.84	$4.69 THB147.55	+35.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$39.32 NT$1,232.25	$37.21 THB1,169.93	-5.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$34,999.18 NT$1,096,702.76	$37,206.42 THB1,169,932.86	+6.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.34 NT$292.66	$11.63 THB365.60	+24.5%
Average			+15.1%

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pay 50.8% more for housing

	Jhongli City	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.80 NT$307.04	$16.91 THB531.61	+72.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$415.10 NT$13,007.09	$675.06 THB21,226.75	+62.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$245.78 NT$7,701.56	$321.97 THB10,124.02	+31.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$50.12 NT$1,570.52	$68.69 THB2,159.82	+37.0%
Average			+50.8%

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pay 19.0% more for childcare

	Jhongli City	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$355.02 NT$11,124.48	$609.37 THB19,161.40	+71.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$20,072.09 NT$628,961.08	$13,346.39 THB419,669.10	-33.5%
Average			+19.0%

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pay 21.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Jhongli City	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.47 NT$46.21	$2.79 THB87.74	+89.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.62 NT$82.15	$2.54 THB79.88	-3.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.93 NT$123.23	$4.40 THB138.20	+11.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$51.03 THB1,604.74
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.18 NT$287.53	$8.06 THB253.49	-12.1%
Average			+21.4%

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pay 2.1 times more for clothing

	Jhongli City	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$19.66 NT$616.13	$58.81 THB1,849.09	+199.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$16.39 NT$513.44	$38.03 THB1,195.92	+132.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$57.35 NT$1,797.03	$104.24 THB3,277.67	+81.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$65.54 NT$2,053.75	$91.47 THB2,876.08	+39.6%
Average			+113.1%

Jhongli City vs. Bangkok - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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