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Bangkok vs. Kazan Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 39.6% more expensive than Kazan.

Restaurants: pay 32.5% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 56.7% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 98.2% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 42.3% more in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 75.8% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 38.8% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 2.1% less in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Kazan Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 32.5% less for restaurants

	Kazan	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.15 RUB583.34	$3.10 THB102.09	-56.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.96 RUB486.11	$6.20 THB204.18	+4.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.09 RUB88.55	$0.79 THB26.07	-27.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.67 RUB54.93	$0.33 THB10.98	-50.5%
Average			-32.5%

Kazan vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 56.7% more for groceries

	Kazan	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$0.66 RUB53.47	$1.44 THB47.41	+119.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.20 RUB424.00	$8.50 THB280.03	+63.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.89 RUB317.51	$7.23 THB238.03	+85.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.87 RUB152.25	$2.28 THB75.21	+22.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.08 RUB169.49	$1.38 THB45.44	-33.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.84 RUB68.60	$1.59 THB52.37	+89.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 RUB65.17	$0.82 THB26.89	+2.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 RUB86.55	$1.02 THB33.70	-3.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.03 RUB83.79	$0.85 THB28.08	-16.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 RUB23.67	$0.72 THB23.72	+148.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.26 RUB21.50	$0.65 THB21.38	+146.4%
Average			+56.7%

Kazan vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 98.2% more for transportation

	Kazan	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.61 RUB213.31	$4.69 THB154.51	+79.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.82 RUB1,944.45	$37.21 THB1,225.08	+56.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,737.37 RUB3M	$37,206.42 THB1M	+4.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.29 RUB268.92	$11.63 THB382.84	+252.9%
Average			+98.2%

Kazan vs. Bangkok - Cost of transportation

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pay 42.3% more for housing

	Kazan	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$6.10 RUB498.00	$16.91 THB556.66	+177.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$580.46 RUB47,373.90	$675.06 THB22,227.29	+16.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$380.21 RUB31,030.20	$321.97 THB10,601.23	-15.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$75.52 RUB6,163.54	$68.69 THB2,261.62	-9.0%
Average			+42.3%

Kazan vs. Bangkok - Cost of housing

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pay 75.8% more for childcare

	Kazan	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$238.25 RUB19,444.51	$609.37 THB20,064.59	+155.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,937.57 RUB1M	$13,346.39 THB439K	-4.2%
Average			+75.8%

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pay 38.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Kazan	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.57 RUB291.67	$2.79 THB91.88	-21.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.76 RUB225.23	$2.54 THB83.65	-7.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB243.06	$4.40 THB144.71	+47.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.58 RUB1,843.18	$51.03 THB1,680.38	+126.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.36 RUB437.50	$8.06 THB265.43	+50.4%
Average			+38.8%

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pay 2.1% less for clothing

	Kazan	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$63.14 RUB5,152.80	$58.81 THB1,936.25	-6.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.69 RUB3,402.79	$38.03 THB1,252.29	-8.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$96.29 RUB7,858.82	$104.24 THB3,432.16	+8.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.32 RUB7,534.75	$91.47 THB3,011.65	-0.9%
Average			-2.1%

Kazan 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: April 2026

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