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Bangkok vs. Ko Phan Ghan Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 25.3% more expensive than Ko Phan Ghan.

Restaurants: pay 21.2% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 25.1% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 5.5% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 14.2% more in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 98.7% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 33.0% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 22.1% more in Bangkok

The cost of childcare, entertainment and sports, groceries, clothing, housing, and transportation in Bangkok are more expensive than in Ko Phan Ghan. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Ko Phan Ghan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Ko Phan Ghan, you would:

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pay 21.2% less for restaurants

	Ko Phan Ghan	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.57 THB119.18	$2.97 THB99.32	-16.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.02 THB268.16	$6.98 THB233.40	-13.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.92 THB30.69	$0.65 THB21.75	-29.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.48 THB15.95	$0.35 THB11.78	-26.1%
Average			-21.2%

Ko Phan Ghan vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 25.1% more for groceries

	Ko Phan Ghan	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.19 THB39.73	$1.48 THB49.41	+24.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.70 THB324.13	$8.63 THB288.45	-11.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.39 THB213.66	$7.27 THB243.10	+13.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.13 THB71.19	$2.56 THB85.75	+20.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.08 THB36.04	$1.63 THB54.55	+51.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.32 THB44.19	$1.77 THB59.15	+33.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.40 THB13.52	$0.81 THB26.96	+99.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB34.01	$1.24 THB41.56	+22.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.94 THB31.54	$0.87 THB29.23	-7.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 THB22.50	$0.78 THB26.13	+16.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.61 THB20.42	$0.69 THB23.13	+13.3%
Average			+25.1%

Ko Phan Ghan vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 5.5% more for transportation

	Ko Phan Ghan	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.13 THB171.45	$5.32 THB177.79	+3.7%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$34.98 THB1,169.48
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,143.40 THB874K	$31,193.83 THB1M	+19.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.29 THB377.41	$10.55 THB352.58	-6.6%
Average			+5.5%

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pay 14.2% more for housing

	Ko Phan Ghan	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.15 THB573.33	$17.88 THB597.60	+4.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$609.02 THB20,360.43	$675.80 THB22,592.79	+11.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$631.30 THB21,105.32	$346.10 THB11,570.68	-45.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$43.92 THB1,468.37	$82.03 THB2,742.27	+86.8%
Average			+14.2%

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pay 98.7% more for childcare

	Ko Phan Ghan	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$505.04 THB16,884.26	$568.31 THB18,999.39	+12.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,793.14 THB194K	$16,500.59 THB552K	+184.8%
Average			+98.7%

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pay 33.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Ko Phan Ghan	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.53 THB84.42	$2.67 THB89.39	+5.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.77 THB92.53	$2.79 THB93.42	+1.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 THB69.52	$4.60 THB153.94	+121.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$56.45 THB1,887.06	$58.43 THB1,953.28	+3.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.58 THB253.26	$7.58 THB253.26
Average			+33.0%

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pay 22.1% more for clothing

	Ko Phan Ghan	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$62.94 THB2,104.09	$70.75 THB2,365.29	+12.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.69 THB959.26	$42.94 THB1,435.49	+49.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$95.68 THB3,198.61	$97.05 THB3,244.43	+1.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$87.87 THB2,937.55	$109.92 THB3,674.81	+25.1%
Average			+22.1%

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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: October 2026

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