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Bangkok vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 28.7% more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 47.4% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 75.6% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 2.5% less in Bangkok
Housing: pay 18.0% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 2.9 times more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.7% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 2.2% less in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 47.4% less for restaurants

	Lebanon	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP686,023	$3.10 THB98.65	-59.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP716,459	$6.20 THB197.30	-22.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,779	$0.79 THB25.19	-51.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,287	$0.33 THB10.61	-56.3%
Average			-47.4%

Lebanon vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 75.6% more for groceries

	Lebanon	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,845	$1.44 THB45.81	+139.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP353,565	$8.50 THB270.59	+115.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP497,956	$7.23 THB230.01	+30.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,892	$2.28 THB72.68	-2.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP317,082	$1.38 THB43.91	-61.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,289	$1.59 THB50.61	+132.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,876	$0.82 THB25.98	+78.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,459	$1.02 THB32.56	+151.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,590	$0.85 THB27.13	+83.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,468	$0.72 THB22.92	+118.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,236	$0.65 THB20.65	+44.5%
Average			+75.6%

Lebanon vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5% less for transportation

	Lebanon	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP307,798	$4.69 THB149.30	+36.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,492,907	$37.21 THB1,183.78	-48.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,574,773,435	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	+29.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,432,917	$11.63 THB369.93	-27.3%
Average			-2.5%

Lebanon vs. Bangkok - Cost of transportation

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pay 18.0% less for housing

	Lebanon	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,396,290	$16.91 THB537.90	-55.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,151,017	$675.06 THB21,477.90	+18.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,877,038	$321.97 THB10,243.81	+15.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,482,089	$68.69 THB2,185.37	-50.7%
Average			-18.0%

Lebanon vs. Bangkok - Cost of housing

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pay 2.9 times more for childcare

	Lebanon	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,277,388	$609.37 THB19,388.11	+145.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP366,625,348	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	+226.0%
Average			+185.5%

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pay 9.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP358,229	$2.79 THB88.78	-30.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP259,027	$2.54 THB80.83	-12.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP226,132	$4.40 THB139.83	+74.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,843,502	$51.03 THB1,623.73	+18.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP738,848	$8.06 THB256.48	-2.3%
Average			+9.7%

Lebanon vs. Bangkok - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.2% less for clothing

	Lebanon	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,785,720	$58.81 THB1,870.97	+10.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,477,867	$38.03 THB1,210.07	-23.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,129,873	$104.24 THB3,316.45	+2.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,964,206	$91.47 THB2,910.11	+2.9%
Average			-2.2%

Lebanon 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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