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Bangkok vs. Luang Prabang Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 33.9% more expensive than Luang Prabang.

Restaurants: pay 6.5% more in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 14.0% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 4.3% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 11.8% more in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 92.1% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 94.7% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 14.0% more in Bangkok

The cost of entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, clothing, housing, and restaurants in Bangkok are more expensive than in Luang Prabang. Notably, entertainment and sports and childcare are significantly more expensive in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Luang Prabang Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Luang Prabang, you would:

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pay 6.5% more for restaurants

	Luang Prabang	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.85 LAK40,115	$3.10 THB102.09	+67.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.54 LAK120K	$6.20 THB204.18	+11.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.90 LAK19,538	$0.79 THB26.07	-12.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 LAK12,489	$0.33 THB10.98	-42.0%
Average			+6.5%

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pay 14.0% more for groceries

	Luang Prabang	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.10 LAK23,949	$1.44 THB47.41	+30.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$12.58 LAK273K	$8.50 THB280.03	-32.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.50 LAK141K	$7.23 THB238.03	+11.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.40 LAK52,143	$2.28 THB75.21	-4.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.20 LAK26,072	$1.38 THB45.44	+15.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.62 LAK13,469	$1.59 THB52.37	+156.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00 LAK21,726	$0.82 THB26.89	-18.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.00 LAK21,726	$1.02 THB33.70	+2.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.00 LAK43,453	$0.85 THB28.08	-57.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 LAK14,557	$0.72 THB23.72	+7.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LAK9,777	$0.65 THB21.38	+44.2%
Average			+14.0%

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pay 4.3% more for transportation

	Luang Prabang	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.27 LAK92,687	$4.69 THB154.51	+10.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$59.59 LAK1M	$37.21 THB1,225.08	-37.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,543.54 LAK620M	$37,206.42 THB1M	+30.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.16 LAK221K	$11.63 THB382.84	+14.5%
Average			+4.3%

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pay 11.8% more for housing

	Luang Prabang	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$6.92 LAK150K	$16.91 THB556.66	+144.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,142.50 LAK25M	$675.06 THB22,227.29	-40.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$850.11 LAK18M	$321.97 THB10,601.23	-62.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$64.60 LAK1M	$68.69 THB2,261.62	+6.3%
Average			+11.8%

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pay 92.1% more for childcare

	Luang Prabang	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$254.79 LAK6M	$609.37 THB20,064.59	+139.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,201.32 LAK200M	$13,346.39 THB439K	+45.0%
Average			+92.1%

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pay 94.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Luang Prabang	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.34 LAK29,079	$2.79 THB91.88	+108.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.58 LAK34,348	$2.54 THB83.65	+60.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 LAK43,453	$4.40 THB144.71	+119.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$84.48 LAK2M	$51.03 THB1,680.38	-39.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.49 LAK54,024	$8.06 THB265.43	+224.2%
Average			+94.7%

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pay 14.0% more for clothing

	Luang Prabang	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$72.71 LAK2M	$58.81 THB1,936.25	-19.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$61.17 LAK1M	$38.03 THB1,252.29	-37.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$74.56 LAK2M	$104.24 THB3,432.16	+39.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$52.86 LAK1M	$91.47 THB3,011.65	+73.0%
Average			+14.0%

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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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