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Bangkok vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 2.7% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 57.5% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 7.6% less in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 82.6% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 12.8% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 32.0% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.1% less in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 10.8% less in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 57.5% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$198.62	$3.10 THB99.13	-71.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$161.38	$6.20 THB198.27	-29.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.68	$0.79 THB25.31	-54.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.86	$0.33 THB10.66	-74.4%
Average			-57.5%

Mexico City vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 7.6% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$48.03	$1.44 THB46.04	-45.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$92.21	$8.50 THB271.92	+68.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$119.62	$7.23 THB231.14	+10.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.69	$2.28 THB73.03	-12.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$69.61	$1.38 THB44.12	-63.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$25.05	$1.59 THB50.86	+16.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.63	$0.82 THB26.11	+2.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.81	$1.02 THB32.72	+5.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.58	$0.85 THB27.27	-5.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.54	$0.72 THB23.03	-24.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$18.19	$0.65 THB20.76	-34.7%
Average			-7.6%

Mexico City vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 82.6% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$93.99	$4.69 THB150.03	-8.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$357.52	$37.21 THB1,189.60	+90.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$366,457.13	$37,206.42 THB1,189,604.53	+85.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.95	$11.63 THB371.75	+162.8%
Average			+82.6%

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pay 12.8% less for housing

	Mexico City	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$565.92	$16.91 THB540.54	-45.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,743.00	$675.06 THB21,583.67	-37.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,390.21	$321.97 THB10,294.25	-52.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$683.53	$68.69 THB2,196.14	+83.8%
Average			-12.8%

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pay 32.0% more for childcare

	Mexico City	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,873.93	$609.37 THB19,483.59	+41.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$199,370.32	$13,346.39 THB426,725.56	+22.5%
Average			+32.0%

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pay 7.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$59.59	$2.79 THB89.22	-14.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$69.77	$2.54 THB81.22	-33.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$79.45	$4.40 THB140.52	+1.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,069.25	$51.03 THB1,631.73	-12.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$119.17	$8.06 THB257.75	+23.8%
Average			-7.1%

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pay 10.8% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,114.99	$58.81 THB1,880.18	-3.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$879.56	$38.03 THB1,216.03	-20.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,934.15	$104.24 THB3,332.78	-1.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,029.10	$91.47 THB2,924.44	-17.5%
Average			-10.8%

Mexico 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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