Cost of living comparison
Thailand is 34.6% more expensive than Nicaragua.
If you lived in Thailand instead of Nicaragua, you would:
pay 33.4% less for restaurants
Nicaragua
|
Thailand
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.65
C$170.80
|
$2.08
฿75.59
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.71
C$209.71
|
$5.66
฿205.37
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.82
C$30.09
|
$0.67
฿24.24
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.86
C$31.59
|
$0.35
฿12.85
|
|
pay 19.6% more for groceries
Nicaragua
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.25
C$45.98
|
$1.48
฿53.87
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.74
C$63.87
|
$7.99
฿290.22
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.94
C$144.54
|
$6.46
฿234.49
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.81
C$66.65
|
$1.75
฿63.42
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.36
C$86.84
|
$1.07
฿38.88
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.58
C$94.90
|
$1.20
฿43.74
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.53
C$19.28
|
$0.50
฿18.31
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.39
C$50.96
|
$0.79
฿28.75
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.62
C$22.73
|
$0.59
฿21.42
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.80
C$29.22
|
$0.62
฿22.42
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.77
C$28.24
|
$0.46
฿16.69
|
|
pay 92.7% more for transportation
Nicaragua
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.74
C$173.98
|
$4.57
฿165.90
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$7.00
C$257.04
|
$24.32
฿883.04
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$16,668.72
C$612,084.48
|
$31,287.73
฿1,136,179.85
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.95
C$255.06
|
$9.68
฿351.58
|
|
pay 31.1% less for housing
Nicaragua
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$71.08
C$2,610.16
|
$17.10
฿620.94
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$341.07
C$12,524.33
|
$290.79
฿10,559.79
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$278.89
C$10,240.95
|
$207.49
฿7,534.64
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$53.79
C$1,975.06
|
$49.43
฿1,794.98
|
|
pay 2.6 times more for childcare
Nicaragua
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$113.32
C$4,161.06
|
$334.45
฿12,145.32
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,387.37
C$161,106.77
|
$9,908.05
฿359,800.06
|
|
pay 12.3% more for entertainment and sports
Nicaragua
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.07
C$76.05
|
$1.90
฿68.94
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.19
C$80.50
|
$1.94
฿70.61
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.06
C$112.43
|
$3.61
฿131.21
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$30.79
C$1,130.52
|
$47.07
฿1,709.16
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.10
C$187.33
|
$5.63
฿204.53
|
|
pay 21.9% more for clothing
Nicaragua
|
Thailand
|
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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$33.90
C$1,244.92
|
$40.39
฿1,466.76
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$34.04
C$1,249.79
|
$27.03
฿981.55
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$48.18
C$1,769.12
|
$82.02
฿2,978.49
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$55.00
C$2,019.53
|
$65.30
฿2,371.16
|
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