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Bangkok vs. Overland Park Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 33.6% cheaper than Overland Park.

Restaurants: pay 65.8% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 19.8% less in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 17.5% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 67.6% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 54.2% less in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 38.2% less in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 7.2% less in Bangkok

Expenses including housing, restaurants, childcare, entertainment and sports, groceries, and clothing are lower in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Overland Park Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Overland Park, you would:

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pay 65.8% less for restaurants

	Overland Park	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$3.10 THB97.49	-84.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00	$6.20 THB194.99	-22.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.86	$0.79 THB24.89	-72.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.08	$0.33 THB10.48	-84.0%
Average			-65.8%

Overland Park vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 19.8% less for groceries

	Overland Park	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$3.61	$1.44 THB45.28	-60.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.51	$8.50 THB267.43	+54.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.20	$7.23 THB227.32	+72.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.53	$2.28 THB71.83	-35.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.07	$1.38 THB43.39	-66.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.00	$1.59 THB50.01	-20.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.59	$0.82 THB25.68	+39.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.58	$1.02 THB32.18	-35.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.84	$0.85 THB26.82	-69.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.48	$0.72 THB22.65	-51.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.19	$0.65 THB20.41	-45.4%
Average			-19.8%

Overland Park vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 17.5% more for transportation

	Overland Park	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.93	$4.69 THB147.55	+60.4%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$37.21 THB1,169.93
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,336.95	$37,206.42 THB1,169,932.86	+2.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.94	$11.63 THB365.60	-10.2%
Average			+17.5%

Overland Park vs. Bangkok - Cost of transportation

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pay 67.6% less for housing

	Overland Park	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$57.86	$16.91 THB531.61	-70.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,666.67	$675.06 THB21,226.75	-59.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,533.33	$321.97 THB10,124.02	-79.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$176.99	$68.69 THB2,159.82	-61.2%
Average			-67.6%

Overland Park vs. Bangkok - Cost of housing

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pay 54.2% less for childcare

	Overland Park	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,345.00	$609.37 THB19,161.40	-54.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$28,840.00	$13,346.39 THB419,669.10	-53.7%
Average			-54.2%

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pay 38.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Overland Park	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.00	$2.79 THB87.74	-53.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.47	$2.54 THB79.88	-53.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.00	$4.40 THB138.20	-37.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$59.50	$51.03 THB1,604.74	-14.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.00	$8.06 THB253.49	-32.8%
Average			-38.2%

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pay 7.2% less for clothing

	Overland Park	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.25	$58.81 THB1,849.09	+4.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.00	$38.03 THB1,195.92	-7.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$100.00	$104.24 THB3,277.67	+4.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$131.25	$91.47 THB2,876.08	-30.3%
Average			-7.2%

Overland Park vs. Bangkok - Cost of clothing

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