Cost of living comparison

Thailand

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United States

Minneapolis vs. Rayong Cost of Living Summary

Minneapolis is 2.4 times more expensive than Rayong.

Restaurants: pay 4.4 times more in Minneapolis
Groceries: pay 76.1% more in Minneapolis
Transportation: pay 0.7% more in Minneapolis
Housing: pay 4.3 times more in Minneapolis
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in Minneapolis
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.4 times more in Minneapolis
Clothing: pay 4.6% less in Minneapolis

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, and transportation in Minneapolis are more expensive than in Rayong. Notably, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis vs. Rayong Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Minneapolis instead of Rayong, you would:

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pay 4.4 times more for restaurants

	Rayong	Minneapolis
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.97 THB99.72	$22.00	+640.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.98 THB234.34	$12.00	+71.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.53 THB17.70	$3.16	+499.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.27 THB8.97	$2.31	+765.2%
Average			+341.7%

Rayong vs. Minneapolis - Cost of restaurants

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pay 76.1% more for groceries

	Rayong	Minneapolis
Bread 1 loaf	$1.34 THB44.87	$3.58	+167.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.63 THB289.61	$5.14	-40.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.27 THB244.07	$3.28	-54.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.56 THB86.09	$3.66	+42.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.28 THB42.97	$6.15	+380.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.51 THB50.71	$2.63	+73.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.81 THB27.07	$0.83	+3.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.00 THB33.57	$3.02	+202.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.87 THB29.35	$2.35	+168.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 THB26.23	$2.00	+156.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.69 THB23.22	$1.89	+173.3%
Average			+76.1%

Rayong vs. Minneapolis - Cost of groceries

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pay 0.7% more for transportation

	Rayong	Minneapolis
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.23 THB175.61	$3.96	-24.2%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$84.75
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,193.83 THB1M	$36,244.00	+16.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.55 THB354.00	$18.68	+77.1%
Average			+0.7%

Rayong vs. Minneapolis - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.3 times more for housing

	Rayong	Minneapolis
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$11.88 THB398.87	$71.25	+499.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$415.92 THB13,960.40	$1,778.29	+327.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$297.08 THB9,971.71	$1,284.29	+332.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$34.08 THB1,143.81	$136.55	+300.7%
Average			+332.5%

Rayong vs. Minneapolis - Cost of housing

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Rayong	Minneapolis
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$568.31 THB19,075.51	$1,364.44	+140.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$16,500.59 THB554K	$36,151.80	+119.1%
Average			+129.4%

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pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Rayong	Minneapolis
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.78 THB59.83	$7.00	+292.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.63 THB54.84	$6.62	+305.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.60 THB154.56	$13.00	+182.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$66.84 THB2,243.64	$65.11	-2.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.68 THB224.36	$16.00	+139.4%
Average			+138.4%

Rayong vs. Minneapolis - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 4.6% less for clothing

	Rayong	Minneapolis
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$70.75 THB2,374.76	$57.94	-18.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.94 THB1,441.24	$44.06	+2.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.05 THB3,257.43	$99.10	+2.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$109.92 THB3,689.53	$106.02	-3.6%
Average			-4.6%

Rayong vs. Minneapolis - Cost of clothing

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