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Tel Aviv-Yafo vs. Rayong Cost of Living Summary

Tel Aviv-Yafo is 3.2 times more expensive than Rayong.

Restaurants: pay 6.0 times more in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Groceries: pay 77.0% more in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Transportation: pay 76.1% more in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Housing: pay 5.7 times more in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Childcare: pay 2.4 times more in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.9 times more in Tel Aviv-Yafo
Clothing: pay 83.9% more in Tel Aviv-Yafo

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, clothing, and groceries in Tel Aviv-Yafo are more expensive than in Rayong. Notably, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Tel Aviv-Yafo.

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Tel Aviv-Yafo vs. Rayong Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tel Aviv-Yafo instead of Rayong, you would:

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pay 6.0 times more for restaurants

	Rayong	Tel Aviv-Yafo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.97 THB98.83	$26.04 ₪80.59	+776.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.98 THB232.24	$20.34 ₪62.96	+191.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.53 THB17.54	$3.98 ₪12.32	+655.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.27 THB8.89	$3.13 ₪9.69	+1070.6%
Average			+504.6%

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pay 77.0% more for groceries

	Rayong	Tel Aviv-Yafo
Bread 1 loaf	$1.34 THB44.47	$4.52 ₪14.00	+238.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.63 THB287.02	$10.80 ₪33.41	+25.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.27 THB241.89	$9.69 ₪29.98	+33.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.56 THB85.32	$5.20 ₪16.10	+102.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.28 THB42.59	$7.40 ₪22.90	+478.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.51 THB50.25	$2.12 ₪6.56	+40.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.81 THB26.83	$1.74 ₪5.40	+116.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.00 THB33.27	$1.11 ₪3.45	+11.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.87 THB29.09	$1.54 ₪4.77	+76.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 THB26.00	$0.86 ₪2.65	+9.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.69 THB23.01	$0.85 ₪2.64	+23.3%
Average			+77.0%

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pay 76.1% more for transportation

	Rayong	Tel Aviv-Yafo
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.23 THB174.04	$9.91 ₪30.67	+89.4%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$102.54 ₪317.32
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,193.83 THB1M	$56,459.75 ₪175K	+81.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.55 THB350.83	$13.25 ₪41.02	+25.7%
Average			+76.1%

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pay 5.7 times more for housing

	Rayong	Tel Aviv-Yafo
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$11.88 THB395.30	$35.46 ₪109.72	+198.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$415.92 THB13,835.56	$2,217.54 ₪6,862.62	+433.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$297.08 THB9,882.54	$1,616.53 ₪5,002.69	+444.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$34.08 THB1,133.59	$341.75 ₪1,057.60	+902.9%
Average			+474.1%

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pay 2.4 times more for childcare

	Rayong	Tel Aviv-Yafo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$568.31 THB18,904.94	$1,694.43 ₪5,243.75	+198.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$16,500.59 THB549K	$31,106.80 ₪96,266.23	+88.5%
Average			+137.1%

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pay 2.9 times more for entertainment and sports

	Rayong	Tel Aviv-Yafo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.78 THB59.30	$11.07 ₪34.25	+520.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.63 THB54.35	$5.53 ₪17.13	+238.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.60 THB153.18	$14.65 ₪45.33	+218.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$66.84 THB2,223.57	$111.89 ₪346.28	+67.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.68 THB222.36	$15.87 ₪49.11	+137.4%
Average			+191.5%

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pay 83.9% more for clothing

	Rayong	Tel Aviv-Yafo
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$70.75 THB2,353.53	$124.78 ₪386.15	+76.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.94 THB1,428.36	$86.59 ₪267.96	+101.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.05 THB3,228.30	$173.45 ₪536.78	+78.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$109.92 THB3,656.54	$197.81 ₪612.16	+80.0%
Average			+83.9%

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