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Bangkok vs. Sanaa Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 87.6% more expensive than Sanaa.

Restaurants: pay 38.5% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 0.4% less in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 14.1% less in Bangkok
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 5.9 times more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.8% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 50.2% more in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Sanaa Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Sanaa, you would:

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pay 38.5% less for restaurants

	Sanaa	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.27 YER1,495	$3.10 THB97.49	-50.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.45 YER2,491	$6.20 THB194.99	-40.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.15 YER274	$0.79 THB24.89	-31.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.49 YER116	$0.33 THB10.48	-31.6%
Average			-38.5%

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pay 0.4% less for groceries

	Sanaa	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.14 YER271	$1.44 THB45.28	+26.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.91 YER1,171	$8.50 THB267.43	+73.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.15 YER1,706	$7.23 THB227.32	+1.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.11 YER981	$2.28 THB71.83	-44.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.13 YER746	$1.38 THB43.39	-55.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.83 YER437	$1.59 THB50.01	-13.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.66 YER157	$0.82 THB25.68	+23.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.11 YER265	$1.02 THB32.18	-8.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.77 YER182	$0.85 THB26.82	+11.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.77 YER184	$0.72 THB22.65	-6.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.74 YER177	$0.65 THB20.41	-12.6%
Average			-0.4%

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pay 14.1% less for transportation

	Sanaa	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$10.28 YER2,452	$4.69 THB147.55	-54.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$83.58 YER19,931	$37.21 THB1,169.93	-55.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$16,715.42 YER3,986,211	$37,206.42 THB1,169,932.86	+122.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$37.61 YER8,969	$11.63 THB365.60	-69.1%
Average			-14.1%

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Sanaa	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$84.76 YER20,213	$16.91 THB531.61	-80.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$175.51 YER41,855	$675.06 THB21,226.75	+284.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$94.02 YER22,422	$321.97 THB10,124.02	+242.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$54.69 YER13,042	$68.69 THB2,159.82	+25.6%
Average			+118.1%

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pay 5.9 times more for childcare

	Sanaa	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$114.82 YER27,382	$609.37 THB19,161.40	+430.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,029.53 YER483,992	$13,346.39 THB419,669.10	+557.6%
Average			+494.1%

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pay 3.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Sanaa	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.79 YER428	$2.79 THB87.74	+55.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.76 YER897	$2.54 THB79.88	-32.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.43 YER1,296	$4.40 THB138.20	-19.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$65.82 YER15,696	$51.03 THB1,604.74	-22.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.85 YER1,395	$8.06 THB253.49	+37.8%
Average			+3.8%

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pay 50.2% more for clothing

	Sanaa	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$41.79 YER9,966	$58.81 THB1,849.09	+40.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$150.44 YER35,876	$38.03 THB1,195.92	-74.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$47.36 YER11,294	$104.24 THB3,277.67	+120.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$42.58 YER10,155	$91.47 THB2,876.08	+114.8%
Average			+50.2%

Sanaa 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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