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Bangkok vs. Santiago Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 10.8% more expensive than Santiago.

Restaurants: pay 62.5% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 11.7% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 41.0% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 20.6% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 84.3% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.6% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 15.3% more in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Santiago Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 62.5% less for restaurants

	Santiago	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.36 CLF0.3000	$2.91 THB98.21	-76.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.24 CLF0.2000	$5.83 THB196.42	-29.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.78 CLF0.0400	$0.62 THB20.76	-65.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.37 CLF0.0300	$0.29 THB9.84	-78.6%
Average			-62.5%

Santiago vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 11.7% more for groceries

	Santiago	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.48 CLF0.0400	$1.52 THB51.32	+2.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.49 CLF0.1300	$11.74 THB395.81	+114.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.59 CLF0.1100	$7.32 THB246.75	+59.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.97 CLF0.1000	$2.27 THB76.61	-42.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.88 CLF0.0700	$1.31 THB44.32	-54.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.96 CLF0.0200	$1.47 THB49.61	+53.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.71 CLF0.0200	$0.73 THB24.49	+2.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 CLF0.0200	$1.04 THB34.90	+14.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.84 CLF0.0200	$0.80 THB27.13	-4.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.80 CLF0.0200	$0.71 THB24.02	-11.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.66 CLF0.0200	$0.62 THB20.98	-5.2%
Average			+11.7%

Santiago vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 41.0% more for transportation

	Santiago	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 CLF0.1200	$4.47 THB150.55	-13.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$41.20 CLF1.0000	$39.32 THB1,325.83	-4.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,540.00 CLF448.7600	$55,345.18 THB1,865,988.62	+198.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.41 CLF0.3000	$10.34 THB348.65	-16.7%
Average			+41.0%

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pay 20.6% less for housing

	Santiago	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$20.87 CLF0.5100	$15.36 THB517.87	-26.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$513.58 CLF12.4300	$571.31 THB19,261.82	+11.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$439.93 CLF10.6500	$301.88 THB10,178.12	-31.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$104.66 CLF2.5300	$67.33 THB2,270.09	-35.7%
Average			-20.6%

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pay 84.3% more for childcare

	Santiago	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$387.71 CLF9.3800	$632.63 THB21,329.53	+63.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,421.89 CLF155.4400	$13,191.37 THB444,753.10	+105.4%
Average			+84.3%

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pay 6.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Santiago	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.83 CLF0.0700	$2.33 THB78.57	-17.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.09 CLF0.0700	$2.58 THB87.11	-16.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.15 CLF0.1200	$4.20 THB141.67	-18.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.85 CLF0.8200	$54.58 THB1,840.13	+61.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.87 CLF0.1400	$7.28 THB245.52	+24.0%
Average			+6.6%

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pay 15.3% more for clothing

	Santiago	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.80 CLF1.2800	$55.27 THB1,863.40	+4.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$31.11 CLF0.7500	$34.84 THB1,174.61	+12.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$73.37 CLF1.7800	$97.10 THB3,273.63	+32.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$82.04 CLF1.9900	$92.12 THB3,105.89	+12.3%
Average			+15.3%

Santiago 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: March 2025

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