Cost of living comparison
Thailand is 25.5% cheaper than Santo Domingo.
If you lived in Thailand instead of Santo Domingo, you would:
pay 35.0% less for restaurants
Santo Domingo
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$9.57
$563.14
|
$2.08
฿75.27
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.30
$429.46
|
$5.66
฿204.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
$44.48
|
$0.67
฿24.14
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.49
$28.63
|
$0.35
฿12.79
|
|
pay 0.5% more for groceries
Santo Domingo
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.22
$130.44
|
$1.48
฿53.64
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.54
$208.20
|
$7.99
฿288.99
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.92
$289.17
|
$6.46
฿233.50
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.00
$117.38
|
$1.75
฿63.15
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.78
$163.26
|
$1.07
฿38.72
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.34
$78.55
|
$1.20
฿43.56
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.29
$16.86
|
$0.50
฿18.23
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.25
$73.24
|
$0.79
฿28.63
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.63
$37.17
|
$0.59
฿21.33
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.69
$40.36
|
$0.62
฿22.33
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.08
$63.63
|
$0.46
฿16.62
|
|
pay 36.4% less for transportation
Santo Domingo
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.93
$290.06
|
$4.57
฿165.21
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$91.26
$5,368.19
|
$24.32
฿879.32
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$33,765.29
$1,986,229.89
|
$31,287.73
฿1,131,392.23
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.77
$1,339.24
|
$9.68
฿350.10
|
|
pay 56.0% less for housing
Santo Domingo
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$50.90
$2,994.26
|
$17.10
฿618.33
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$918.25
$54,015.45
|
$290.79
฿10,515.29
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$473.61
$27,859.72
|
$207.49
฿7,502.89
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$73.91
$4,347.66
|
$49.43
฿1,787.42
|
|
pay 2.9% less for childcare
Santo Domingo
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$479.10
$28,182.99
|
$334.45
฿12,094.15
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,969.82
$468,821.83
|
$9,908.05
฿358,283.94
|
|
pay 13.5% less for entertainment and sports
Santo Domingo
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.74
$161.05
|
$1.90
฿68.65
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.27
$133.53
|
$1.94
฿70.31
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.56
$268.41
|
$3.61
฿130.65
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$45.61
$2,682.75
|
$47.07
฿1,701.96
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.93
$348.93
|
$5.63
฿203.67
|
|
pay 35.5% less for clothing
Santo Domingo
|
Thailand
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.04
$3,590.72
|
$40.39
฿1,460.58
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.17
$2,657.25
|
$27.03
฿977.42
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$118.63
$6,978.65
|
$82.02
฿2,965.94
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.81
$6,106.31
|
$65.30
฿2,361.17
|
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