Cost of living comparison

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Bangkok vs. Sucre Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 77.2% more expensive than Sucre.

Restaurants
pay 15.1% more in Bangkok
Groceries
pay 2.1 times more in Bangkok
Transportation
pay 80.6% more in Bangkok
Housing
pay 2.3 times more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports
pay 75.8% more in Bangkok
Clothing
pay 49.6% more in Bangkok

The cost of housing, groceries, transportation, entertainment and sports, clothing, and restaurants in Bangkok are more expensive than in Sucre. Notably, housing, groceries, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Sucre Cost Breakdown

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

pay 15.1% more for restaurants

 
Sucre
Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.80
BOB12.43
$3.10
THB99.13
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.79
BOB39.87
$6.20
THB198.27
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.64
BOB4.42
$0.79
THB25.31

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

 
Sucre
Bangkok
Bread
1 loaf
$1.44
BOB9.95
$1.44
THB46.04
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.20
BOB15.16
$8.50
THB271.92
Milk (1 gallon) $3.27
BOB22.54
$7.23
THB231.14

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pay 80.6% more for transportation

 
Sucre
Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.79
BOB26.08
$4.69
THB150.03
Monthly public transit pass $23.15
BOB159.49
$37.21
THB1,189.60
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $14,466.20
BOB99,680.01
$37,206.42
THB1,189,604.53

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

 
Sucre
Bangkok
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$26.00
BOB179.15
$16.91
THB540.54
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $501.26
BOB3,453.98
$675.06
THB21,583.67
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $315.31
BOB2,172.65
$321.97
THB10,294.25

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Sucre
Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $609.37
THB19,483.59
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $13,346.39
THB426,725.56

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pay 75.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Sucre
Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.42
BOB9.80
$2.79
THB89.22
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.43
BOB16.78
$2.54
THB81.22
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.88
BOB12.96
$4.40
THB140.52

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pay 49.6% more for clothing

 
Sucre
Bangkok
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$36.00
BOB248.06
$58.81
THB1,880.18
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $38.03
THB1,216.03
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$72.00
BOB496.12
$104.24
THB3,332.78

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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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