Cost of living comparison
Thailand is 94.7% more expensive than Syria.
If you lived in Thailand instead of Syria, you would:
pay 13.1% less for restaurants
Syria
|
Thailand
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.10
£10,300
|
$2.08
฿76.58
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.39
£11,039
|
$5.66
฿208.06
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.81
£2,042
|
$0.67
฿24.56
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.41
£1,035
|
$0.35
฿13.02
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for groceries
Syria
|
Thailand
|
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Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.73
£1,838
|
$1.48
฿54.57
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.86
£4,664
|
$7.99
฿294.02
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.90
£7,283
|
$6.46
฿237.57
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.57
£3,947
|
$1.75
฿64.25
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.02
£5,065
|
$1.07
฿39.39
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.40
£1,003
|
$1.20
฿44.31
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.70
£1,763
|
$0.50
฿18.55
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.20
£508
|
$0.79
฿29.13
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.33
£819
|
$0.59
฿21.70
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.22
£555
|
$0.62
฿22.71
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.18
£447
|
$0.46
฿16.91
|
|
pay 34.9% more for transportation
Syria
|
Thailand
|
||
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Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.96
£9,949
|
$4.57
฿168.08
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.68
£29,338
|
$24.32
฿894.62
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,961.78
£77,792,410
|
$31,287.73
฿1,151,082.39
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$8.43
£21,178
|
$9.68
฿356.19
|
|
pay 48.7% more for housing
Syria
|
Thailand
|
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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$36.65
£92,086
|
$17.10
฿629.09
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$149.93
£376,707
|
$290.79
฿10,698.29
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$86.14
£216,422
|
$207.49
฿7,633.46
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$43.68
£109,738
|
$49.43
฿1,818.53
|
|
pay 4.3 times more for childcare
Syria
|
Thailand
|
||
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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$63.88
£160,498
|
$334.45
฿12,304.63
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,887.73
£7,255,516
|
$9,908.05
฿364,519.32
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports
Syria
|
Thailand
|
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.66
£4,166
|
$1.90
฿69.84
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$0.98
£2,460
|
$1.94
฿71.54
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.08
£5,238
|
$3.61
฿132.93
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$13.47
£33,842
|
$47.07
฿1,731.58
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$2.67
£6,700
|
$5.63
฿207.21
|
|
pay 22.2% more for clothing
Syria
|
Thailand
|
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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$21.67
£54,441
|
$40.39
฿1,486.00
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$21.71
£54,557
|
$27.03
฿994.43
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$109.97
£276,294
|
$82.02
฿3,017.56
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$63.29
£159,007
|
$65.30
฿2,402.27
|
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