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Ankara vs. Thailand Cost of Living Summary

Ankara is 24.0% more expensive than Thailand overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.0 times more in Ankara
Groceries: pay 19.0% less in Ankara
Transportation: pay 14.8% less in Ankara
Housing: pay 23.2% more in Ankara
Childcare: pay 23.7% more in Ankara
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.5% more in Ankara
Clothing: pay 42.5% more in Ankara

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

Ankara vs. Thailand Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ankara instead of Thailand, you would:

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pay 2.0 times more for restaurants

	Thailand	Ankara
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.33 THB80.94	$8.72 TRY308.87	+274.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.02 THB208.84	$7.27 TRY257.39	+20.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.70 THB24.45	$1.27 TRY44.99	+80.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 THB13.16	$0.50 TRY17.85	+32.9%
Average			+102.0%

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pay 19.0% less for groceries

	Thailand	Ankara
Bread 1 loaf	$1.40 THB48.54	$0.83 TRY29.54	-40.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.16 THB283.15	$4.61 TRY163.16	-43.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.68 THB231.89	$3.90 TRY138.14	-41.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.05 THB70.99	$1.68 TRY59.52	-17.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.29 THB44.76	$2.70 TRY95.57	+109.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.23 THB42.70	$0.49 TRY17.22	-60.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.52 THB18.06	$0.88 TRY31.20	+69.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 THB28.28	$0.45 TRY16.08	-44.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.66 THB22.84	$0.54 TRY19.17	-17.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.69 THB24.02	$0.25 TRY8.76	-64.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.54 THB18.58	$0.23 TRY8.13	-57.1%
Average			-19.0%

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pay 14.8% less for transportation

	Thailand	Ankara
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.47 THB154.97	$4.81 TRY170.45	+7.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$25.43 THB882.27	$8.72 TRY308.87	-65.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,362.48 THB1,087,970.55	$44,845.33 TRY1,587,583.08	+43.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.67 THB335.31	$5.40 TRY191.28	-44.1%
Average			-14.8%

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pay 23.2% more for housing

	Thailand	Ankara
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.13 THB594.40	$11.50 TRY407.19	-32.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$389.22 THB13,502.12	$592.54 TRY20,976.54	+52.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$225.23 THB7,813.43	$399.36 TRY14,137.92	+77.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$55.17 THB1,914.00	$53.07 TRY1,878.87	-3.8%
Average			+23.2%

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pay 23.7% more for childcare

	Thailand	Ankara
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$341.66 THB11,852.19	$502.10 TRY17,775.03	+47.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,344.18 THB358,841.56	$10,388.60 TRY367,770.03	+0.4%
Average			+23.7%

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pay 10.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Thailand	Ankara
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.20 THB76.31	$3.49 TRY123.55	+58.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.90 THB65.89	$2.84 TRY100.63	+49.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.85 THB133.46	$2.04 TRY72.07	-47.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$48.79 THB1,692.59	$40.91 TRY1,448.16	-16.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.42 THB188.05	$5.82 TRY205.91	+7.3%
Average			+10.5%

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pay 42.5% more for clothing

	Thailand	Ankara
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$38.62 THB1,339.66	$56.66 TRY2,005.87	+46.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.36 THB1,018.52	$45.57 TRY1,613.18	+55.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$82.78 THB2,871.71	$104.18 TRY3,688.25	+25.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$65.55 THB2,274.10	$93.27 TRY3,301.95	+42.3%
Average			+42.5%

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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: January 2025

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