Cost of living comparison
Armenia is 19.4% more expensive than Thailand.
If you lived in Armenia instead of Thailand, you would:
pay 78.0% more for restaurants
Thailand
|
Armenia
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.08
฿76.58
|
$7.08
AMD2,785
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.66
฿208.06
|
$6.44
AMD2,531
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.67
฿24.56
|
$0.91
AMD356
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.35
฿13.02
|
$0.43
AMD170
|
|
pay 2.7% less for groceries
Thailand
|
Armenia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.48
฿54.57
|
$0.56
AMD220
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.99
฿294.02
|
$3.69
AMD1,451
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.46
฿237.57
|
$4.75
AMD1,870
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.75
฿64.25
|
$2.02
AMD794
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.07
฿39.39
|
$2.73
AMD1,073
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.20
฿44.31
|
$0.56
AMD221
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
฿18.55
|
$0.82
AMD322
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.79
฿29.13
|
$0.73
AMD286
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.59
฿21.70
|
$0.71
AMD281
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.62
฿22.71
|
$0.34
AMD134
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.46
฿16.91
|
$0.30
AMD117
|
|
pay 35.4% less for transportation
Thailand
|
Armenia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.57
฿168.08
|
$4.44
AMD1,747
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$24.32
฿894.62
|
$10.75
AMD4,226
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$31,287.73
฿1,151,082.39
|
$25,749.24
AMD10,125,473
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$9.68
฿356.19
|
$3.35
AMD1,316
|
|
pay 83.0% more for housing
Thailand
|
Armenia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$17.10
฿629.09
|
$17.61
AMD6,924
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$290.79
฿10,698.29
|
$662.62
AMD260,565
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$207.49
฿7,633.46
|
$469.53
AMD184,637
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$49.43
฿1,818.53
|
$86.35
AMD33,957
|
|
pay 31.8% less for childcare
Thailand
|
Armenia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$334.45
฿12,304.63
|
$180.96
AMD71,160
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,908.05
฿364,519.32
|
$8,167.82
AMD3,211,864
|
|
pay 10.2% less for entertainment and sports
Thailand
|
Armenia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.90
฿69.84
|
$1.36
AMD537
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.94
฿71.54
|
$2.40
AMD945
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.61
฿132.93
|
$1.92
AMD754
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$47.07
฿1,731.58
|
$51.24
AMD20,149
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.63
฿207.21
|
$5.15
AMD2,025
|
|
pay 54.6% more for clothing
Thailand
|
Armenia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$40.39
฿1,486.00
|
$68.02
AMD26,746
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$27.03
฿994.43
|
$52.72
AMD20,733
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$82.02
฿3,017.56
|
$98.40
AMD38,693
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$65.30
฿2,402.27
|
$88.10
AMD34,644
|
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