Cost of Living Comparison

THB

COMPARED TO

ISK

Iceland is 2.7 times more expensive than Thailand.

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

pay 4.8 times more for restaurants

	Thailand	Iceland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.21 ฿74.99	$16.49 kr1,731	+645.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.98 ฿202.89	$14.47 kr1,519	+141.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.69 ฿23.34	$2.69 kr282	+290.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.37 ฿12.63	$1.95 kr205	+424.5%
Average			+375.7%

Thailand vs. Iceland - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Thailand	Iceland
Bread 1 loaf	$1.31 ฿44.43	$3.22 kr338	+146.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.71 ฿329.22	$6.33 kr664	-34.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.63 ฿224.88	$5.38 kr565	-18.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.60 ฿54.39	$5.97 kr626	+272.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.06 ฿36.02	$7.48 kr785	+604.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.26 ฿42.83	$1.06 kr111	-16.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.59 ฿20.10	$1.04 kr109	+75.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.81 ฿27.62	$1.10 kr116	+35.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.56 ฿19.04	$1.96 kr206	+249.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.58 ฿19.54	$1.03 kr108	+78.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 ฿15.60	$0.60 kr63	+30.0%
Average			+129.2%

Thailand vs. Iceland - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Thailand	Iceland
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.56 ฿120.71	$6.83 kr717	+91.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.43 ฿964.27	$104.10 kr10,925	+266.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$34,702.53 ฿1,177,109.81	$29,559.70 kr3,102,290	-14.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.32 ฿248.37	$25.44 kr2,670	+247.4%
Average			+147.7%

Thailand vs. Iceland - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.6 times more for housing

	Thailand	Iceland
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$23.36 ฿792.30	$72.22 kr7,579	+209.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$352.17 ฿11,945.55	$1,433.87 kr150,485	+307.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$217.20 ฿7,367.48	$1,196.44 kr125,566	+450.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$49.41 ฿1,675.84	$84.13 kr8,829	+70.3%
Average			+259.4%

Thailand vs. Iceland - Cost of housing

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pay 33.1% less for childcare

	Thailand	Iceland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$300.23 ฿10,183.83	$308.46 kr32,373	+2.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,019.95 ฿373,796.85	$3,430.08 kr359,987	-68.9%
Average			-33.1%

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pay 2.6 times more for entertainment and sports

	Thailand	Iceland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.15 ฿73.03	$9.07 kr952	+321.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.93 ฿65.42	$4.60 kr483	+138.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 ฿135.74	$12.21 kr1,282	+205.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$49.03 ฿1,662.98	$60.00 kr6,297	+22.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.96 ฿202.13	$13.09 kr1,374	+119.7%
Average			+161.4%

Thailand vs. Iceland - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.4 times more for clothing

	Thailand	Iceland
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.36 ฿1,809.92	$126.70 kr13,297	+137.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$26.59 ฿901.84	$69.47 kr7,291	+161.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$89.73 ฿3,043.52	$175.47 kr18,416	+95.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$74.24 ฿2,518.30	$188.88 kr19,823	+154.4%
Average			+137.2%

Thailand vs. Iceland - Cost of clothing

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