Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Thailand
  3. Spain
  4. Comparison
THB
COMPARED TO
EUR

Spain is 68.2% more expensive than Thailand.

If you lived in Spain instead of Thailand, you would:
local_dining

pay 3.4 times more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.92
฿65.23
$10.94
€9.60
+469.1%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.97
฿202.37
$7.83
€6.87
+31.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.63
฿21.47
$1.90
€1.67
+200.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.34
฿11.63
$1.26
€1.10
+266.8%
Average +242.0%
Thailand vs. Spain - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 17.3% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.15
฿38.93
$1.12
€0.98
-2.6%
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.39
฿284.52
$5.21
€4.57
-37.8%
Milk (1 gallon) $5.84
฿198.10
$3.23
€2.83
-44.7%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.47
฿49.80
$1.95
€1.71
+32.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.10
฿37.22
$2.85
€2.50
+160.0%
Apples (1 lb) $1.21
฿41.06
$0.81
€0.71
-33.4%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.53
฿17.95
$0.82
€0.72
+54.1%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.81
฿27.56
$0.69
€0.60
-15.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.55
฿18.82
$0.83
€0.73
+49.7%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.58
฿19.59
$0.56
€0.49
-3.6%
Onions (1 lb) $0.44
฿14.90
$0.58
€0.51
+31.8%
Average +17.3%
Thailand vs. Spain - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 49.9% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.45
฿116.93
$5.31
€4.66
+54.1%
Monthly public transit pass $27.92
฿947.15
$39.14
€34.32
+40.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,970.47
฿1,152,278.37
$20,519.36
€17,993.45
-39.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $5.39
฿182.69
$13.19
€11.57
+144.9%
Average +49.9%
Thailand vs. Spain - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 2.1 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $20.87
฿707.78
$45.90
€40.25
+120.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $333.98
฿11,328.62
$630.31
€552.72
+88.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $196.56
฿6,667.42
$508.40
€445.81
+158.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $52.97
฿1,796.83
$101.69
€89.17
+92.0%
Average +114.8%
Thailand vs. Spain - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 12.5% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $258.03
฿8,752.30
$342.21
€300.09
+32.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,480.14
฿287,646.48
$7,838.85
€6,873.89
-7.6%
Average +12.5%
Thailand vs. Spain - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 17.7% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.17
฿73.74
$2.35
€2.06
+8.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.77
฿60.04
$1.72
€1.51
-3.0%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $3.76
฿127.55
$5.40
€4.73
+43.5%
Monthly membership at local gym $43.54
฿1,476.92
$41.07
€36.01
-5.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $5.69
฿193.16
$8.29
€7.27
+45.5%
Average +17.7%
Thailand vs. Spain - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 23.0% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $52.61
฿1,784.48
$74.69
€65.49
+42.0%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $23.14
฿784.80
$31.65
€27.75
+36.8%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $87.44
฿2,965.94
$73.12
€64.12
-16.4%
Men's business shoes (leather) $71.93
฿2,439.96
$93.22
€81.74
+29.6%
Average +23.0%
Thailand vs. Spain - Cost of clothing
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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: July 2020
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