Cost of living comparison
Sweden is 83.5% more expensive than Thailand.
If you lived in Sweden instead of Thailand, you would:
pay 3.4 times more for restaurants
Thailand
|
Sweden
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.08
฿75.27
|
$10.47
kr110.61
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.66
฿204.50
|
$8.27
kr87.42
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.67
฿24.14
|
$1.80
kr18.99
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.35
฿12.79
|
$1.63
kr17.18
|
|
pay 61.1% more for groceries
Thailand
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.48
฿53.64
|
$2.32
kr24.54
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.99
฿288.99
|
$4.47
kr47.28
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.46
฿233.50
|
$4.74
kr50.09
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.75
฿63.15
|
$3.01
kr31.82
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.07
฿38.72
|
$4.05
kr42.83
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.20
฿43.56
|
$1.20
kr12.67
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
฿18.23
|
$1.00
kr10.53
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.79
฿28.63
|
$1.15
kr12.13
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.59
฿21.33
|
$1.57
kr16.56
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.62
฿22.33
|
$0.60
kr6.35
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.46
฿16.62
|
$0.60
kr6.32
|
|
pay 86.8% more for transportation
Thailand
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.57
฿165.21
|
$7.21
kr76.23
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$24.32
฿879.32
|
$69.67
kr736.30
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$31,287.73
฿1,131,392.23
|
$23,170.07
kr244,858.96
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$9.68
฿350.10
|
$22.12
kr233.81
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for housing
Thailand
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$17.10
฿618.33
|
$28.54
kr301.64
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$290.79
฿10,515.29
|
$736.74
kr7,785.77
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$207.49
฿7,502.89
|
$574.14
kr6,067.40
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$49.43
฿1,787.42
|
$61.61
kr651.08
|
|
pay 64.5% less for childcare
Thailand
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$334.45
฿12,094.15
|
$129.63
kr1,369.89
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,908.05
฿358,283.94
|
$3,186.61
kr33,675.74
|
|
pay 99.9% more for entertainment and sports
Thailand
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.90
฿68.65
|
$6.47
kr68.34
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.94
฿70.31
|
$3.66
kr38.66
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.61
฿130.65
|
$6.21
kr65.63
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$47.07
฿1,701.96
|
$36.95
kr390.53
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.63
฿203.67
|
$12.40
kr131.04
|
|
pay 51.3% more for clothing
Thailand
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$40.39
฿1,460.58
|
$78.79
kr832.63
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$27.03
฿977.42
|
$34.00
kr359.35
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$82.02
฿2,965.94
|
$80.12
kr846.68
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$65.30
฿2,361.17
|
$121.88
kr1,288.03
|
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