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Cost of Living in Thailand

In almost every component in a cost of living analysis, Bangkok, Thailand enjoys one of the best values for money. The cost of living in all other provincial cities is even lower.

Selected Costs of Living in Bangkok (Aug 2005)
Sample of about a dozen items.
Thailand Board of Investment

Finfacts Worldwide 2005 Cost of Living Survey

The survey, which covers 144 cities, measures the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location. These include housing, food, clothing, and household goods, together with transportation and entertainment. The data is used to assist multinational companies in determining compensation allowances for their expatriate workers. Published March 2005.
Bangkok is ranked #125 with an index of 65.3. See 2004 Survey See 2003 Survey
Rank
2005
Rank
2004
 City
Country
Index
2005
Index
2004
Bangkok
= 1.0
1
1
 TOKYO Japan
134.7
130.7
2.06
2
4
 OSAKA Japan
121.8
116.1
1.87
3
2
 LONDON United Kingdom 
120.3
119.0
1.84
4
3
 MOSCOW Russia
119.0
117.4
1.82
5
7
 SEOUL South Korea
115.4
104.1
1.77
6
6
 GENEVA Switzerland
113.5
106.2
1.74
7
9
 ZURICH Switzerland
112.1
101.6
1.72
8
8
 COPENHAGEN Denmark
110.0
102.2
1.68
9
5
 HONG KONG Hong Kong
109.5
109.5
1.68
10
15
 OSLO Norway
105.3
96.2
1.61
11
13
 MILAN Italy
104.9
98.7
1.61
12
17
 PARIS France
102.2
94.8
1.57
13
12
 NEW YORK CITY, NY United States
100.0
100.0
1.53
13
14
 DUBLIN Ireland
100.0
96.9
1.53
15
10
 ST. PETERSBURG Russia
99.5
101.4
1.52
16
19
 VIENNA Austria
97.8
92.5
1.50
17
21
 ROME Italy
97.3
90.5
1.49
18
22
 STOCKHOLM Sweden
96.8
89.5
1.48
19
11
 BEIJING China
95.6
101.1
1.46
20
20
 SYDNEY Australia
95.2
91.8
1.46
20
23
 HELSINKI Finland
95.2
88.8
1.46
22
25
 DOUALA Cameroon
93.8
88.3
1.44
22
18
 ISTANBUL Turkey
93.8
93.5
1.44
24
26
 AMSTERDAM Netherlands
93.3
88.1
1.43
24
34
 BUDAPEST Hungary
93.3
84.5
1.43
26
24
 ABIDJAN Côte d'Ivoire
93.0
88.7
1.42
27
76
 WARSAW Poland
91.5
75.4
1.40
28
49
 PRAGUE Czech Republic 
90.8
83.3
1.39
29
31
 TAIPEI Taiwan
90.6
85.3
1.39
30
16
 SHANGHAI China
90.4
95.3
1.38
31
44
 BRATISLAVA Slovak Republic 
89.9
83.9
1.38
32
40
 DUSSELDORF Germany
88.4
84.3
1.35
33
39
 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg
88.2
84.3
1.35
34
46
 SINGAPORE Singapore
88.0
83.6
1.35
34
42
 FRANKFURT Germany
88.0
84.0
1.35
36
47
 DAKAR Senegal
87.9
83.4
1.35
37
43
 MUNICH Germany
87.8
84.0
1.34
38
28
 BERLIN Germany
87.7
85.7
1.34
39
33
 TEL AVIV Israel
87.6
84.8
1.34
40
41
 GLASGOW United Kingdom 
87.5
84.1
1.34
41
50
 ATHENS Greece
87.2
82.9
1.34
41
53
 BRUSSELS Belgium
87.2
82.1
1.34
43
56
 BARCELONA Spain
86.9
81.4
1.33
44
27
 LOS ANGELES, CA United States
86.7
86.6
1.33
45
52
 WHITE PLAINS, NY United States
86.6
82.7
1.33
46
61
 MADRID Spain
86.0
79.6
1.32
47
51
 BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom 
85.8
82.8
1.31
48
59
 ZAGREB Croatia
85.2
80.5
1.30
49
58
 HAMBURG Germany
85.0
80.6
1.30
50
29
 HANOI Vietnam
84.9
85.6
1.30
50
38
 SAN FRANCISCO, CA United States
84.9
84.3
1.30
52
35
 CHICAGO, IL United States
84.6
84.5
1.30
52
37
 BEIRUT Lebanon
84.6
84.3
1.30
54
48
 RIGA Latvia
84.5
83.3
1.29
54
54
 KIEV Ukraine
84.5
82.0
1.29
56
36
 HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam
83.8
84.5
1.28
57
55
 MIAMI, FL United States
83.3
82.0
1.28
58
60
 ALGIERS Algeria
81.9
80.1
1.25
59
66
 CASABLANCA Morocco
81.6
77.9
1.25
60
75
 TALLINN Estonia
81.5
75.7
1.25
61
69
 LYON France
81.4
77.0
1.25
61
57
 HONOLULU, HI United States
81.4
81.3
1.25
63
30
 SHENZHEN China
81.3
85.6
1.25
64
62
 ABU DHABI UAE
81.0
78.7
1.24
65
32
 GUANGZHOU China
80.6
84.9
1.23
66
71
 LISBON Portugal
80.2
76.1
1.23
67
63
 AMMAN Jordan
80.1
78.5
1.23
68
67
 MELBOURNE Australia
80.0
77.5
1.23
69
80
 AUCKLAND New Zealand
79.6
74.2
1.22
70
73
 HOUSTON, TX United States
79.1
75.8
1.21
71
45
 JAKARTA Indonesia
78.9
83.9
1.21
72
64
 KUWAIT CITY Kuwait
78.3
78.2
1.20
73
83
 DUBAI UAE
77.8
73.5
1.19
74
65
 SAN JUAN Puerto Rico
77.7
77.9
1.19
75
74
 ALMATY Kazakhstan
77.6
75.8
1.19
76
86
 WELLINGTON  New Zealand
77.5
72.8
1.19
76
82
 LJUBLJANA Slovenia
77.5
73.6
1.19
78
68
 WASHINGTON, DC United States
77.4
77.4
1.19
79
70
 BOSTON, MA United States
77.0
76.4
1.18
80
72
 MORRISTOWN, NJ United States
76.9
76.0
1.18
81
79
 SOFIA Bulgaria
76.3
74.3
1.17
82
89
 TORONTO Canada
76.2
71.8
1.17
83
85
 ATLANTA, GA United States
76.1
72.9
1.17
84
87
 BRISBANE Australia
74.9
72.7
1.15
85
93
 LEIPZIG Germany
74.8
71.1
1.15
86
78
 MANAMA Bahrain
74.5
74.9
1.14
87
96
 VANCOUVER Canada
74.3
69.6
1.14
88
77
 RIYADH Saudi Arabia
74.1
74.9
1.13
89
81
 JEDDAH Saudi Arabia
73.9
74.0
1.13
89
88
 ADELAIDE Australia
73.9
72.0
1.13
91
91
 VILNIUS Lithuania
73.6
71.3
1.13
91
97
 ACCRA Ghana
73.6
69.5
1.13
93
94
 PERTH Australia
73.5
70.7
1.13
94
100
 DENVER, CO United States
73.2
69.3
1.12
95
84
 MEXICO CITY Mexico
73.1
73.3
1.12
96
111
 LAGOS Nigeria
72.8
66.7
1.11
97
99
 CAIRO Egypt
72.5
69.3
1.11
98
114
 CALGARY Canada
72.5
66.0
1.11
99
142
 SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Rep
72.3
47.3
1.11
100
95
 LIMASSOL Cyprus
71.9
70.3
1.10
101
101
 DETROIT, MI United States
71.8
68.8
1.10
102
92
 ST. LOUIS, MO United States
71.6
71.2
1.10
103
90
 SEATTLE, WA United States
71.4
71.4
1.09
103
129
 BUCHAREST Romania
71.4
60.1
1.09
105
103
 KINGSTON Jamaica
70.8
68.2
1.08
105
109
 MUMBAI India
70.8
66.8
1.08
107
113
 MONTREAL Canada
70.7
66.4
1.08
108
108
 GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala
70.4
66.9
1.08
109
98
 CLEVELAND, OH United States
70.3
69.4
1.08
110
116
 NEW DELHI India
69.9
64.7
1.07
111
112
 PITTSBURGH, PA United States
69.2
66.5
1.06
112
105
 PORTLAND, OR United States
68.8
67.7
1.05
113
110
 BANDAR SERI BEG. Brunei
68.5
66.7
1.05
114
106
 PANAMA CITY Panama
68.3
67.5
1.05
115
102
 MONTERREY Mexico
67.7
68.6
1.04
116
126
 JOHANNESBURG South Africa
67.4
61.1
1.03
117
104
 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia
67.1
67.7
1.03
118
118
 LIMA Peru
66.9
63.6
1.02
119
121
 NAIROBI Kenya
66.6
63.3
1.02
119
107
 WINSTON SALEM, NC United States
66.6
66.9
1.02
119
128
 SAO PAULO Brazil
66.6
60.3
1.02
122
124
 OTTAWA Canada
66.4
62.6
1.02
123
125
 LUSAKA Zambia
65.6
62.3
1.00
124
131
 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil
65.4
59.3
1.00
125
119
 BANGKOK Thailand
65.3
63.5
1.00
126
120
 TUNIS Tunisia
65.2
63.4
1.00
127
117
 DACCA (DHAKA) Bangladesh
64.9
64.0
0.99
128
123
 SANTIAGO Chile
64.8
62.9
0.99
129
122
 TEHRAN Iran
64.4
63.2
0.99
130
135
 BLANTYRE Malawi
62.7
53.0
0.96
131
115
 TIANJIN China
62.5
65.6
0.96
132
127
 COLOMBO Sri Lanka
60.0
60.4
0.92
133
139
 BOGOTA Colombia
58.8
48.6
0.90
134
140
 HARARE Zimbabwe
58.4
48.2
0.89
135
130
 SAN JOSE Costa Rica
58.0
60.0
0.89
136
132
 KARACHI Pakistan
56.1
56.3
0.86
137
136
 QUITO Ecuador
54.6
52.8
0.84
138
133
 CHENNAI (MADRAS) India
54.4
54.2
0.83
138
134
 CARACAS Venezuela
54.4
54.0
0.83
140
143
 MONTEVIDEO Uruguay
53.5
47.2
0.82
141
137
 BANGALORE India
51.7
51.1
0.79
142
141
 BUENOS AIRES Argentina
50.3
47.7
0.77
143
138
 MANILA Philippines
49.8
48.8
0.76
144
144
 ASUNCION Paraguay
40.3
42.7
0.62

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