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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
Sample of about a dozen items.
Thailand Board of Investment

Finfacts Worldwide 2006 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 2006.
Bangkok is ranked #127 with an index of 64.9.
See previous surveys: 2005 Survey 2004 Survey 2003 Survey
Rank
2006
Rank
2005
 City
Country
Index
2006
Index
2005
Bangkok
= 1.00
1
4
 MOSCOW Russia
123.9
119.0
1.91
2
5
 SEOUL South Korea
121.7
115.4
1.88
3
1
 TOKYO Japan
119.1
134.7
1.84
4
9
 HONG KONG Hong Kong
116.3
109.5
1.79
5
3
 LONDON United Kingdom
110.6
120.3
1.70
6
2
 OSAKA Japan
108.3
121.8
1.67
7
6
 GENEVA Switzerland
103.0
113.5
1.59
8
8
 COPENHAGEN Denmark
101.1
110.0
1.56
9
7
 ZURICH Switzerland
100.8
112.1
1.55
10
10
 OSLO Norway
100.0
105.3
1.54
10
13
 NEW YORK CITY United States
100.0
100.0
1.54
12
15
 ST.PETERSBURG Russia
99.7
99.5
1.54
13
11
 MILAN Italy
96.9
104.9
1.49
14
19
 BEIJING China
94.9
95.6
1.46
15
22
 ISTANBUL Turkey
93.1
93.8
1.43
15
12
 PARIS France
93.1
102.2
1.43
17
34
 SINGAPORE Singapore
92.0
88.0
1.42
18
13
 DUBLIN Ireland
91.8
100.0
1.41
19
20
 SYDNEY Australia
91.3
95.2
1.41
20
30
 SHANGHAI China
91.2
90.4
1.41
21
17
 ROME Italy
89.8
97.3
1.38
21
54
 KIEV Ukraine
89.8
84.5
1.38
21
16
 VIENNA Austria
89.8
97.8
1.38
24
39
 TEL AVIV Israel
89.7
87.6
1.38
25
20
 HELSINKI Finland
87.8
95.2
1.35
25
73
 DUBAI United Arab Emirates
87.8
77.8
1.35
27
22
 DOUALA Cameroon
87.6
93.8
1.35
28
29
 TAIPEI Taiwan
86.8
90.6
1.34
29
44
 LOS ANGELES United States
86.7
86.7
1.34
30
64
 ABU DHABI United Arab Emirates
86.0
81.0
1.33
31
96
 LAGOS Nigeria
85.5
72.8
1.32
32
52
 BEIRUT Lebanon
85.4
84.6
1.32
32
50
 HANOI Vietnam
85.4
84.9
1.32
34
119
 SAO PAULO Brazil
85.0
66.6
1.31
34
50
 SAN FRANCISCO United States
85.0
84.9
1.31
36
18
 STOCKHOLM Sweden
84.8
96.8
1.31
37
56
 HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam
84.2
83.8
1.30
38
52
 CHICAGO United States
84.1
84.6
1.30
39
57
 MIAMI United States
83.9
83.3
1.29
40
124
 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil
83.5
65.4
1.29
41
123
 LUSAKA Zambia
83.4
65.6
1.29
41
24
 AMSTERDAM Netherlands
83.4
93.3
1.29
43
45
 WHITE PLAINS United States
83.2
86.6
1.28
44
63
 SHENZHEN China
82.9
81.3
1.28
45
26
 ABIDJAN Cote d’Ivoire
82.8
93.0
1.28
45
36
 DAKAR Senegal
82.8
87.9
1.28
47
82
 TORONTO Canada
82.6
76.2
1.27
48
71
 JAKARTA Indonesia
82.4
78.9
1.27
48
31
 BRATISLAVA Slovak Republic
82.4
89.9
1.27
50
28
 PRAGUE Czech Republic
82.1
90.8
1.27
51
58
 ALGIERS Algeria
82.0
81.9
1.26
52
75
 ALMATY Kazakhstan
81.9
77.6
1.26
53
46
 MADRID Spain
81.6
86.0
1.26
54
65
 GUANGZHOU China
81.5
80.6
1.26
55
74
 SAN JUAN Puerto Rico
81.4
77.7
1.25
56
87
 VANCOUVER Canada
81.2
74.3
1.25
56
43
 BARCELONA Spain
81.2
86.9
1.25
56
33
 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg
81.2
88.2
1.25
59
41
 ATHENS Greece
81.1
87.2
1.25
60
40
 GLASGOW United Kingdom
80.7
87.5
1.24
61
34
 FRANKFURT Germany
80.5
88.0
1.24
62
67
 AMMAN Jordan
80.4
80.1
1.24
62
32
 DUSSELDORF Germany
80.4
88.4
1.24
62
27
 WARSAW Poland
80.4
91.5
1.24
65
37
 MUNICH Germany
80.2
87.8
1.24
65
24
 BUDAPEST Hungary
80.2
93.3
1.24
67
61
 HONOLULU United States
80.0
81.4
1.23
68
105
 MUMBAI India
79.9
70.8
1.23
69
47
 BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom
79.7
85.8
1.23
70
41
 BRUSSELS Belgium
79.5
87.2
1.22
71
98
 CALGARY Canada
79.3
72.5
1.22
72
38
 BERLIN Germany
79.2
87.7
1.22
73
110
 NEW DELHI India
79.0
69.9
1.22
74
68
 MELBOURNE Australia
78.8
80.0
1.21
75
91
 ACCRA Ghana
78.6
73.6
1.21
76
70
 HOUSTON United States
78.5
79.1
1.21
77
49
 HAMBURG Germany
78.2
85.0
1.20
78
72
 KUWAIT CITY Kuwait
78.0
78.3
1.20
79
48
 ZAGREB Croatia
77.7
85.2
1.20
80
107
 MONTREAL Canada
77.6
70.7
1.20
81
54
 RIGA Latvia
77.2
84.5
1.19
81
95
 MEXICO CITY Mexico
77.2
73.1
1.19
83
78
 WASHINGTON United States
77.0
77.4
1.19
84
80
 MORRISTOWN United States
76.8
76.9
1.18
84
79
 BOSTON United States
76.8
77.0
1.18
86
83
 ATLANTA United States
76.3
76.1
1.18
87
86
 MANAMA Bahrain
76.1
74.5
1.17
88
59
 CASABLANCA Morocco
75.9
81.6
1.17
88
66
 LISBON Portugal
75.9
80.2
1.17
90
122
 OTTAWA Canada
75.6
66.4
1.16
91
128
 SANTIAGO Chile
74.5
64.8
1.15
91
61
 LYON France
74.5
81.4
1.15
93
108
 Guatemala City Guatemala
74.3
70.4
1.14
93
97
 CAIRO Egypt
74.3
72.5
1.14
93
93
 PERTH Australia
74.3
73.5
1.14
96
60
 TALLINN Estonia
73.7
81.5
1.14
97
94
 DENVER United States
73.6
73.2
1.13
98
88
 RIYADH Saudi Arabia
73.5
74.1
1.13
99
84
 BRISBANE Australia
73.2
74.9
1.13
100
89
 JEDDAH Saudi Arabia
72.9
73.9
1.12
100
69
 AUCKLAND New Zealand
72.9
79.6
1.12
102
103
 SEATTLE United States
71.9
71.4
1.11
103
115
 MONTERREY Mexico
71.6
67.7
1.10
103
102
 ST. LOUIS United States
71.6
71.6
1.10
105
76
 WELLINGTON New Zealand
71.1
77.5
1.10
106
76
 LJUBLJANA Slovenia
71.0
77.5
1.09
107
119
 NAIROBI Kenya
70.9
66.6
1.09
108
89
 ADELAIDE Australia
70.6
73.9
1.09
109
105
 KINGSTON Jamaica
70.0
70.8
1.08
110
109
 CLEVELAND United States
69.8
70.3
1.08
111
112
 PORTLAND United States
69.7
68.8
1.07
111
81
 SOFIA Bulgaria
69.7
76.3
1.07
113
111
 PITTSBURGH United States
69.4
69.2
1.07
114
117
 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia
69.3
67.1
1.07
114
103
 BUCHAREST Romania
69.3
71.4
1.07
116
91
 VILNIUS Lithuania
69.2
73.6
1.07
117
116
 JOHANNESBURG South Africa
69.1
67.4
1.06
118
100
 LIMASSOL Cyprus
68.7
71.9
1.06
118
118
 LIMA Peru
68.7
66.9
1.06
118
113
 BANDAR SERI Brunei
68.7
68.5
1.06
121
114
 PANAMA CITY Panama
68.5
68.3
1.06
122
101
 DETROIT United States
68.3
71.8
1.05
123
85
 LEIPZIG Germany
68.1
74.8
1.05
124
119
 WINSTON SALEM United States
66.7
66.6
1.03
125
129
 TEHRAN Iran
66.4
64.4
1.02
126
99
 SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic
65.3
72.3
1.01
127
125
 BANGKOK Thailand
64.9
65.3
1.00
128
131
 TIANJIN China
63.6
62.5
0.98
129
130
 BLANTYRE Malawi
63.1
62.7
0.97
130
133
 BOGOTA Colombia
62.7
62.7
0.97
131
127
 DACCA (DHAKA) Bangladesh
62.5
62.5
0.96
132
132
 COLOMBO Sri Lanka
61.4
60.0
0.95
133
126
 TUNIS Tunisia
60.7
65.2
0.94
134
135
 SAN JOSE Costa Rica
58.1
58.0
0.90
135
137
 QUITO Ecuador
57.4
54.6
0.88
136
138
 CARACAS Venezuela
57.2
54.4
0.88
137
138
 CHENNAI (MADRAS) India
56.7
54.4
0.87
138
140
 MONTEVIDEO Uruguay
56.5
53.5
0.87
139
141
 BANGALORE India
56.4
51.7
0.87
140
136
 KARACHI Pakistan
56.1
56.1
0.86
141
143
 MANILA Philippines
56.0
49.8
0.86
142
142
 BUENOS AIRES Argentina
54.8
50.3
0.84
143
134
 HARARE Zimbabwe
50.9
58.4
0.78
144
144
 ASUNCION Paraguay
43.5
40.3
0.67

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