Cost of living comparison

Bangkok, Thailand

compared to

N'djamena, Chad

N'djamena vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

N'djamena is 49.7% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 83.1% more in N'djamena
Groceries: pay 15.7% more in N'djamena
Transportation: pay 12.1% less in N'djamena
Housing: pay 4.6 times more in N'djamena
Childcare: pay 90.9% less in N'djamena
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.5% less in N'djamena
Clothing: pay 1.3% more in N'djamena

The cost of housing, restaurants, groceries, and clothing in N'djamena are more expensive than in Bangkok. Expenses including childcare, transportation, and entertainment and sports are lower in N'djamena. Notably, housing and restaurants are significantly more expensive in N'djamena.

N'djamena vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in N'djamena instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 83.1% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	N'djamena
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.91 THB94.65	$8.17 FCFA4,713	+180.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.83 THB189.30	$4.29 FCFA2,473	-26.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 THB20.01	$0.90 FCFA520	+46.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.29 THB9.48	$0.68 FCFA390	+131.9%
Average			+83.1%

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pay 15.7% more for groceries

	Bangkok	N'djamena
Bread 1 loaf	$1.52 THB49.46	$0.33 FCFA189	-78.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$11.74 THB381.46	$1.63 FCFA943	-86.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.32 THB237.80	$11.03 FCFA6,363	+50.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.27 THB73.83	$2.16 FCFA1,249	-4.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.31 THB42.72	$2.96 FCFA1,710	+125.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.47 THB47.81	$2.22 FCFA1,283	+51.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.73 THB23.60	$0.78 FCFA450	+7.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.04 THB33.64	$1.73 FCFA998	+67.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.80 THB26.15	$1.06 FCFA613	+32.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.71 THB23.15	$0.69 FCFA399	-2.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.62 THB20.22	$0.69 FCFA399	+11.1%
Average			+15.7%

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pay 12.1% less for transportation

	Bangkok	N'djamena
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.47 THB145.09	$3.92 FCFA2,262	-12.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$39.32 THB1,277.77	$81.69 FCFA47,132	+107.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,345.18 THB1,798,347.12	$11,273.85 FCFA6,504,217	-79.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.34 THB336.01	$3.68 FCFA2,121	-64.4%
Average			-12.1%

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pay 4.6 times more for housing

	Bangkok	N'djamena
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.36 THB499.10	$190.62 FCFA109,975	+1141.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.31 THB18,563.58	$1,386.33 FCFA799,816	+142.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$301.88 THB9,809.17	$179.73 FCFA103,690	-40.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$67.33 THB2,187.80	$187.42 FCFA108,126	+178.4%
Average			+355.4%

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pay 90.9% less for childcare

	Bangkok	N'djamena
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$632.63 THB20,556.34	$35.95 FCFA20,738	-94.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,191.37 THB428,630.94	$1,633.89 FCFA942,640	-87.6%
Average			-90.9%

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pay 4.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	N'djamena
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.33 THB75.72	$1.23 FCFA707	-47.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.58 THB83.95	??
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.20 THB136.53	$0.94 FCFA542	-77.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$54.58 THB1,773.42	$130.71 FCFA75,411	+139.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.28 THB236.62	$4.90 FCFA2,828	-32.7%
Average			-4.5%

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pay 1.3% more for clothing

	Bangkok	N'djamena
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$55.27 THB1,795.85	$32.68 FCFA18,853	-40.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.84 THB1,132.03	$61.27 FCFA35,349	+75.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.10 THB3,154.96	$53.10 FCFA30,636	-45.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.12 THB2,993.30	$106.20 FCFA61,272	+15.3%
Average			+1.3%

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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: May 2025

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