Cost of living comparison

Bangkok, Thailand

compared to

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Newcastle Upon Tyne vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Newcastle Upon Tyne is 2.1 times more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 4.7 times more in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Groceries: pay 25.9% more in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Transportation: pay 47.2% more in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Housing: pay 2.8 times more in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Childcare: pay 78.1% more in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.0 times more in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Clothing: pay 2.6% more in Newcastle Upon Tyne

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, transportation, and groceries in Newcastle Upon Tyne are more expensive than in Bangkok. Notably, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Newcastle Upon Tyne vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Newcastle Upon Tyne instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 4.7 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.91 THB95.11	$19.37 £14.32	+565.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.83 THB190.22	$9.29 £6.87	+59.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 THB20.10	$2.70 £1.99	+337.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.29 THB9.53	$1.78 £1.31	+508.7%
Average			+367.8%

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pay 25.9% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Bread 1 loaf	$1.52 THB49.70	$1.51 £1.12	-0.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$11.74 THB383.30	$4.88 £3.61	-58.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.32 THB238.95	$6.01 £4.45	-17.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.27 THB74.19	$3.46 £2.56	+52.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.31 THB42.92	$3.84 £2.84	+192.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.47 THB48.04	$1.19 £0.88	-19.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.73 THB23.72	$0.76 £0.57	+5.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.04 THB33.80	$1.15 £0.85	+11.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.80 THB26.27	$1.52 £1.12	+89.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.71 THB23.26	$0.85 £0.63	+19.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.62 THB20.32	$0.69 £0.51	+10.3%
Average			+25.9%

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pay 47.2% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.47 THB145.79	$7.08 £5.23	+58.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$39.32 THB1,283.96	$84.23 £62.26	+114.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,345.18 THB1,807,047.88	$36,531.14 £27,004.11	-34.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.34 THB337.63	$15.52 £11.48	+50.1%
Average			+47.2%

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pay 2.8 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.36 THB501.51	$45.92 £33.95	+199.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.31 THB18,653.40	$1,000.94 £739.90	+75.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$301.88 THB9,856.62	$774.92 £572.83	+156.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$67.33 THB2,198.38	$248.52 £183.71	+269.1%
Average			+175.0%

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pay 78.1% more for childcare

	Bangkok	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$632.63 THB20,655.80	$1,323.83 £978.58	+109.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,191.37 THB430,704.74	$19,373.06 £14,320.72	+46.9%
Average			+78.1%

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pay 2.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.33 THB76.09	$5.17 £3.82	+121.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.58 THB84.36	$4.44 £3.28	+71.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.20 THB137.19	$16.79 £12.41	+299.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$54.58 THB1,782.00	$40.18 £29.70	-26.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.28 THB237.77	$10.33 £7.64	+41.9%
Average			+101.7%

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pay 2.6% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$55.27 THB1,804.54	$75.83 £56.06	+37.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.84 THB1,137.51	$39.39 £29.12	+13.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.10 THB3,170.23	$72.33 £53.46	-25.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.12 THB3,007.78	$78.78 £58.24	-14.5%
Average			+2.6%

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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: June 2025

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