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Puerto Escondido vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Puerto Escondido is 19.0% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 96.9% more in Puerto Escondido
Groceries: pay 13.9% more in Puerto Escondido
Transportation: pay 3.5% more in Puerto Escondido
Housing: pay 86.5% more in Puerto Escondido
Childcare: pay 82.3% less in Puerto Escondido
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.3% less in Puerto Escondido

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

Puerto Escondido vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Puerto Escondido instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 96.9% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Puerto Escondido
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.91 THB100.50	$6.17 MX$127.37	+111.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.83 THB201.00	??
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 THB21.24	$0.92 MX$18.95	+49.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.29 THB10.07	$0.67 MX$13.83	+129.7%
Average			+96.9%

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pay 13.9% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Puerto Escondido
Bread 1 loaf	$1.52 THB52.52	$2.23 MX$46.09	+46.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$11.74 THB405.04	$2.98 MX$61.45	-74.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.32 THB252.51	$4.89 MX$100.80	-33.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.27 THB78.39	$2.23 MX$46.09	-1.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.31 THB45.36	$4.71 MX$97.15	+258.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.47 THB50.76	$0.90 MX$18.58	-38.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.73 THB25.06	$0.38 MX$7.90	-47.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.04 THB35.72	$0.50 MX$10.22	-52.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.80 THB27.76	$0.71 MX$14.71	-11.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.71 THB24.58	$0.90 MX$18.58	+26.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.62 THB21.47	$1.13 MX$23.23	+80.9%
Average			+13.9%

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pay 3.5% more for transportation

	Bangkok	Puerto Escondido
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.47 THB154.06	$4.62 MX$95.36	+3.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$39.32 THB1,356.78	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,345.18 THB1,909,538.80	??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.34 THB356.78	??
Average			+3.5%

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pay 86.5% more for housing

	Bangkok	Puerto Escondido
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.36 THB529.96	$68.14 MX$1,405.76	+343.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.31 THB19,711.37	$409.53 MX$8,449.19	-28.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$301.88 THB10,415.67	$509.61 MX$10,513.94	+68.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$67.33 THB2,323.07	$41.76 MX$861.49	-38.0%
Average			+86.5%

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pay 82.3% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Puerto Escondido
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$632.63 THB21,827.34	$111.69 MX$2,304.32	-82.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,191.37 THB455,133.16	??
Average			-82.3%

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pay 4.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Puerto Escondido
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.33 THB80.40	$2.13 MX$44.04	-8.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.58 THB89.14	$3.17 MX$65.41	+22.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.20 THB144.97	$4.22 MX$87.05	+0.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$54.58 THB1,883.07	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.28 THB251.26	$4.96 MX$102.41	-31.8%
Average			-4.3%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Bangkok	Puerto Escondido
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$55.27 THB1,906.89	??
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.84 THB1,202.03	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.10 THB3,350.03	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.12 THB3,178.38	??

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