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Bangkok vs. Puerto Vallarta Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 23.8% more expensive than Puerto Vallarta.

Restaurants: pay 58.6% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 16.7% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 2.2 times more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 36.5% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 2.0 times more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 15.5% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 6.2% more in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Puerto Vallarta Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 58.6% less for restaurants

	Puerto Vallarta	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$204.83	$2.91 THB100.50	-70.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.19 MX$168.98	$5.83 THB201.00	-28.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.64 MX$33.85	$0.62 THB21.24	-62.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.05 MX$21.67	$0.29 THB10.07	-72.2%
Average			-58.6%

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pay 16.7% more for groceries

	Puerto Vallarta	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$2.52 MX$51.94	$1.52 THB52.52	-39.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.06 MX$83.77	$11.74 THB405.04	+189.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.53 MX$114.01	$7.32 THB252.51	+32.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.96 MX$40.36	$2.27 THB78.39	+16.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.05 MX$63.00	$1.31 THB45.36	-56.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$20.43	$1.47 THB50.76	+48.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.64 MX$13.23	$0.73 THB25.06	+13.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.72 MX$14.77	$1.04 THB35.72	+44.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.62	$0.80 THB27.76	-5.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.86 MX$17.78	$0.71 THB24.58	-17.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.05 MX$21.70	$0.62 THB21.47	-40.8%
Average			+16.7%

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pay 2.2 times more for transportation

	Puerto Vallarta	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.53 MX$93.37	$4.47 THB154.06	-1.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.93 MX$204.83	$39.32 THB1,356.78	+296.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$16,381.22 MX$337,967.41	$55,345.18 THB1,909,538.80	+237.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.59 MX$465.99	$10.34 THB356.78	-54.2%
Average			+119.6%

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pay 36.5% less for housing

	Puerto Vallarta	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.18 MX$643.39	$15.36 THB529.96	-50.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$949.03 MX$19,579.77	$571.31 THB19,711.37	-39.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$639.81 MX$13,200.07	$301.88 THB10,415.67	-52.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$69.23 MX$1,428.25	$67.33 THB2,323.07	-2.7%
Average			-36.5%

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pay 2.0 times more for childcare

	Puerto Vallarta	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$339.21 MX$6,998.32	$632.63 THB21,827.34	+86.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,956.81 MX$122,897.24	$13,191.37 THB455,133.16	+121.5%
Average			+104.0%

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pay 15.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Puerto Vallarta	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.99 MX$40.97	$2.33 THB80.40	+17.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.32 MX$68.49	$2.58 THB89.14	-22.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$80.91	$4.20 THB144.97	+7.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.78 MX$634.97	$54.58 THB1,883.07	+77.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.45 MX$153.62	$7.28 THB251.26	-2.2%
Average			+15.5%

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pay 6.2% more for clothing

	Puerto Vallarta	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$59.57 MX$1,228.97	$55.27 THB1,906.89	-7.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.51 MX$691.30	$34.84 THB1,202.03	+4.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.08 MX$1,920.27	$97.10 THB3,350.03	+4.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$74.46 MX$1,536.22	$92.12 THB3,178.38	+23.7%
Average			+6.2%

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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: January 2025

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