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Bangkok vs. Sopot Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 13.5% more expensive than Sopot.

Restaurants: pay 61.2% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 55.1% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 31.0% more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 37.3% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 94.2% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.7% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 10.9% more in Bangkok

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

Bangkok vs. Sopot Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Sopot, you would:

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pay 61.2% less for restaurants

	Sopot	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.90 PLN41.15	$2.91 THB101.05	-70.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.42 PLN30.86	$5.83 THB202.10	-21.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.07 PLN8.62	$0.62 THB21.36	-70.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.65 PLN6.86	$0.29 THB10.12	-82.3%
Average			-61.2%

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pay 55.1% more for groceries

	Sopot	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.21 PLN5.02	$1.52 THB52.80	+26.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.56 PLN18.95	$11.74 THB407.25	+157.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.47 PLN14.44	$7.32 THB253.88	+110.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.00 PLN12.48	$2.27 THB78.82	-24.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.73 PLN11.35	$1.31 THB45.61	-51.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.42 PLN1.74	$1.47 THB51.04	+250.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.73 PLN3.04	$0.73 THB25.20	-0.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 PLN3.02	$1.04 THB35.91	+42.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.01 PLN4.20	$0.80 THB27.91	-20.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.37 PLN1.56	$0.71 THB24.72	+90.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.50 PLN2.06	$0.62 THB21.59	+25.3%
Average			+55.1%

Sopot vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 31.0% more for transportation

	Sopot	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.08 PLN25.29	$4.47 THB154.90	-26.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$29.45 PLN122.42	$39.32 THB1,364.16	+33.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,694.68 PLN123,448.68	$55,345.18 THB1,919,935.11	+86.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.92 PLN32.92	$10.34 THB358.72	+30.6%
Average			+31.0%

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pay 37.3% less for housing

	Sopot	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.63 PLN65.00	$15.36 THB532.84	-1.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$907.34 PLN3,772.04	$571.31 THB19,818.69	-37.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$532.03 PLN2,211.79	$301.88 THB10,472.37	-43.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$204.68 PLN850.93	$67.33 THB2,335.72	-67.1%
Average			-37.3%

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pay 94.2% more for childcare

	Sopot	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$330.97 PLN1,375.94	$632.63 THB21,946.18	+91.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,681.30 PLN27,775.95	$13,191.37 THB457,611.09	+97.4%
Average			+94.2%

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pay 1.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Sopot	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.71 PLN15.43	$2.33 THB80.84	-37.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.41 PLN14.19	$2.58 THB89.63	-24.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.58 PLN19.03	$4.20 THB145.76	-8.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.03 PLN141.45	$54.58 THB1,893.33	+60.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.19 PLN25.72	$7.28 THB252.62	+17.7%
Average			+1.7%

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pay 10.9% more for clothing

	Sopot	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$70.36 PLN292.52	$55.27 THB1,917.27	-21.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.03 PLN141.45	$34.84 THB1,208.57	+2.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.29 PLN288.05	$97.10 THB3,368.27	+40.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$75.16 PLN312.48	$92.12 THB3,195.68	+22.6%
Average			+10.9%

Sopot vs. Bangkok - Cost of clothing

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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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