Adelaide vs Bangkok - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Adelaide	Bangkok
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2112	$992
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4473	$2523
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$455
🏘️ Family rent	$1884	$790
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3332	$833
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	50	89
😀 Quality of life	94	75
🏙️ Population	1.39M	5.68M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 113% more expensive than in Bangkok. Cities ranked 1700th and 5880th ($2112 vs $992) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Australia and Thailand, respectively. Check Australia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Bangkok. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Bangkok ranked 1st in Thailand, while ranked 56th and 1534th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Bangkok

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	Adelaide	Bangkok
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$5.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.06	$2.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.5	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1335	$631
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1926	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1581	$550
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$68.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.2	$15.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	5.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7445	$5947
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4891	$2806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$42
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$10
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$18.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$19.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.47	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.2	$4.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$4.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.23	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$50.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$40.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$59.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$873	$600
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7372	$13380

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1900
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1766
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1759
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1690
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1341
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1421
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1739
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1759
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2043
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1683
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1671
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1705
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2297
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1688
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1724
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1659
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1712
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1656
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1701
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1710
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1806
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1479
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2049
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1758
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1507
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1654
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1578
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1703
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1457
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1617
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1879
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2313
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2146
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2619
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2160
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1829
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1187
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1613

Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$749
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$798
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$795
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$750
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$611
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$671
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$618
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$784
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$775
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$818
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$792
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$713
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$717
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$595
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$688
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$559
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$711
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$570
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$563
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$632
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$591
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$818
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$568
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$774
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$594
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$589
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$752
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$564
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1154
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$602
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$610
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$509
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$510
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$711
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$719
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$730
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$633