Bangkok vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Bangkok	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$902	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2711	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$405	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1106	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	89	96
😀 Quality of life	75	73
🏙️ Population	5.68M	12.5M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 12% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5960th and 5167th ($902 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Thailand and Russia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Bangkok compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1087th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangkok vs Moscow

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	Bangkok	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.64	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$855	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.6	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5297	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.19	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.71	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.3	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.17	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.38	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.76	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12289	$10868

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$704
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$716
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$714
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$677
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$594
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$617
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$481
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$647
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$665
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$653
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$614
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$619
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$518
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$571
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$579
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$614
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$539
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$496
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$587
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$532
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$702
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$566
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$661
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$605
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$500
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$642
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$534
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1233
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$554
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$569
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$802
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$524
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$555
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$815
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$711
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$659
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$710

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517