Bangkok vs Palermo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangkok	Palermo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$958	$1301
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2465	$3087
🏠 One person rent	$424	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$741	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$707	$1505
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	89	19
😀 Quality of life	75	78
🏙️ Population	5.68M	630K

The cost of living in Bangkok is 26% less expensive than in Palermo. Cities ranked 5912th and 4489th ($958 vs $1301) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 115th in Thailand and Italy, respectively. Check Thailand vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Bangkok compared to 1.2 months in Palermo. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Palermo ranked 51st in Italy, while ranked 1890th and 1010th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bangkok vs Palermo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bangkok/palermo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bangkok vs Palermo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bangkok/palermo" target="_blank">Bangkok vs Palermo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bangkok vs Palermo

Prices for goods and services in Bangkok and Palermo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bangkok	Palermo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.1	$12.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.9	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.12	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.59	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$611	$627
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$425
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$962
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$519	$705
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$119
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.6	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.9	$26.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	4.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5905	$4312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2775	$1737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.23	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.5	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.6	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.31	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.39	$6.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.53	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$45.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.03	$8.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$76.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$83.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$561	$393
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13469	$10700

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$774
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$736
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$635
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$812
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$787
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$724
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$718
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$553
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$708
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$571
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$650
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$812
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$581
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$578
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$741
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$558
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1152
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$593
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$622
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$511
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$504
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$614
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$727
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$727
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$571

Cities near Palermo

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 46 mi	Trapani	$1046
89 km or 55 mi	Marsala	$1141
91 km or 57 mi	Agrigento	$1085
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1234
140 km or 87 mi	Gela	$1161
166 km or 103 mi	Catania	$1298
179 km or 111 mi	Ragusa	$1271
192 km or 119 mi	Messina	$1176
200 km or 124 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161
206 km or 128 mi	Syracuse	$1232
246 km or 153 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1341
258 km or 160 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
263 km or 163 mi	Naxxar	$1666
264 km or 164 mi	Mosta	$1579
265 km or 164 mi	San Gwann	$1697
265 km or 165 mi	Sliema	$1951
265 km or 165 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
266 km or 165 mi	Gzira	$1739
267 km or 166 mi	Valletta	$1770
270 km or 168 mi	Zabbar	$1577
272 km or 169 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
273 km or 169 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1425
283 km or 176 mi	Cosenza	$1200
294 km or 183 mi	Catanzaro	$1266
297 km or 185 mi	Nabeul	$487
300 km or 186 mi	Amalfi	$1689
301 km or 187 mi	La Marsa	$607
303 km or 188 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
309 km or 192 mi	Salerno	$1518
312 km or 194 mi	Naples	$1605
312 km or 194 mi	Aryanah	$529
317 km or 197 mi	Tunis	$577
321 km or 199 mi	Bizerte	$375
321 km or 200 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
324 km or 201 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
335 km or 208 mi	Avellino	$1217
338 km or 210 mi	Aversa	$1191
339 km or 210 mi	Caserta	$1291
339 km or 210 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
344 km or 214 mi	Crotone	$1319