Bangkok vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangkok	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$941	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2857	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$416	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1154	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$753	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	89	40
😀 Quality of life	74	48
🏙️ Population	5.68M	5.94M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 22% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5822nd and 6559th ($941 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Thailand and India, respectively. Check Thailand vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangkok compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 1221st and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangkok vs Surat

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	Bangkok	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.97	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.91	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1879	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.7	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5781	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.8	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.5	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.46	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.38	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$579	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13301	$1261

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$753
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$715
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$595
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$781
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$752
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$656
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$685
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$576
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$677
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$644
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$777
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$610
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$543
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$705
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1163
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$563
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$596
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$705
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$721
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$650

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340