Bangkok vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangkok	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$941	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2857	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$416	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1154	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$753	$336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	89	20
😀 Quality of life	74	45
🏙️ Population	5.68M	1.29M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 103% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 5822nd and 8801st ($941 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Thailand and Libya, respectively. Check Thailand vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangkok compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 1221st and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Bangkok vs Tripoli

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

	Bangkok	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.97	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.91	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1879	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.7	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5781	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.8	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.5	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.46	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.38	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$579	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13301	$1187

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058