Bangkok vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bangkok	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2947	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$425	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1110	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$301	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$723	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	89	96
😀 Quality of life	74	74
🏙️ Population	5.68M	13M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 7% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5738th and 5091st ($994 vs $1075) 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 1355th and 1280th 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	$4.03	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.1	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$568	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.3	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.22%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5850	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2650	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.22	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.8	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.5	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.39	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.56	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.39	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.51	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$662	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13758	$11652

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$759
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$787
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$786
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$739
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$613
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$758
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$800
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$676
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$703
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$564
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$570
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$633
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$697
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$533
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$630
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$608
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$806
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$763
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$612
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$555
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$754
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$745
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$561
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1168
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$635
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$819
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$529
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$514
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$919
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$711
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$783

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541