What a month costs in Thailand

One basket — groceries, eating out, transport, utilities and a 1-bed outside the centre — priced in 563 cities. Udon Thani runs $384 a month, Phuket $856.

Bar chart of monthly cost of living for six Thai cities against the global and US medians

One bar is one month for one person: groceries, eating out, transport, utilities and a 1-bed outside the centre. Not a lifestyle budget.

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What the chart says

All 11 Thai cities carried sit below the median of all 563. The median city costs $1,086; the US median is $2,701.
The spread inside Thailand is 2.2×. Phuket at $856 against Udon Thani at $384 — a bigger gap than most people allow for when they say “Thailand”.

All 563

Every city carrying a cost, cheapest first.

#	City	Market	Cost / mo	Net salary / mo	Safety index	Population
1	Butwal	Nepal	$164	$122	66	194,335
2	Kano	Nigeria	$168	—	43	4,458,489
3	Mansoura	Egypt	$227	$99	60	570,271
4	Kochi	India	$248	$464	58	601,574
5	Quetta	Pakistan	$248	$270	46	1,565,546
6	Kolkata	India	$250	$389	53	4,496,694
7	Alexandria	Egypt	$253	$144	55	5,163,750
8	Kathmandu	Nepal	$259	$273	64	862,400
9	Cochabamba	Bolivia	$259	$386	27	665,482
10	Dhaka	Bangladesh	$263	$276	38	18,113,283
11	Mbeya	Tanzania	$266	$189	—	541,603
12	Chennai	India	$267	$762	60	4,646,732
13	Jaipur	India	$269	$371	64	3,046,163
14	Giza	Egypt	$279	$133	47	8,632,021
15	Hyderabad	Pakistan	$279	$172	—	1,921,275
16	Panaji	India	$282	$188	64	40,017
17	Gujranwala	Pakistan	$282	$234	72	2,670,000
18	Tabriz	Iran	$283	$233	66	1,558,693
19	Manado	Indonesia	$290	$213	65	451,916
20	Karachi	Pakistan	$300	$175	42	18,868,021
21	Pokhara	Nepal	$304	$180	70	513,504
22	Peshawar	Pakistan	$305	$149	55	1,905,975
23	Can Tho	Vietnam	$307	$160	78	1,236,000
24	Riobamba	Ecuador	$311	$334	34	260,882
25	Hyderabad	India	$311	$1,271	57	6,809,970
26	Medan	Indonesia	$322	$216	42	2,435,252
27	La Paz	Bolivia	$324	$246	40	750,225
28	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	$333	$174	48	3,363,000
29	Lahore	Pakistan	$345	$186	64	13,004,135
30	Delhi	India	$347	$546	41	16,787,941
31	Bandung	Indonesia	$356	$283	60	2,444,160
32	Semarang	Indonesia	$357	$190	60	1,653,524
33	Multan	Pakistan	$365	$183	62	2,200,000
34	Yogyakarta	Indonesia	$366	$214	63	373,589
35	Fintas	Kuwait	$367	$640	71	447,009
36	Bengaluru	India	$368	$806	46	8,443,675
37	Pune	India	$370	$1,100	59	3,124,458
38	Denpasar	Indonesia	$371	$279	73	725,314
39	Batam	Indonesia	$375	$343	50	1,196,396
40	Surabaya	Indonesia	$383	$272	63	2,874,314
41	Udon Thani	Thailand	$384	$769	82	382,128
42	Machala	Ecuador	$388	$450	19	306,309
43	Chiang Rai	Thailand	$393	$595	88	200,000
44	Gweru	Zimbabwe	$394	$250	51	213,024
45	Shiraz	Iran	$401	$233	52	1,565,572
46	Meknes	Morocco	$408	$490	40	526,000
47	Tripoli	Lebanon	$413	$244	35	243,833
48	Zanzibar City	Tanzania	$418	$314	47	219,007
49	Ayutthaya	Thailand	$421	$981	—	136,959
50	Loja	Ecuador	$423	$491	75	250,028
51	Fez	Morocco	$425	$507	38	1,180,000
52	Chongqing	China	$425	$1,114	78	9,580,819
53	Xi'an	China	$426	$1,067	84	9,392,938
54	Islamabad	Pakistan	$427	$383	69	1,110,000
55	Tehran	Iran	$428	$221	43	8,693,706
56	Hat Yai	Thailand	$429	$463	73	399,537
57	Nakuru	Kenya	$432	—	53	570,674
58	Mombasa	Kenya	$435	$319	36	1,208,333
59	Hai Phong	Vietnam	$438	$494	44	2,088,000
60	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	$440	$279	45	5,383,728
61	Cairo	Egypt	$442	$210	50	9,539,673
62	Kunming	China	$444	$859	79	5,273,144
63	General Santos	Philippines	$444	—	46	697,315
64	Qingdao	China	$452	$1,199	88	6,165,279
65	Yangon	Myanmar	$454	$279	51	3,124,092
66	Kisumu	Kenya	$455	$775	89	397,957
67	Cusco	Peru	$456	$431	59	428,450
68	Battambang	Cambodia	$460	$200	—	151,827
69	Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	$460	$611	88	334,416
70	Jakarta	Indonesia	$464	$429	47	10,562,088
71	Agadir	Morocco	$484	$545	64	504,768
72	Gaziantep	Turkey	$487	$1,135	50	2,222,415
73	Wuhan	China	$487	$1,106	78	10,494,879
74	Arequipa	Peru	$490	$655	57	1,142,900
75	Iloilo City	Philippines	$495	$206	60	457,626
76	Da Lat	Vietnam	$495	$422	72	406,000
77	Colombo	Sri Lanka	$497	$239	57	752,993
78	Chengdu	China	$501	$1,264	80	13,568,357
79	Xiamen	China	$502	$1,132	79	4,617,251
80	Nha Trang	Vietnam	$511	$291	62	535,000
81	Kampala	Uganda	$512	$192	46	1,797,722
82	Ipoh	Malaysia	$517	$952	55	888,800
83	Dalian	China	$519	$1,097	83	4,913,879
84	Gomel	Belarus	$520	$517	54	501,102
85	Zhuhai	China	$520	$1,052	79	2,207,090
86	Kota Kinabalu	Malaysia	$523	$584	56	500,400
87	Siem Reap	Cambodia	$525	$236	69	225,607
88	Prilep	North Macedonia	$525	$616	69	63,308
89	Hanoi	Vietnam	$528	$512	66	8,435,700
90	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	$532	$489	65	10,545,905
91	Manta	Ecuador	$534	$481	37	271,145
92	Bacolod City	Philippines	$536	$214	49	600,783
93	Tianjin	China	$538	$1,159	67	11,052,404
94	Puerto Princesa	Philippines	$546	$231	66	307,079
95	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	$548	$300	38	797,611
96	Davao City	Philippines	$550	$217	71	1,776,949
97	Essaouira	Morocco	$553	$267	68	77,966
98	Baguio City	Philippines	$558	$185	66	366,358
99	Chiang Mai	Thailand	$565	$589	76	1,260,000
100	Mogilev	Belarus	$565	$796	65	353,110
101	Nanjing	China	$566	$1,371	88	7,519,814
102	Guangzhou	China	$572	$1,281	72	16,096,724
103	Angeles City	Philippines	$578	$299	51	462,928
104	Nairobi	Kenya	$578	$433	41	4,397,073
105	Cagayan de Oro	Philippines	$578	$317	47	728,402
106	Da Nang	Vietnam	$583	$352	78	1,346,940
107	Adana	Turkey	$592	$792	42	2,283,609
108	Mumbai	India	$593	$776	56	12,442,373
109	Ndola	Zambia	$593	$600	59	676,203
110	Bitola	North Macedonia	$596	$782	73	69,287
111	Rabat	Morocco	$599	$733	66	516,000
112	Kwekwe	Zimbabwe	$603	$300	—	130,350
113	Sanya	China	$609	$887	—	724,854
114	George Town	Malaysia	$614	$1,074	75	556,600
115	Marrakech	Morocco	$616	$513	55	1,150,000
116	Grodno	Belarus	$623	$767	73	361,115
117	Berat	Albania	$625	$490	45	62,232
118	Fortaleza	Brazil	$629	$474	24	2,428,708
119	Sihanoukville	Cambodia	$632	—	38	71,082
120	Quito	Ecuador	$640	$603	37	2,679,722
121	Ohrid	North Macedonia	$640	$642	74	38,818
122	Brest	Belarus	$642	$531	—	344,470
123	Lusaka	Zambia	$643	$328	56	2,397,384
124	Hangzhou	China	$646	$1,449	85	9,236,032
125	Tuzla	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$655	$952	57	110,979
126	Recife	Brazil	$659	$420	25	1,488,920
127	Portoviejo	Ecuador	$660	$325	44	322,925
128	Rosario	Argentina	$664	$700	25	948,312
129	Hua Hin	Thailand	$671	$464	68	85,000
130	Cuenca	Ecuador	$671	$546	54	596,101
131	Pristina	Kosovo	$673	$702	69	204,925
132	Managua	Nicaragua	$676	$353	47	1,055,247
133	Johor Bahru	Malaysia	$678	$1,070	51	1,711,200
134	Tainan City	Taiwan	$681	$1,345	78	1,848,108
135	Cebu City	Philippines	$682	$347	51	964,169
136	Metro Manila	Philippines	$689	$469	35	11,637,949
137	Taichung City	Taiwan	$689	$1,389	86	2,867,468
138	Santa Ana	El Salvador	$689	$450	—	249,855
139	Bangkok	Thailand	$690	$617	70	5,186,582
140	Tangier	Morocco	$690	$515	52	1,270,000
141	Havana	Cuba	$691	$33	65	2,137,847
142	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	$693	$721	74	3,112,748
143	Pattaya	Thailand	$694	$461	55	120,000
144	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	$695	$490	51	1,120,827
145	Kaohsiung City	Taiwan	$696	$1,478	79	2,709,973
146	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	$698	$1,542	41	1,982,100
147	Casablanca	Morocco	$702	$600	45	3,230,000
148	Lima	Peru	$705	$634	30	10,004,000
149	Granada	Nicaragua	$705	$135	—	132,054
150	Mutare	Zimbabwe	$705	$250	—	228,550
151	Puerto Plata	Dominican Republic	$707	—	50	162,093
152	Cali	Colombia	$708	$571	29	2,228,000
153	Salvador	Brazil	$708	$385	23	2,417,678
154	Shkodër	Albania	$708	$577	30	102,434
155	Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$708	$878	61	113,169
156	Kigali	Rwanda	$709	$278	75	1,745,555
157	San Miguel de Tucumán	Argentina	$710	—	23	605,767
158	Bursa	Turkey	$714	$998	71	3,263,011
159	Tetovo	North Macedonia	$716	$903	48	63,176
160	Hsinchu City	Taiwan	$718	$2,446	87	455,755
161	Baku	Azerbaijan	$721	$572	70	1,311,900
162	Santiago de los Caballeros	Dominican Republic	$723	$566	40	771,748
163	Shenzhen	China	$723	$1,721	76	17,444,609
164	Vientiane	Laos	$727	$265	68	146,803
165	Taoyuan City	Taiwan	$728	$1,504	86	2,356,618
166	Antofagasta	Chile	$731	$722	40	401,096
167	Jimma	Ethiopia	$740	$231	44	250,900
168	Asunción	Paraguay	$741	$659	45	521,082
169	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	$742	$324	51	2,189,460
170	Niš	Serbia	$745	$892	72	249,501
171	Batumi	Georgia	$748	$574	80	152,839
172	La Plata	Argentina	$760	$665	30	772,618
173	Ruse	Bulgaria	$761	$998	64	136,112
174	East London	South Africa	$762	$1,640	24	975,249
175	Amman	Jordan	$767	$708	63	4,311,387
176	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	$768	$865	47	149,385
177	Koh Samui	Thailand	$774	$396	74	65,210
178	Bucaramanga	Colombia	$783	$570	46	613,000
179	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	$790	$590	48	1,466,431
180	Oradea	Romania	$794	$938	79	213,622
181	La Serena	Chile	$796	$729	68	250,141
182	Lagos	Nigeria	$797	$118	31	12,941,672
183	Accra	Ghana	$798	$175	56	1,782,150
184	Guayaquil	Ecuador	$800	$590	25	2,746,403
185	Kazan	Russia	$808	$923	70	1,318,604
186	Bloemfontein	South Africa	$813	$1,300	29	811,421
187	Minsk	Belarus	$814	$939	51	1,992,862
188	Salta	Argentina	$823	$850	45	618,375
189	Novosibirsk	Russia	$826	$813	55	1,633,851
190	Temuco	Chile	$827	$546	39	292,518
191	Harare	Zimbabwe	$832	$400	39	1,957,108
192	Skopje	North Macedonia	$833	$889	54	526,502
193	Concepción	Chile	$837	$566	46	230,375
194	Jelgava	Latvia	$843	$1,418	60	54,408
195	Viña del Mar	Chile	$850	$1,091	58	334,871
196	Krasnodar	Russia	$851	$836	66	1,138,654
197	Barranquilla	Colombia	$852	$561	33	1,206,000
198	Subotica	Serbia	$854	$906	51	123,952
199	Phuket	Thailand	$856	$496	60	416,000
200	Durban	South Africa	$856	$1,206	20	4,239,851
201	Santo Domingo	Ecuador	$857	$614	33	441,583
202	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	$858	$615	33	1,029,110
203	Pereira	Colombia	$859	$570	59	470,000
204	Iquique	Chile	$860	$971	29	199,587
205	Incheon	South Korea	$870	$2,225	68	3,061,002
206	Abuja	Nigeria	$870	$167	44	3,102,803
207	Kaliningrad	Russia	$873	$824	70	489,000
208	Antalya	Turkey	$878	$952	71	2,777,677
209	Kyoto	Japan	$879	$1,903	86	1,464,890
210	Fukuoka	Japan	$883	$1,535	85	1,603,043
211	Izmir	Turkey	$883	$1,136	67	4,504,185
212	Suwon	South Korea	$885	$2,255	68	1,185,770
213	Sibiu	Romania	$886	$1,157	72	161,347
214	Liberia	Costa Rica	$886	$879	20	86,564
215	Sendai	Japan	$886	$875	90	1,096,704
216	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	$886	$223	44	5,016,605
217	Kragujevac	Serbia	$888	$961	67	171,186
218	São Paulo	Brazil	$891	$855	30	11,451,999
219	Beijing	China	$891	$1,568	74	18,960,744
220	Shanghai	China	$892	$1,711	74	21,909,814
221	George	South Africa	$893	$1,340	48	294,923
222	Hawalli	Kuwait	$896	$1,860	60	926,170
223	Tbilisi	Georgia	$897	$655	74	1,108,717
224	Mar del Plata	Argentina	$900	$611	41	682,605
225	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	$901	$1,142	76	333,994
226	Slavonski Brod	Croatia	$906	$1,525	83	49,891
227	Mendoza	Argentina	$907	$733	34	115,041
228	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$914	$909	65	138,963
229	Valparaíso	Chile	$915	$771	32	284,938
230	Timisoara	Romania	$918	$1,222	74	296,936
231	Ventspils	Latvia	$924	$1,015	68	32,479
232	Szeged	Hungary	$925	$1,313	76	158,797
233	Ahmadi	Kuwait	$926	$3,536	88	28,612
234	Santa Marta	Colombia	$928	$527	44	515,000
235	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$928	$1,069	56	275,524
236	Florianópolis	Brazil	$931	$931	55	537,211
237	Miskolc	Hungary	$936	$1,232	41	147,533
238	Daugavpils	Latvia	$936	$1,133	63	77,486
239	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	$936	$602	21	845,588
240	Nagoya	Japan	$940	$1,876	90	2,330,178
241	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	$942	$596	25	6,211,223
242	Playa del Carmen	Mexico	$948	$662	54	396,286
243	Boca Chica	Dominican Republic	$951	—	37	167,040
244	San Miguel	El Salvador	$953	$390	31	214,068
245	Bogota	Colombia	$960	$741	48	7,945,996
246	Sapporo	Japan	$968	$1,724	93	1,970,277
247	Ankara	Turkey	$970	$1,132	61	5,910,320
248	Caracas	Venezuela	$970	$304	18	2,223,474
249	Daegu	South Korea	$973	$2,225	71	2,348,165
250	Santiago	Chile	$974	$782	36	438,856
251	León	Nicaragua	$974	$559	31	211,278
252	Prešov	Slovakia	$975	$1,306	70	81,223
253	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	$976	$616	26	1,342,325
254	Taipei City	Taiwan	$977	$1,704	83	2,425,964
255	Busan	South Korea	$982	$2,572	68	3,232,370
256	Cienfuegos	Cuba	$982	$38	81	178,368
257	Santiago	Panama	$987	$793	36	21,185
258	Yokohama	Japan	$988	$2,692	86	3,777,491
259	Burgas	Bulgaria	$989	$1,016	63	195,912
260	Almaty	Kazakhstan	$990	$799	47	2,292,055
261	Osaka	Japan	$995	$1,883	67	2,752,024
262	Banská Bystrica	Slovakia	$998	$1,111	78	73,054
263	Córdoba	Argentina	$1,001	$667	40	1,565,112
264	Saint Petersburg	Russia	$1,002	$1,162	63	5,597,763
265	Iasi	Romania	$1,004	$1,167	65	379,371
266	Tirana	Albania	$1,007	$876	60	598,176
267	Liepaja	Latvia	$1,016	$1,117	57	66,746
268	Klaipeda	Lithuania	$1,023	$1,580	62	160,979
269	Guatemala City	Guatemala	$1,024	$852	38	1,229,215
270	Gyor	Hungary	$1,028	$1,401	71	127,599
271	Yekaterinburg	Russia	$1,032	$918	57	1,536,183
272	Chisinau	Moldova	$1,033	$855	59	567,000
273	Vladivostok	Russia	$1,050	$857	59	594,000
274	Guadalajara	Mexico	$1,065	$785	38	1,386,883
275	Varadero	Cuba	$1,070	$19	90	42,654
276	Patras	Greece	$1,071	$1,179	65	215,922
277	Varna	Bulgaria	$1,075	$1,208	66	331,260
278	Pretoria	South Africa	$1,075	$1,451	18	4,039,962
279	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	$1,075	$204	50	3,860,000
280	Dakar	Senegal	$1,076	$403	50	3,186,088
281	Podgorica	Montenegro	$1,076	$1,186	59	172,139
282	Pecs	Hungary	$1,086	$1,097	72	139,330
283	Merida	Mexico	$1,094	$612	78	1,020,794
284	Antigua Guatemala	Guatemala	$1,095	$546	58	61,360
285	Brasov	Romania	$1,096	$1,120	75	283,043
286	Constanta	Romania	$1,099	$986	54	295,767
287	Novi Sad	Serbia	$1,100	$1,064	62	368,967
288	Usti nad Labem	Czechia	$1,102	$1,524	45	92,923
289	Merida	Venezuela	$1,105	$619	76	226,000
290	Bucharest	Romania	$1,108	$1,427	72	2,124,150
291	Osijek	Croatia	$1,109	$1,395	81	96,313
292	Cartagena	Colombia	$1,110	$462	48	1,028,000
293	Yerevan	Armenia	$1,110	$660	78	1,098,866
294	Nitra	Slovakia	$1,121	$1,502	70	75,301
295	Debrecen	Hungary	$1,128	$1,273	76	199,858
296	Johannesburg	South Africa	$1,130	$1,694	19	4,803,109
297	Trinidad	Cuba	$1,137	—	26	76,500
298	Istanbul	Turkey	$1,142	$1,240	52	15,754,053
299	Boquete	Panama	$1,143	$800	62	19,000
300	Martin	Slovakia	$1,144	$1,528	77	50,153
301	Žilina	Slovakia	$1,148	$1,403	71	79,873
302	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	$1,157	$437	19	756,754
303	Kuwait City	Kuwait	$1,164	$2,072	71	55,159
304	Kobe	Japan	$1,167	$1,776	83	128,149
305	Kaunas	Lithuania	$1,175	$1,702	63	304,198
306	Medellin	Colombia	$1,178	$619	54	2,526,795
307	Rotorua	New Zealand	$1,182	$3,836	43	55,326
308	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	$1,193	$1,348	77	325,408
309	Ostrava	Czechia	$1,194	$1,731	70	279,530
310	Liberec	Czechia	$1,202	$1,570	71	104,802
311	Seoul	South Korea	$1,215	$3,180	75	9,289,813
312	Hradec Kralove	Czechia	$1,219	$1,712	81	92,684
313	Beirut	Lebanon	$1,221	$704	53	341,725
314	Łódź	Poland	$1,230	$1,667	62	625,040
315	Pardubice	Czechia	$1,234	$1,493	69	91,727
316	Catania	Italy	$1,243	$1,904	51	298,054
317	Mexico City	Mexico	$1,250	$1,048	50	9,020,812
318	Olomouc	Czechia	$1,253	$1,564	82	100,523
319	Coimbra	Portugal	$1,263	$1,356	77	140,816
320	Cape Town	South Africa	$1,265	$1,591	26	4,772,355
321	Budva	Montenegro	$1,269	$1,035	74	17,479
322	Heraklion	Greece	$1,274	$1,147	73	179,302
323	Chania	Greece	$1,274	$1,341	83	111,375
324	Umeå	Sweden	$1,279	$2,789	71	134,249
325	Thessaloniki	Greece	$1,281	$1,185	48	319,045
326	Palermo	Italy	$1,284	$1,589	54	628,693
327	Maribor	Slovenia	$1,288	$1,927	78	97,522
328	Seville	Spain	$1,289	$1,790	63	688,714
329	Pula	Croatia	$1,292	$1,540	74	52,220
330	Bariloche	Argentina	$1,294	$958	43	135,755
331	Sofia	Bulgaria	$1,301	$1,707	61	1,303,813
332	San Salvador	El Salvador	$1,303	$380	46	334,416
333	Tokyo	Japan	$1,306	$2,308	76	9,744,534
334	Braga	Portugal	$1,319	$1,275	60	193,324
335	Poznań	Poland	$1,321	$1,771	72	526,051
336	Rijeka	Croatia	$1,324	$1,539	77	107,964
337	Buenos Aires	Argentina	$1,325	$842	37	3,119,304
338	Colonia del Sacramento	Uruguay	$1,326	—	67	32,174
339	Tartu	Estonia	$1,329	$1,983	77	99,913
340	Monterrey	Mexico	$1,334	$1,120	52	1,168,978
341	Riga	Latvia	$1,335	$1,521	63	588,911
342	Corfu	Greece	$1,344	$1,176	79	65,237
343	Budapest	Hungary	$1,345	$1,743	66	1,685,342
344	Örebro	Sweden	$1,345	$3,273	48	160,140
345	Rhodes	Greece	$1,354	$1,370	72	125,113
346	Ceske Budejovice	Czechia	$1,359	$1,610	83	94,463
347	Heredia	Costa Rica	$1,370	$1,354	49	133,143
348	Plzen	Czechia	$1,384	$1,928	71	175,219
349	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	$1,395	$919	66	308,300
350	Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	$1,398	$2,836	90	690,000
351	Jönköping	Sweden	$1,400	$2,972	63	147,654
352	Vilnius	Lithuania	$1,412	$1,974	71	642,450
353	Larnaca	Cyprus	$1,419	$1,966	71	52,038
354	Moscow	Russia	$1,425	$1,717	65	13,149,803
355	Athens	Greece	$1,432	$1,334	45	643,452
356	Montevideo	Uruguay	$1,436	$1,275	43	1,302,954
357	Kuopio	Finland	$1,447	$2,686	84	126,572
358	Wrocław	Poland	$1,455	$1,835	75	674,966
359	Lund	Sweden	$1,456	$3,051	68	131,590
360	Nantes	France	$1,463	$2,964	41	327,734
361	Zagreb	Croatia	$1,467	$1,956	78	767,131
362	Jyväskylä	Finland	$1,471	$3,008	79	149,895
363	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	$1,472	$2,205	85	1,610,000
364	Helsingborg	Sweden	$1,472	$2,997	44	152,091
365	San Jose	Costa Rica	$1,476	$1,046	52	364,062
366	Jurmala	Latvia	$1,477	$1,139	66	52,926
367	Linköping	Sweden	$1,482	$2,753	61	168,035
368	Oulu	Finland	$1,482	$2,581	65	217,469
369	Nelson	New Zealand	$1,484	$2,415	60	49,224
370	Dunedin	New Zealand	$1,491	$2,589	72	100,908
371	Košice	Slovakia	$1,492	$1,510	68	222,286
372	Panama City	Panama	$1,507	$931	54	1,150,444
373	Zadar	Croatia	$1,512	$1,430	54	70,779
374	Genoa	Italy	$1,514	$2,151	54	564,080
375	Quebec City	Canada	$1,518	$2,869	78	549,450
376	Turku	Finland	$1,525	$2,753	78	209,633
377	Koper	Slovenia	$1,529	$1,628	86	25,753
378	Alicante	Spain	$1,530	$1,945	64	365,586
379	Brno	Czechia	$1,530	$1,904	75	397,153
380	Turin	Italy	$1,533	$2,007	48	853,196
381	Punta del Este	Uruguay	$1,534	$1,131	76	11,128
382	Faro	Portugal	$1,535	$1,356	70	67,622
383	Tallinn	Estonia	$1,535	$2,224	78	452,563
384	Bari	Italy	$1,536	$1,943	50	315,831
385	Gdańsk	Poland	$1,540	$1,914	69	489,402
386	Vaasa	Finland	$1,540	$3,688	78	71,209
387	Dresden	Germany	$1,541	$3,155	68	554,649
388	Kraków	Poland	$1,542	$1,919	75	814,595
389	Nicosia	Cyprus	$1,551	$1,925	67	111,797
390	Naples	Italy	$1,556	$1,897	38	909,013
391	Bratislava	Slovakia	$1,575	$1,712	70	480,902
392	Marseille	France	$1,578	$2,466	33	886,040
393	Leipzig	Germany	$1,579	$2,928	58	601,868
394	Lahti	Finland	$1,580	$2,593	53	121,832
395	Toulouse	France	$1,580	$2,960	50	514,819
396	Uppsala	Sweden	$1,582	$3,137	57	248,016
397	Tampere	Finland	$1,583	$2,860	78	263,337
398	Split	Croatia	$1,588	$1,652	70	160,577
399	Lille	France	$1,604	$3,033	49	238,246
400	Lyon	France	$1,639	$3,164	41	519,127
401	Porto	Portugal	$1,640	$1,607	66	231,800
402	Birkirkara	Malta	$1,640	$1,936	58	30,166
403	Montpellier	France	$1,649	$2,812	40	310,240
404	Nuremberg	Germany	$1,653	$3,711	67	518,365
405	Malmö	Sweden	$1,653	$3,191	45	365,644
406	Tamarindo	Costa Rica	$1,675	$938	42	7,861
407	Malaga	Spain	$1,680	$1,943	68	597,173
408	Göteborg	Sweden	$1,701	$3,690	54	608,993
409	Rome	Italy	$1,730	$1,982	53	2,747,290
410	Linz	Austria	$1,731	$2,923	70	213,557
411	Barysaw	Belarus	$1,732	$1,950	56	134,732
412	Warsaw	Poland	$1,749	$2,194	75	1,863,578
413	Dubrovnik	Croatia	$1,751	$1,508	82	41,562
414	Wollongong	Australia	$1,753	$4,426	52	312,167
415	Strasbourg	France	$1,754	$3,070	59	293,771
416	Montreal	Canada	$1,756	$2,938	67	1,762,965
417	Bordeaux	France	$1,759	$2,976	50	267,991
418	Odense	Denmark	$1,759	$3,978	75	213,168
419	Prague	Czechia	$1,767	$2,343	75	1,384,732
420	Tauranga	New Zealand	$1,770	$3,090	53	152,790
421	Winnipeg	Canada	$1,771	$2,486	40	749,600
422	Liege	Belgium	$1,771	$2,862	41	198,102
423	Valencia	Spain	$1,778	$1,959	62	841,558
424	Aalborg	Denmark	$1,783	$4,131	73	221,082
425	Espoo	Finland	$1,786	$3,256	80	325,716
426	Graz	Austria	$1,791	$3,158	73	305,314
427	Helsinki	Finland	$1,793	$3,180	75	694,392
428	Valencia	Venezuela	$1,802	$1,985	62	1,791,449
429	Ljubljana	Slovenia	$1,807	$2,026	78	302,826
430	Bilbao	Spain	$1,830	$2,351	51	350,975
431	Sunshine Coast	Australia	$1,833	$3,498	72	284,131
432	Christchurch	New Zealand	$1,840	$2,743	55	380,079
433	Cascais	Portugal	$1,844	$2,296	71	214,124
434	Antwerp	Belgium	$1,857	$3,069	60	565,615
435	Edmonton	Canada	$1,882	$3,350	53	1,010,875
436	Cologne	Germany	$1,889	$3,389	55	1,073,096
437	Bologna	Italy	$1,899	$2,200	51	390,151
438	Nice	France	$1,901	$2,627	45	357,737
439	Stuttgart	Germany	$1,906	$4,114	66	626,275
440	Toowoomba	Australia	$1,908	$3,940	42	108,398
441	Funchal	Portugal	$1,923	$1,337	80	105,782
442	Detroit	United States of America	$1,931	$3,409	27	620,376
443	Groningen	Netherlands	$1,941	$3,131	76	244,807
444	Duesseldorf	Germany	$1,944	$3,758	66	629,047
445	Belfast	United Kingdom	$1,945	$3,067	51	345,418
446	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	$1,953	$2,069	64	443,196
447	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	$1,957	$2,930	89	1,750,000
448	Drammen	Norway	$1,964	$3,612	76	106,013
449	Hamburg	Germany	$1,973	$3,558	59	1,945,532
450	Liverpool	United Kingdom	$1,977	$3,271	53	486,100
451	Ajman	United Arab Emirates	$1,980	$2,246	89	557,071
452	Leeds	United Kingdom	$1,983	$3,180	55	811,000
453	San Antonio	United States of America	$1,985	$4,234	50	1,451,853
454	Napier	New Zealand	$1,990	$3,155	39	64,695
455	Madrid	Spain	$1,993	$2,489	71	3,477,497
456	Calgary	Canada	$2,006	$2,991	62	1,306,800
457	Ålesund	Norway	$2,011	$4,214	67	59,663
458	Saint-Louis	Senegal	$2,024	$4,190	30	254,171
459	Florence	Italy	$2,028	$2,070	58	361,705
460	Hamilton	New Zealand	$2,029	$2,909	44	174,741
461	Vienna	Austria	$2,034	$3,429	71	2,028,289
462	Barcelona	Spain	$2,036	$2,361	48	1,713,247
463	Barcelona	Venezuela	$2,062	$2,392	48	527,421
464	Haifa	Israel	$2,072	$4,475	—	297,082
465	Wellington	New Zealand	$2,078	$2,911	67	201,708
466	Ottawa	Canada	$2,102	$3,626	70	1,017,465
467	Glasgow	United Kingdom	$2,122	$3,433	55	622,820
468	Netanya	Israel	$2,122	$3,215	44	234,813
469	Cardiff	United Kingdom	$2,124	$3,261	60	362,400
470	Auckland	New Zealand	$2,132	$3,100	49	1,402,275
471	Kristiansand	Norway	$2,133	$4,133	56	119,287
472	Valletta	Malta	$2,135	$2,087	64	5,226
473	Marbella	Spain	$2,143	$2,116	46	160,478
474	Cairns	Australia	$2,143	$4,413	38	153,181
475	Halifax	Canada	$2,158	$2,762	60	439,820
476	Omaha	United States of America	$2,164	$3,902	54	486,051
477	Sliema	Malta	$2,168	$1,873	67	22,224
478	Queenstown	New Zealand	$2,172	$3,178	82	25,050
479	Innsbruck	Austria	$2,176	$2,920	76	132,499
480	Berlin	Germany	$2,190	$3,331	55	3,850,809
481	Paris	France	$2,195	$3,565	42	2,103,778
482	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	$2,207	$4,098	54	773,068
483	Victoria	Canada	$2,209	$3,082	61	91,855
484	Birmingham	United Kingdom	$2,216	$3,930	36	1,144,900
485	Milan	Italy	$2,221	$2,235	46	1,365,698
486	Brussels	Belgium	$2,242	$3,236	44	1,255,834
487	Brisbane	Australia	$2,245	$4,251	62	2,780,063
488	Stockholm	Sweden	$2,268	$3,635	54	995,574
489	Ashdod	Israel	$2,276	$4,366	70	228,562
490	Geelong	Australia	$2,290	$3,114	39	282,809
491	Newcastle	Australia	$2,292	$3,082	52	505,489
492	Manchester	United Kingdom	$2,293	$3,239	44	552,000
493	Bergen	Norway	$2,294	$4,451	75	294,860
494	Salzburg	Austria	$2,298	$3,359	80	157,659
495	Austin	United States of America	$2,302	$5,050	56	979,882
496	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	$2,303	$3,441	84	3,570,099
497	Adelaide	Australia	$2,315	$3,877	67	1,469,163
498	Minneapolis	United States of America	$2,319	$4,153	44	429,954
499	Toronto	Canada	$2,327	$3,429	56	2,794,355
500	Townsville	Australia	$2,338	$4,109	39	173,724
501	Hobart	Australia	$2,379	$4,171	66	254,930
502	Limassol	Cyprus	$2,383	$2,692	60	108,105
503	Houston	United States of America	$2,393	$4,378	37	2,304,580
504	Trondheim	Norway	$2,395	$4,272	78	218,460
505	Melbourne	Australia	$2,404	$4,439	56	5,350,705
506	Nashville	United States of America	$2,409	$4,518	50	683,622
507	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	$2,432	$3,542	70	506,520
508	The Hague	Netherlands	$2,436	$4,297	79	549,163
509	Munich	Germany	$2,442	$4,110	78	1,512,491
510	Philadelphia	United States of America	$2,442	$4,768	35	1,550,542
511	Vancouver	Canada	$2,446	$3,343	57	662,235
512	Eindhoven	Netherlands	$2,448	$4,084	78	249,054
513	New Orleans	United States of America	$2,455	$4,025	32	362,701
514	Gold Coast	Australia	$2,484	$4,199	53	750,997
515	Jerusalem	Israel	$2,486	$4,019	—	1,050,153
516	Canberra	Australia	$2,492	$4,369	72	473,855
517	Perth	Australia	$2,507	$4,343	58	2,384,371
518	Phoenix	United States of America	$2,526	$4,440	47	1,650,070
519	Dallas	United States of America	$2,526	$4,791	48	1,302,868
520	Stavanger	Norway	$2,548	$4,987	71	151,669
521	Las Vegas	United States of America	$2,555	$3,771	45	641,903
522	Copenhagen	Denmark	$2,589	$4,594	74	671,714
523	Bristol	United Kingdom	$2,592	$3,794	57	472,500
524	Limerick	Ireland	$2,595	$3,316	56	102,287
525	Utrecht	Netherlands	$2,634	$4,465	73	378,140
526	Tampa	United States of America	$2,674	$4,668	55	398,173
527	Chicago	United States of America	$2,701	$4,984	35	2,664,452
528	Denver	United States of America	$2,713	$4,487	52	713,252
529	Atlanta	United States of America	$2,713	$5,195	36	499,127
530	Sydney	Australia	$2,738	$4,218	66	5,557,233
531	Rotterdam	Netherlands	$2,764	$4,080	70	674,485
532	Bern	Switzerland	$2,797	$6,812	73	134,591
533	Oslo	Norway	$2,853	$4,279	66	728,714
534	Downtown Core	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	3,190
535	Orchard	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	920
536	Jurong East	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	78,600
537	Tampines	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	259,900
538	Woodlands	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	255,130
539	Punggol	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	174,450
540	Bukit Timah	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	77,860
541	Sentosa	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	78	1,940
542	Portland	United States of America	$2,887	$4,682	42	630,498
543	Basel	Switzerland	$2,911	$7,299	67	178,891
544	Lugano	Switzerland	$2,912	$6,844	78	63,668
545	Cork	Ireland	$2,944	$4,211	63	224,004
546	Galway	Ireland	$3,076	$3,113	69	85,910
547	Amsterdam	Netherlands	$3,109	$4,731	70	946,447
548	Tel Aviv-Yafo	Israel	$3,198	$4,294	—	494,900
549	Lausanne	Switzerland	$3,205	$6,651	71	140,202
550	Reykjavik	Iceland	$3,211	$4,705	75	139,804
551	Seattle	United States of America	$3,250	$6,597	45	755,078
552	Dublin	Ireland	$3,358	$3,910	46	592,713
553	Washington	United States of America	$3,391	$7,053	40	678,972
554	Miami	United States of America	$3,413	$4,432	47	442,241
555	Honolulu	United States of America	$3,433	$4,124	53	350,964
556	Los Angeles	United States of America	$3,629	$4,480	46	3,820,914
557	London	United Kingdom	$3,799	$4,391	45	8,799,800
558	San Jose	United States of America	$3,837	$6,483	52	971,233
559	San Diego	United States of America	$3,878	$5,316	60	1,388,320
560	Boston	United States of America	$3,935	$6,184	60	650,706
561	Zürich	Switzerland	$3,949	$8,336	76	443,037
562	San Francisco	United States of America	$4,016	$7,600	39	808,437
563	New York City	United States of America	$4,213	$5,486	49	8,258,035

Khon Kaen is absent on purpose: 4 of the 12 grocery items have no crowd price there, and a partial basket would read cheap.

Where this is wrong

Crowd-sourced, not surveyed. Numbeo prices move with who submitted them and when. Thin cities move most.
A basket, not a budget. Rent in the centre, a car, schooling, visa runs and insurance are not in it.
One price for a whole city. Phuket Town and Bang Tao are one number here; so are Sukhumvit and Nonthaburi.

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Data updated 4 September 2026