Is the cost of living in Thailand now 80% of that in Australia?

A lot of Farlang helped wake up thailand to how cheap they were compared to the rest of the world. All that bragging on social media certainly helped add to the tourist tax or inflation you are feeling

Les than of Switzerland

You’re so not on the ball. You probably live in a very tourist place. Where would you be able to eat in a nice restaurant with 9 people including bear and wine for about AUD150. Where would you find a 3 bedroom house with a pool for AUD1,200 a month? In Hua Hin you can. Please stop put nonsense on the forum. !

It’s definitely gone up and with the baht being stronger than the dollar it really kicks in

Depends on where you go, what you eat, where you stay

EVERYWHERE is more expensive!!

What a load of horse poo. Tell me mate, in Oz where could you rent a furnished 3-bdrm house for AUD$200 a week with neighbours other than kangaroos?

Well, you know, you could always go back to your own country.

The problem is the Australian peso

Absolutely true

WRONG 😑 NOT EVEN CLOSE

Furnished studio or 1 bedroom apartment in a condo with a small gym and pool, internet provided, in Chiang Mai, long term, between $700 and $800 AUD. In Melbourne, unfurnished 1 bedroom unit, no pool or gym, no internet ... around $1300 per month if lucky.

Not sure they have a calculator 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thailand is far less.

Meat, chicken, seafood, pork all far less.

Alcohol excluding wine half the price or less.

Tobacco 90% less

Rent 50-75% less

Electricity 50% less

You can’t have been back in Australia a long time.

Snapper $70/kg

Prawns $40-$50/ KG

Chicken Breast $11-$16/ kg

Pork Chops $15/ kg

Lamb don’t even go there!!!

Limes $29/kg

Rice $10/kg

Eggs $8 dozen

WiFi $80/ month

Average power bill start buying candles

Thailand eats Australia alive for cheaper costs of living for like for like in 95% of day to day spend!!!

That is totally ridiculous A friend of mine recently bought breakfast for four in a simple diner and it was $240, here it is $15.

A three bedroom house in a good size town in Australia is how much $5,000 a month? Here? $400.

I could go on and on but sometimes replying to ridiculousness just doesn't mean anything.

It depends where you are from. The Australian $, is like the Canadian $. It weak compared to the USD, British pound, Euro. Thailand is not that cheap because the Thai Baht is strong. Inflation is everywhere. Vietnam is the cheapest place in SE Asia. Thailand has better health care and infrastructure than anywhere.

Pack of durries is $45 in NZ. That's closer to 10%

I am in Bangkok now and have realized that it can be as cheap or as expensive that you want or allow it to be. Having a great time eating out everyday or not if I want to and the cost is very economical

Is that more expensive for tourists or sex tourists 🤔

Correct ..

But still cheaper

A recent visit to 🦘 Australia has well and truly confirmed this .

Mainly due however to a quite ridiculously high Baht , open to interpretation, and of little use to the average Thai citizen .

Comparing to Canada prices..If you want to buy western imported goods yes those items are more expensive here than I can buy in Canada.. like imported goods from here or Asian countries to Canada are way more expensive than here..

But compare fruit, vegetables, poultry, electricity and rent for examples..they are all under half and more than what I pay in Canada.. quit example, 4 pieces of chicken breast in Canada around $12, here around $3.50 thats a third less here..depends on how you want to live here makes it expensive or not.. in Canada its expensive for everything.

No exaggeration there!

If you live in local areas it's still inexpensive. Tourists areas are expensive very affordable living and also a bit of decipline helps

Stay home then.

Thailand is done. ! Not for me anymore, mass tourism and high prices killed it

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Get outta the tired old tourist zones Fer once. Duh.

Cost of living is not just utilities. Eat local, travel and live efficiently and it’s still a fraction of “western” countries… If you shop in Villa and live in a villa it could be more expensive… all relative

Don't know about Australia but if you go to neighboring Laos for a week or two, you will see that Thailand is heaven on earth. In Laos everything much lower quality and limited choice for rip off prices. In Thailand 7-11 everywhere with plenty of snacks, cookies you can buy for as cheap as 10-20 baht, plain yougurt, fruits, milk. You will not find this in Laos and even if you will find low quality small cookie pack for 50 baht, milk not existing basically. No plain yougurt. Protein shake in Thailand 42 baht in Laos 77 baht. Hotel rooms in Thailand much higher quality with much lower price. In laos hotel rooms with zero maintenance for decades. Prices in Laos literally triple in 5 years. Go to Laos or neighboring country then come back to Thailand then you will appreciate and understand how well organized, efficient and price performance oriented Thailand is.

USA still suffering from Bidenflation..

Thailand is still a bargain.

Gotta know how to negotiate and eat like a local , it’s 80% if you live in a tourist district and pay a skin tax on everything

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I think you need to come to Bangkok . It is not cheap anymore . That why many Australian and western expats are leaving it to expensive 🤣😳

Try Vietnam

Ya killing me 😂😂😂😂😂😂

The cost of living in Thailand, is about the same as it was 5 years ago. There were a lot of discounts (hotels, airfare, restaurants, entertainment) in the COVID and post-COVID days. Those COVID discounts are gone. Prices are back to normal, with some increases accounting for inflation and strength of the Baht. At the most 10-20%, but the prices in the USA have increased 20% or more also. It's a wash.

You will be hard pressed, if not impossible, in many cities in the USA to rent a small apartment for $1,000 per month. And when you find one, it won't be very nice. Bangkok or Pattaya at $1000 USD or 31,000 THB / month your living in a luxury condo. You can rent a very nice place for $500 USD per month, or less.

Yep

And you base this on what? Have you done any actual research? Yes, tourist spots have steadily increased, but I’d reckon majority of country has shown relatively same rise in prices as a lot of the world.

💯Thanks to social media 👏😏

Living in Thailand can be as expensive or as cheap as you want it to be. A simple lunch or dinner can range from AUD 3 to 300. The beauty is in the wide range of optionality available.

It is definitely more expensive. I do a 2:2 FIFO roster in Australia and live in Bangkok. Earnings AUD and living in Thailand since 2016. Everything is getting more expensive, but that's the whole world, not just Thailand. The stronger Baht and weaker Australian Dollar isn't helping either, obviously.

The Thai government is also making a huge push to try and legitimise, i.e. increase its tax base, its domestic workforce as estimates indicate only 6% of Thai nationals pay income tax. This will have a huge affect on the cost of products and services as this number increases

Thailand is certainly more expensive to live in than 5 years ago but it is no where near 80% of the cost of living in Australia

Now with the Vietnam dong over 18,000 to $1 Australian, most are visiting Vietnam.

That's why we quit going to Thailand. No longer a good value! Mainly hotels

Cheap or Affordable is relative. If you can’t afford it in Thailand then you can travel to other countries. Things in life are always changing.

Bullshit

Sorry .. this is nonsense. You can get a $5 (Aus) cocktail in Koh Samui non happy hour! Where can you get close to that in Aus?

1st the Australian dollar is worthless overseas. 2nd the Thai baht is over inflated / over priced. 3rd Most other south East Asian countries in the region there currency's are better value for money when you convert the Australian dollar. Indonesia for over 20 years there currency conversion has always been around the same, that's why Bali is great value. Have been going to Thailand since 2007 it has never been cheap it's a myth. People don't go to Thailand because it's cheap they go because they enjoy the vibe but even that has its limits now that the Baht is very over inflated on its value.

Can't anyone keep a secret? You want the rest of the world coming here?

It all depends how you want to live and where you want to stay, 5 years ago or today. You can spend as much or as little as you want. I went out to dinner last night and picked up the tab. Four people 6 dishes with cold tea to drink 520 bht in a sit down air conditioned restaurant.

Vietnam.

Where have you been in Thailand?

While prices have gone up in Thailand, they have gone up more in Australia. One thinks Jim may be confused between cost of living and cost of being a tourist. I'm in Takhian Tia , just outside Pattaya. I pay around $7 dollars per month for water. In Australia $90. Electricity is 10-14 cents per KWH, Australia 32-40 cents + 1.20 per day supply charge. A very nice fully furnished with quality fittings 4 Bedroom house on 850 SQM block $450,000 the lot. Try buying just the land for that in Australia. Case of VB (i wouldn't drink this shite but just choosing the cheapest) $60-$70. Case of Singha, $35-$45. As a high income earner medical includes the medicare levy + private health insurance $12,200 per annum in Australia and there is still a raft of things they will not cover or pay. In Thailand I pay $3,400 per annum for absolute top cover with no out of pocket. Every day we eat lunch out at one of the local restaurants, lunch for two pad Krapow Moo Grob & Pad See Ew would be a typical lunch in Thailand $6. Your not getting a meal for two for $6 anywhere in Australia, even at the cheapest food court Asian your looking at $12 to $15 per dish. Class one car insurance on a 65K car, Thailand $454, Australia $900 and up. A 20KM taxi ride, Thailand $7 and Sydney $55. Mobile phone post paid (60GB Data & 300 mins free talk) Thailand $9 per month, Australia, I would think $30- 40 per month. Now I did not move here because it is cheap, I came for the lifestyle. If you stay in a 5 star resort , eat at fancy restaurants and go out partying every night, it is probably not that cheap anymore however from my experience, what I see everyday the evidence is overwhelmingly clear, the basic costs of living in Thailand is easily 50 to 80% cheaper than Australia.

True this

Depends if you live like a tourist or local. Exchange rates don’t help but you can still live a lot cheaper than in Australia!

80% ....now way . Costs in Oz gone up too

When I was in Thailand 3 weeks ago

*I would go get pork and noodles 30 baht $1.40 AUD

* 600ml bottle of water at , 5 baht. 24 cents AUD

* 600ml bottle of coke 18 baht at , 85 cents AUD

* Packet of cigarettes 72 baht, $3.30 AUD

* Cartoon of 12 large Singha bottles 680 baht, $31 AUD

You need to get off the drugs mate

Get your facts right Jimbo

Good. Maybe I'll be able to afford a holiday in Australia. It felt damn near like Switzerland the last time I was there.

In 2015 beer was 80 baht in 2026 beer is 80 baht exchange rate is a bit lower but at times it was worse. Maybe if you haven't been back living here for 5 years it may seem that way but in comparison where I live houses where 180,000 and now same place is 750,000 in 5 years thats more than 4x rent and morgage payments here before everything else.

I was first here in 1980 and everything was so cheap. I’m in Thailand today and all the prices rival those of my home state of California. Still beautiful but so many tourists now.

It's still reasonably cheap away from the tourist areas and in Issan

some of the comments here are very stupid the Australian dollar has dropped a lot

The PURCHASING POWER of your DOLLARS or EUROS in Thailand

The PURCHASING POWER of your currency is more than TWICE as high in Thailand as in Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand

Anyone who plans to live on expensive imported items such as French wines, imported sausages, Swiss cheeses, Australian beef steaks, New Zealand lamb fillets and Alaskan wild salmon has not really arrived in Thailand.

The prices for such luxury imported goods should not be used for a comparison.

A typical shopping basket in THAILAND compared to one in your country, in approximate percentages:

*** a TV set, a notebook, most electrical items: rather one to one - same price

*** Cars and motorcycles made or assembled in Thailand: cheaper!

Only imported brands are almost twice as expensive in Thailand as in your country

*** clothing & shoes: cheaper, but it depends on the quality and brand

*** Rentals in Thailand are much lower: 25% to 45%

*** ELECTRICITY: 30%-35% of the price per Kilowatt in your country

*** municipal WATER fees: something like 10% to 20%

*** FISH and other seafood: 35% to 50%

*** PORK and CHICKEN: 35% to 40%

*** VEGETABLES: 35% to 40%

*** FRUITS: 30% local fruits. Imported fruits cost about the same than in your home country

*** cost of one hour of labour: 10% (!!)

*** a scooter: 40% to 50%

***GASOLINE and DIESEL: depends. If you are from Europe, you find the Thai price real charming

*** Restaurant food: 30% to 40%

Beer and all alcoholic beverages in general do not belong in a typical shopping basket for comparison!

*** Non-alcoholic beverages: 40% to 50%

*** BAKED PRODUCTS: 30% to 40%

*** EGGS: 40%

This means: Anyone who can spend 1500 Euros or Dollars in Thailand, can enjoy a living standard as if he/she had 3000.- Dollars or Euros at home

Of course, always assuming that you have done your homework. Most initial investments need to be secured:

***health insurance

*** furnishing

*** means of transport

*** costs for obtaining the stay permit (some require a deposit in the bank)

If you need imported foods - go ahead but don't complain about high prices.

I avoid imported foods - as I can find everything on local markets for less than half the price I would have to pay in my home country. Fish, poultry and pork is cheap, and vegetables cost less than half.

Rentals are less than half, diesel & gasoline is less than half from the price in Europe, clothes and shoes are cheap.

Restaurant meals cost only a third of what I would have to pay in my home country. . .

It depends on your lifestyle if you think Thailand is expensive.

I don't need any Swiss cheese. I don't need Australian steaks. I don't need French wines. I don't need imported stuff.

You are comparing a cheap Honda car to a Rolls Royce. My typical shopping bag does not contain any imported food and goods

Thailand is now Western country. I find it is still cheaper to go to Phuket for a two week holiday as opposed to going to the United States or Europe. The exchange rate is still good. The Thai Buddhist people are awesome.

Jim you must be thinking OZ prices 25 years ago. Prices here are around 30% of Australia if you don’t buy red meat or imported goods. Vegemite $15 jar here $8 in Oz is my gripe.

Depends where you’re going to live

well your comparison is not fair! If you need imported foods - go ahead but don't complain about high prices.

I avoid imported foods - as I can find everything on local markets for less than half the pice I would have to pay in my home country.

Fish, poultry and pork is cheap, and vegetables cost less than the half.

Rentals are less than half, diesel & gasoline is less than half from the price in Europe, clothes and shoes are cheap.

Restaurant meals cost only a third of what I would have to pay in my home country. . .

I said it depends on your lifestyle. I don't need Swiss cheese. I don't need Australian steaks. I don't need French wine. I don't need imported stuff.

You are comparing a cheap Honda car to a Rolls Royce. My typical shopping bag does not contain imported food

It's cheaper, but it isn't cheap anymore.

Id like yo see the details of the research.

If you think Thailand it's expensive don't go there. Easy

People complaining about the price of things in Thailand compared to Australia. Mate I think you have been smoking too much weed while you are in Thailand

It will still be 30% without costly women

all these people come with all these high prices but never say where they go or what the price is. It’s about here. Can you spend more? Yes of course but you don’t need to

Where are you staying in Thailand!!!

If you can't afford it fuck off we don't need more miserable people here so go back home with all the other cheap Charlies will complain about prices everywhere

Thats crazy because its like less then half of California USA (IDK about other states)

Come to japan

For the food you get much better quality

Good water that you don't have to buy .

Restaurant are much cheaper than Thailand unless you buy from street bender, witch not really clean .

Oil and water they use are really bad for your health

69 baht for a kg chicken breast in makro. What do you want more? That's $3.50

No it's not, no where near it. Try getting an fully serviced apartment for 10,000 baht a month in Australia, it's never gonna happen and that pad kapow moo that you pay 50 baht for is more like 300 baht in Australia and that's a special lunch time menu.

I am Thai and I l living in Sydney.

I agree with you 100%

Everything so expensive 😫

You have no idea what you're talking about. Unless "cost of living" = "Bar Girls" to you.

I'm paying over $2600 (58,000 baht) per month for a run-down 1980s 3 bedroom house in the outer-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and $75/kg for scotch fillet. Prettt sure i can do a lot better than 80% of that in most of Thailand

Are you also the type that hovers around tourist areas?

Your lunch cost $2.50 in Australia?

If you have built businesses and online income sources the gap shouldnt have changed much. If you are an employee or on a pension then it will have impacted greatly

Nonsense

Thailand is certainly not the bargain it once was plus poor exchange rates don't help

Inflation happens in larger numbers when governments do dumb things

Too many tourists ruined it

Only in the tourist hot spots

This is incorrect on so many levels

True, costs me the same now but I get a few extra's here.

Complaining about the cost of living in Thailand, or are you complaining about your own spending, lack of budget or self-control?

Have a look at this website, it's right up to date with the cost of living according to data input by individuals, the ordinary people. It's not data provided by Governments and the like to distort the real numbers:

You left out accommodation costs obviously in your costings 😆 🤣 $700 PM here on the beach. Now let's look at the Gold Coast shall we 😲 $700 PW.

Now Internet, how much for fibre not limited with NBN? 10k baht per year here, installed etc.

I guess it depends on your lifestyle. If Dubbo and ADSL is good enough etc.

For the same money, you can get a bigger, better apartment in Bangkok than in Saigon!

So prices went down a lot in Australia? Hardly any inflation in Thailand.

Rent in Aus is 100 times more than Thailand

Cost of living in Au is ridiculous! Weekly house rent of $600 is considered normal. Buying a house in Brisbane for umder 1 million almost impossible unless it is a small schack in need of a reno. If you feel like steak for dinner, even going to a budget butcher and buying a whole budget rump, you mostly pay 25-35/kg. Already sliced and pre-packed, a sirloin will cost in the $45-50/kg mark. Yeah sure...sometimes you find it cheaper but in general...that's what you pay.

Passport...Australian passport are the most expensive in the world: $422! Thai passport: about a tenth of Australia.

Where did you get your numbers from?

The cost of living in Thailand may have increased, but the cost of living in Australia has increased more and that is a fact.

You are living in Japan?

Why are you commenting here?

Just enjoy Japan

not true, you been to Australia lately?

Expensive if you buy western style food that's for sure

To all the stupid people that think Thailand is still cheap then think again .

You have Thai prices and you have foreigners prices .

Double standards.

Also the baht is strong so other currencies are bad .

Hotels , condos , apartments are all expensive now .

Phuket is about 45% cheaper to live in than Sydney.

The big change I’ve noticed is Bangkok hotels. Definitely gone up a lot. Otherwise nothing like Australia, unless you’re buying imported goods and eating in luxury malls. Australia is off the charts.

What a lot of bullshit!

You must be an alcoholic, sex addict to spend so much.

Delusional lol. Rent power phone food beer massage internet is easy still 30-50% of prices in Australia. Go find me a beer at a pub under 160-200B. Crap golf course no caddy still 1600-2000B

A 3 bedroom house with pool in Brisbane even 8-10km away is like 8000+B a month Thailand 4000B.

Plus Aus CPI is one of the highest on earth atm. Plus terrible government and ever restricting freedom.

Don't worry in another 2yrs it'll be even cheaper in Thailand vs Australia as we're going backwards fast....1100 immigrants a day $1T in debt

That claim is rubbish.

Thailand was never “30% of Australia” in any normal comparison, and it’s absolutely not “80%” now.

In reality, Thailand is still about 40–60% cheaper than Australia overall, and often even more outside tourist bubbles.

Australian housing, energy, healthcare, and services are in a completely different price league.

Anyone saying “80%” is confusing expat hotspots with reality or just making things up 🤷‍♂️

Not sure where you living in Thailand buddy … a five star hotel…. Thailand is no where near the cost of living in Australia

I just returned home 🇦🇺 a week ago 😪 i thought Thailand was very cheap compared to home.

When was the last time you lived in Aus? Cost of living there also rose dramatically since the pandemic. Hubby and I moved over here in 2023 because costs in Aus almost tripled. Costs here in Thailand are no where near the 80% mark and are closer to the 30-40% mark, unless of course you want to live exactly like you did in Aus in a large modern house with pool - and only eat western foods. We live comfortably here, eat well and enjoy life for far less than we did in Australia.

Thailand has definitely gotten much more expensive over the last few years. The ridiculous baht doesn't help. While salaries for foreign teachers here remain the same as 15 to 20 years ago. Fortunately I have my pension income to make things easier.

Nope still ridiculous cheap I’m paying a third of the cost I would in Australia I just don’t go to the same tourist destinations most do

Thailand isn't so stupid and woke that they think importing millions of people who hate them is a good idea...

Maybe Australia sucks lolololol

go back then

I bet prices in Thailand were even better 40 years ago. Why do people always compare prices to the past? It’s today, not the past. You can mourn the old prices if you want, but what does that do? You either want to live in Thailand the way it is today, or you stay in Australia. 🤷‍♂️

The .50 cent beers are in Cambodia!

What absolute horse sh!t.

I find the prices the same!

As possible, made that claim if you’re talking about places like Bangkok. But smaller cities are still fine and much much cheaper.

Good.. stops the tight arses .. lol.

Sydney is not Australia. I could not afford to live there.

Sure it is.

Foreigners Broke in Thailand is not good for the country.

Yes, I agree with other posters. Thailand offers great value for money stay away from Tourist hotspots and enjoy.

Rubbish. I'm still buying great Thai meals everyday for between $3 and $4 and l'm soon renting a new 3 bedroom house for $95 per week. My electricity bill this month was $19.

Depends on vocation, much cheaper here than there on rent alone let alone cost of food.

I’m trying work out if half these clowns are complaining or bragging!

Things have certainly changed in the last couple of years. Really changed my mind about coming to live in Thailand.

All depends on where you live, and your lifestyle. Broadly speaking, it's still way more affordable than Australia

I agree the prices have gone up but on a recent trip in the tourist areas you can still get drinks during happy hours for prices we can only dream of in a pub in Australia. The exchange rate has also hurt the costs for tourists.

Thailand is still way cheaper than Australia 🤷‍♂️

Not true.

If you want to live a western lifestyle in Thailand, it's more expensive than your home country.

Yeah, due to American real estate brokers getting involved there 😡

So still cheaper

That information is inaccurate. You can still rent studio apartments in Bangkok for less than 5000 baht per month. That is not possible anywhere in the Western world.

Rubbish

This is absolutely rubbish. Australia costs us around $8k if not more a month to live. We can live in Thailand for about $2.5k.

Maybe move somewhere different then pattaya 555

No it wasnt

20 years ago it was 30 baht to the aus$

5 years ago it was 24 baht to the aus$

Now its around the 21 baht to the aus$

In case you hadnt noticed the whole world has become more expensive especially since covid.

Absolute rubbish everything we do in Thailand in 1 month costs us one week back in Australia. All the cheap Charlies having a cry Thailand is still very very cheap.

80 percent yer there not silly wait till you marry one

How much is two hours of Thai massage?... In Australia, that would be close to $200!!

Vietnam?

Not really. My wife is thai. There are certain things you need to skip. Taxi, restaurant, starbucks... Scooter, street food, and you are good.

When I lived there in 2005 went as high as 75 Thai baht to 1 GBP and stayed over 70 that year, still in mid 60s in 2008. Now about 42 so the strong Baht and inflation bound to change.

Not true !

Pattayaor Phuket Partylife ?

Try Vietnam as an alternative unless you chasing the seedy bars of thailand. Equally nice beaches, friendly people and a lot cheaper than thailand these days.

This group - someone posts & it quickly descends in to a pissing competition.

Loving the entertainment AND solid info.

Thanks lads!

Vietnam much cheaper

Still get beer at price in Australia

The latest exchange rate movements will help a bit it’s predicted to peak around mid year

Absolutely bullshit!!!

You can get a reasonably good 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom condo on the beach iin multiple areas of Thailand (both sides of the gulf) for 20k baht. That's at most $1000/month AUD. That same apartment on any beach in Australia would be a minimum cost of $3500/month but more likely closer to $5000/month.

Internet in Thailand is going to cost you 300 baht per month, which is $15 per month. I pay $80/month in Australia. In Thailand I can eat very well for 200 baht per meal, There's no option to go out and eat for $10/ per meal here in Australia.

YOU need to stop being a victim!!!

We are moving to Thailand next month and I am excited to no longer have my BGE electric bill if $1500.00 USD, my food bill for four adults of $2200.00 USD. I could list more but this is enough. Even on low months my electricity runs $500.00 USD.

It may not be as cheap as it was 15 years ago, no where is. But still way more affordable than here!

Money 💰

I’m so fed up with losers comparing current prices with 5 years ago, world isn’t Japan okay. And your estimate is off balance. You can’t rent an apartment with a pool a gym a sauna and near metro , in melbourne for 800 per week, in bangkok you can pay 800 and stay there for a month. What are you talking about ?

I’ll go to Thailand over Australia and live any day. I really miss Lek in Bangkok.

There is a wide range of Thai cost of living. The current minimum wage in Thailand is about $12 a day. If you live amongst Thais, eat rice and Thai food, Thailand is cheap. Thailand is the #2 rice exporter of rice in the world. Thailand imports wheat. Wheat products are imported and expensive. Dairy products are imported from Europe and Australia. Beef is imported from Australia. If you live amongst expats and eat Western food, Thailand is expensive. A meal at a Thai food court cost about $1.50. A more Western meal at the mall could cost $7 to $10 a meal. see the difference.

Rubbish

No where near 80 percent lol

Yep, I went there 6 months ago and couldn’t believe the prices. It had a Bali feel to it but 5x the orice

You clearly haven't been in Australia for a while

80% of stats are made up ☺️

I find most items in thailand shopping centres are the same price as in Australia and brand name items are more expensive but when your in rural thailand everything is the cost of anything in Australia.

~ lives a simple suburban life in Australia, moves to Thailand and lives like a king ~

THAILAND IS EXPENSIVE.

It all depends on your life style . I pay baht a month in a nice condo in Hua Hin . 1 bedroom, 1 bath . This is approx. 650 usd . My wife and I spend approx. 1200 usd per month on food . That includes eating out . We own a new Toyota hybrid . Gas cost 60 usd per month . Neither of us drink . I smoke cigars, approx.internet 225 usd per month . Electricity and water 55 usd per month . Cell phone, internet 50 usd per month . We've lived here for 6 months . Our biggest cost as far as extras was visiting Bangok and Chaing Rai for a total of 2 weeks . Approx.

If people choose a luxury life, they have to pay more.

Most complaining how expensive is, go back to home and live there!! Simples!!

A month in uk 😢😢😢

Water £91

Electric and gas £240

Council tax £269

That’s on an average house price in northwest.

Noticed the tourist hot spots are no longer cheap. But I don't go for cheap.

We are in the process of building large a 3 bdrm 2bath house with upgrades for $80,000 US. If we were in the US the same style house would easily run $450,000 plus. My wife and I can go out to eat for less than 500 baht. Things are a hell of a lot cheaper here.

I think your maths is out a bit with the Australia cost of living Things maybe getting more expensive in Thailand, I think they have moved much more in Australia.

If it were true, Thais wouldn't be surviving like they are today on a minimum wage of 350 baht per day.

it is 100% of Hong Kong. Eat a dinner at T21 or central world, e.g. MK restaurant, Yayoi , fuji restaurant cost around $400baht for Japanese meal set, it is same as Hong Kong

Too many immigrants/expats in the cities, they pushed the prices up

Crap happens

Statement not true, According to my ex wife who lives in Brisbane

Huh?

Live like a Thai making 350 THB a day minimum wage.

Then dont go

$10 a kilo for oranges in Australia.????

Hyper inflation is going to Go ballistic all over the world!

Bullshit im here

But a lot of idiots on these sites say you are making it up, exaggerating, manufacturing mis information. Complete BS. The prices are through the roof!

Must be eating in fairly lavish restaurants. Try a market or food cart running around

That's all them lady drinks you're buying fella.

Price of living are increasing to any countries , i dont know why people keep complaining or try to compare the price from 10 year back! Even your home country still increasing tax n vat?🙄..if any expat is looking for a very cheap thing just visit another less developing country.. im looking for life convenienc, comfy n variety of environment , good health care, easy access in daily life...so im not complaining n ready to pay thing whenever i visit Thailand..

in 5 years the thai wants to live in australia if you are right?

It’s expensive or you are poor?

How about Fiji? Lots of Aussies also live in Fiji 😅

Thailand is crushed by personal individual debt, years of dictatorship, and a mindboggling obsession with hierarchy and status.

Depends where you live

Nah

You can eat buffet for about ฿79-159 Thai baht easily

Taxi is cheap starting at 1 USD

And a lot of currencies have dropped against the baht a lot over the years

I was getting almost 80 to the GBP 20 years ago now it’s around 40

Go back to the late 90s it was 90+ baht to the pound

For my birthday we went to a new Thai restaurant in Auckland. I got a shit pad ga pow and it was NZ$29 (550 THB) 🫠. I think 80% is a stretch but if you go there an eat in western restaurants all the time and stay in a flash house then I think it would still be far less.

in 5 years the thai wants to live in australia if you are right 🤔🤔🤔

You are wrong. probably uninformed and only seen tourist traps. 🤷‍♀️ thailand is still very cheap.

… 1usd = 30 how is it not cheap for some of ya? Lmao

Go to Vietnam the price of Thailand just saying

If you just try to copy your lifestyle across the costs can be similar. You have to go local and adjust with what is good value.

For example, try getting a one hour massage in Australia for 250thb.

But if you go Villa Market and buy imported products or things taxed heavily like wine, you are going to pay the same or more.

Geo arbitrage and Thailand is significantly cheaper. Without it, it could be the same or more.

Did you live in a shoebox when you were in Austrailia? Because it's basically free here compared to where I'm from in LA.

The southern resorts maybe. Chiang Mai and the north is still cheap.

Bull shit Australia is way dearer than UK for starters

It's one thing to overuse the word " like" when you speak, but to actually type it out tells me you're an absolute imbecile.

In Bangkok maybe yes. Especially if you eat like in Australia.

Same size apartment in a city in Italy cost between 25k and 50k bht.

Its not much more than Bkk

I'm renting a room in Hua hin for £110 per month plus electricity sbd water. In the UK smaller room is £600 to £800+

If you can’t afford it JUST GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM 🤬

prices in Thailand are now more expensive than South Korea.. you can buy a coke a beer and a big mac cheaper in Seoul than Bangkok

It’s subjective.. If you come thailand and expect to consume nothing but foreign goods expect to pay a premium.

If you eat and consume local you’ll be at a huge discount in comparison to the UK, USA, Australia.

Similarly with apartments the price per sq M is the same in pattaya as it is in Manchester. What differs is people are willing to accept smaller in thailand with a trade out for amenities and communal space.

My current condo is the same price as my home in the UK 🇬🇧 it just is what it is.

Are you comparing apples to apples?

Cheap Charlie

Not really…. More like 40 to 60% depending on metrics

Nonsense. Prices have risen all over the world. Do you know of any place where it's cheaper than it was five years ago? It's cheap comparing to other country's. What do you expect? Because you coming Do you want them to be poor always? They also want develop their country.

Depends where you live in Thailand.

My rent for a 2 storey house, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, living room and a small back kitchen with 3 AC units is 4500baht per month.

I bought 3 meals today off grab in the morning and was enough for the day 220baht.

Tomorrow I will have one meal in the middle of the day then drink beer and go and watch football. Will be no more than 1000baht for the whole day.

AUSTRALIA IS BASICALLY THE LEAST VALUE PLACE OF DEVELOPED PLACE ON EARTH AS ITS ARSE END OF EARTH AND THEY CHARGE WHAT THEY LIKE LITTLE VALUE AND LOUSY SERVICE GENERALLY COMPARED TO THAILAND AT LEAST

Australia must be very cheap then

Australia is on par with the UK and and in terms of housing its even worse then the UK which i found scary!!! Thailand doesn’t even compare to them two countries

Chang mai and bangkok still cheaper as chips

Thailand is cheap, if your smashing all the tourist places then it’s not going to be cheap. This goes for any country in the world. If you’re getting spanked then you don’t know the country well enough..

Thailand so cheap compared to shitty England

It has gone up yes but not so much as OZ has gone up more

Oh well..best stay in Australia then it’s still loads cheaper than life in the uk and far better 😂

In 12 years 1000 thai baht went from $47cdn to $37cdn. No way your statement is accurate.

Mostly because the Aussie dollar is shit.

It will exceed 100% soon if foreigners continue to spend here.

Depends how many asshole in one place you wanna see

Its called development and its faster in Thailand than in Australia nowadays.

True. Thailand has been crazy expensive after the pandemic. BTS costing up to 65 baht, and beer now costs 80-120 baht. The strong baht is also not helping either.

Time has changed. It is also based on your lifestyle. No coffee for me can cut my expenses of 5000-8000 bhat monthly

If you think k thrilled is expensive, you need a better job, or you need to travel more, then get back to us

Maybe you should try some pad krapao ...

Yes in Phuket but not in Chiang Mai

Bullshit

I went to Phuket in July… it was cheap as 🍟 in comparison to uk 😃…

Fake news!

The ratio is the same. Both went up with inflation

False.

Australia must be cheap than because Thailand is nowhere close to the cost of living in USA .

If you don't leave the tourest areas yes the price has gone up.

Still a good country to live in if you don’t drink and think you have a everlasting vacation. But everyone want to spend their last years in Pattaya, Phuket or bar areas will not understand. Try to experience the REAL Thailand outside touristarias U will see it’s still good prices

Sorry for my bad English, I’m Swedish and lived in Thailand for 25years, so maybe I’m infected by Thai lifestyle 🙏

60% of the time everytime

Get away from the tourist areas….

Say that to locals who live under 300 dollars per month😂

Only True if you always eat in restaurant in mall. But if you eat outside like local, one meal in Australia can get 10 - 12 meals in Thailand.

Why u went to book a whole pork waste thrown beach to enjoy s.x with your prostitute? So called gf?

Not sure what part you’re in or what you do to spend money but it’s sure cheap up in Chiang Rai

Wow??!!! Really??? That seems awfully high!!!!

I still see thailand cheap if you are not pumping it into the bars and night life

Nobody is keeping you here

I was shocked at the cost of a large supreme pizza at Pizza Hut here in Chiang Mai - 509 baht! Never again. Probably more than what it is in Australia. Pizza Hut and Burger King here in Thailand are prohibitively more expensive than Australia. Stick to the local 40-80 baht dishes!!!!!

Prices are increasing everywhere, Europe remains much more expensive than Thailand….

Thailand remains affordable to me , I travel with euros , some prices for me are really ridículos , I'm so happy hahaha ,will always come back

try a different country. Burma is cheaper :)

Yes , true

What is Australia’s cost of living now, compared to five years ago?

Tesco in London is cheaper than Tesco in udon thani.

Thailand is simple. Don't live in a tourist area.

20 years ago it was 20%. Can see the pattern. In a few years it will be 1:1

.... That's life....

I was in Thailand a month ago and I enjoyed things that i could barely afford in my country (italy). Eating in a restaurant with baht is at least ten times cheaper than an Italian restaurant in Florence where I live.

At least you dont piss in a bucket in Australia

Really? I thought the price had gone up in Australia not down

That is an absurd exaggeration.

There's no inflation in Thailand.

In EU, UK its the électricity, water, food shopping bills that are so expensive. Then you have all the tax ! I know what i pay in thailand and thats peanuts compared. The only thing that stops me leaving the EU for good, is my wonderful free 1st class healthcare. As it is I stay a snowbird.

Likey likey

Thailand is like losing a lost friend it used to be MORE affordable It used to be fun with little red tape

I can only imagine you haven't been back to Australia lately. Thailand is about of the price of living in Australia.

Thailand has one of the lowest inflation rates in the world.

All about the exchange rate !

A lot of people think James bond island is all of everything in Thailand sure it’s expensive down there but way more cheaper elsewhere

80% is wild. Not the case compared to the states. It’s between 30-50% depending on how you’re comparing

You need to make sure you aren’t comparing Bangkok (the biggest metro) to a country town back home. You need to compare it to Sydney

Average cost of living for a single person in Sydney is $4800

Average cost of being for a single person living well in Bangkok is $2000

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incorrect

Yep,it's gone right up since covid lockdown

But Thai people who live in Australia said that thailand is as expensive as Australia