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Item
|
Cost in baht
|
Cost in UK Pounds
|
Cost in USD
|
| Accommodation |
|
1 GBP = 71.66 baht |
1 USD = 41 baht |
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The average cost of a 3 bedroom house in the city
|
1,600,000
|
£ 22,315
|
$ 38,891
|
|
The average cost of a 3 bedroom house on the city outskirts
|
1,300,000
|
£ 18,131
|
$ 31,593
|
|
The average rent of a 3 bedroom house in the city (un-furnished) Per month
|
4,500
|
£ 63.00
|
$ 109
|
| City appartment rental (per month) |
3,500
|
£ 49.00
|
$ 85.26
|
| Average Hotel Room (Per day, 2 people) |
700
|
£ 9.80
|
$ 17
|
| Average electricity per month (No air-con) |
400-600
|
£ 5.50 - £ 8.40
|
$ 9.70 - $ 14.63
|
| Average electricity per month (with air-con) |
1,500-2,000
|
£ 21.00 - £ 28.00
|
$ 36.58 - $ 48.78
|
| Average water cost per month (Small house) |
200-400
|
£ 2.79 - £ 5.58
|
$ 4.80 - $ 9.75
|
| Average water cost per month (Large House) |
600-800
|
£ 8.37 - £ 11.16
|
$ 14.63 - $ 19.51
|
| Cable TV (Home cable) or UTV (per month) |
300
|
£ 4.18
|
$ 7.30
|
| UBC Satellite TV (per month) |
1,600
|
£ 22.32
|
$ 22.50
|
| Average shopping bill per week (Single Western person) |
1,200
|
£ 16.70
|
$ 29.00
|
| Average shopping bill per week (Large Western family) |
3,000 - 4,000
|
£ 41.90 - £ 55.80
|
$ 73.17 - $ 97.56
|
| Monthly washing and ironing service |
400 - 500
|
£ 5.58 - £ 6.90
|
$ 9.75 - $ 12.19
|
| Monthly house maid service |
2,000 - 3,000
|
£ 27.90 - £ 41.86
|
$ 48.70 - $ 73.17
|
| Getting Around |
|
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|
| Second hand 2-3 year old Toyota Solona car |
350,000 |
£ 4,884 |
$ 8,536 |
| New Toyota Solona car (Standard Model) |
580,000 |
£ 8,093 |
$ 14,146 |
| New Honda 100cc motorbike |
30,000 |
£ 418.64 |
$ 418.64 |
| Secondhand Honda 100cc motorbike |
15,000-20,000 |
£ 209 - £ 279 |
$ 209.32 - $ 279.09 |
| Car rental (per day) |
1,200 |
£ 16.74 |
$ 29.26 |
| Car rental (per month) |
27,000 |
£ 376.77 |
$ 658.53 |
| Truck rental (per day) |
1,100 |
|
|
| Motorbike rental (per day) |
200 |
|
|
| Motorbike puncture repair (including labour) |
20 |
|
|
| Replace motorbike inner tube (including labour) |
80 |
|
|
| Car Insurance fully comphrensive (First Year) |
23,000 |
|
|
| Motorcycle taxi around town |
40-70 |
|
|
| Pedal taxi (rickshaw) around town |
20 |
|
|
| Santaew (Van taxi) anywhere around town |
6 |
|
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| Bus (non-air) to Nong Kha |
27 |
|
|
| Train to Nong Khai |
70 |
|
|
| Flight to Bangkok (Nok Air) |
1,300 |
|
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| Eating & drinking |
|
|
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| Korean BBQ meal per person (all you can eat) |
69 |
|
|
| Large bottle of Leo beer (from supermarket) |
35 |
|
|
| Large bottle of Leo beer (from restaurant) |
60 |
|
|
| Large bottle of Thai beer (from supermarket) |
28 |
|
|
| Small bottle of Heiniken beer (from supermarket) |
33 |
|
|
| Small bottle of Heiniken beer (at a disco or club) |
80 |
|
|
| Packet of Thai cigarettes |
35 |
|
|
| Vietnamese cigarettes from duty free in Nong Khai (200) |
70 |
|
|
| Large bottle of Thai Rice Whiskey |
60 |
|
|
| Large bottle of Thai Rum |
140 |
|
|
| Standard large Thai Whiskey |
120 |
|
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| Scottish whiskey |
200 |
|
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| Rice porridge |
20 |
|
|
| Western food - Pie 'n' chips |
100 |
|
|
| Sunday roast |
150 |
|
|
| American style pizza - Medium (free delivery over 150 baht) |
199 |
|
|
| ILarge Italian style pizza |
200 |
|
|
| 1.5lt bottle of mineral water |
13 |
|
|
| Can of soft drink |
12 |
|
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| 4lt box of Australian Lydmans dry red wine (Nong Khai duty free) |
470 |
|
|
| Johnnie Walker Gold Label whiskey (Nong Khai duty free) |
1,040 |
|
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| Sports & Leisure |
|
|
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| Swimming pool use at a Hotel |
50 |
|
|
| Golf (18 holes) |
200 |
|
|
| Golf caddies |
160 |
|
|
| Golf cart rental per day |
600 |
|
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| Pool/snooker (per game) |
20 |
|
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| 10pin bowling (per game) |
60 |
|
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| Thai massage 1hr |
120 |
|
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| Thai massage herbal 3 hours |
700 |
|
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| Monthly unlimited internet use at home (dial-up) |
350 |
|
|
| GPRS internet access 200 hours |
500 |
|
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| ADSL internet access 512kbps |
600 |
|
|
| Local telephone calls (no time limit) |
3 |
|
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| Standard computer with 17inch monitor, 20gig hard-drive, 2 gig processor etc |
14,000 |
|
|
| Budget laptop |
27,000 |
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