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Asia
Bangkok
Thailand
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Bangkok compare to San Francisco?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Bangkok is 59% worse off vs in San Francisco
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Bangkok compared to San Francisco, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$23,643
-$141,444 (-86%) vs San Francisco
Tax Rate: 15%
Weather
How does the weather in Bangkok compare to San Francisco?
San Francisco has better overall weather
1.5/10(vs 8.7/10 in San Francisco)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
33°C(vs 19°C in San Francisco)
Average Low
25°C(vs 12°C in San Francisco)
Sunshine Hours
2,624h/yr-438h/yr(-14%)
Average High in hottest month
35°C(vs 22°C in San Francisco)
Average Low in coldest month
22°C(vs 8°C in San Francisco)
Rainy Days
116/yr+68/yr(+139%)
Muggy Days
332/yr+332/yr(+165900%)
Cloud Cover
72%(vs 34% in San Francisco)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Bangkok compare to San Francisco?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Bangkok compared to San Francisco?
SWE Affordability
14.7 years
9.6 years longer than San Francisco
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Bangkok has around 17 Luma events listed.
That's 72% fewer events than San Francisco.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Bangkok to maintain the same standard of living.
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