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Bangkok or Chiang Mai

Budget, free housing, places, visa and travel time between Bangkok and Chiang Mai — side by side, with numbers.

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Chiang Mai

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Side by side

≈ ฿20,000
Economy monthdifference 2199%
≈ $870
≈ ฿42,000
Comfortable monthdifference 2195%
≈ $1,830
≈ ฿12,000
Room in a shared flat
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≈ ฿208
Lunch out
—
≈ ฿160
Transit passdifference 11%
≈ ฿180
868
Free housing hostsdifference 868
0
116
Placesdifference 26%
92
0
Free placesdifference 0
0
  • Travel time between them: 240 minutes by plane.
  • The visa regime is the same for both.
  • Bangkok has 868 hosts more.
  • Criteria filled: 8 and 6.

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