🇸🇪 From Sweden › Chiang Mai
For everyday spending, Chiang Mai is about 78% cheaper than Stockholm. Here's what things cost in SEK, what a day really costs, and the price where "tourist price" turns into a rip-off.
| Item | Local | In SEK | vs Stockholm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local mealper person | ฿80 | kr 25 | 83% less |
| Street food1 item | ฿50 | kr 16 | 82% less |
| Restaurant dinnerper person | ฿400 | kr 126 | 65% less |
| Coffeeone cup | ฿75 | kr 24 | 57% less |
| Beerone bottle | ฿85 | kr 27 | 68% less |
| Bottled water | ฿10 | kr 3 | 88% less |
| Convenience store1 snack or drink | ฿20 | kr 6 | 79% less |
| Taxi5 km in town | ฿100 | kr 32 | 84% less |
| Tuk-tuk / moto taxishort hop | ฿60 | kr 19 | 85% less |
| Transitone ride | ฿30 | kr 9 | 78% less |
| Hotel night3-star | ฿1,100 | kr 347 | 78% less |
| SIM card1 week data | ฿299 | kr 94 | 37% less |
| Laundry | ฿35 | kr 11 | 79% less |
| Massage1 hour | ฿250 | kr 79 | 89% less |
| Half-day tourper person | ฿800 | kr 252 | 50% less |
| Entry ticketTourist town | ฿145 | kr 46 | 77% less |
Reference prices start as estimates from published price levels; items with 3+ traveller reports switch to the median of real reports.
| Item | Fair range | Rip-off above |
|---|---|---|
| Local mealper person | ฿56–฿128kr 18–kr 40 | ฿154+kr 48+ |
| Coffeeone cup | ฿45–฿120kr 14–kr 38 | ฿144+kr 45+ |
| Beerone bottle | ฿51–฿144kr 16–kr 46 | ฿173+kr 55+ |
| Taxi5 km in town | ฿80–฿160kr 25–kr 50 | ฿192+kr 61+ |
| Tuk-tuk / moto taxishort hop | ฿42–฿108kr 13–kr 34 | ฿130+kr 41+ |
| Massage1 hour | ฿175–฿400kr 55–kr 126 | ฿480+kr 151+ |
| Bottled water | ฿7–฿20kr 2–kr 6 | ฿24+kr 8+ |
| Half-day tourper person | ฿560–฿1,280kr 176–kr 403 | ฿1,540+kr 484+ |
Not counting flights, a mid-range day in Chiang Mai is about kr 696 per person (3-star hotel, local meals plus a dinner out, two taxi rides). On a shoestring it's about kr 229 a day; comfortable travel is about kr 1,490. A 7-day mid-range trip comes to roughly kr 4,870.
For everyday things Chiang Mai is about 78% cheaper than Stockholm. Compare item by item in the table above, or open the app to see it against your own city and income.
A simple local meal is around ฿80 (about kr 25); a sit-down restaurant dinner is around ฿400 (about kr 126).
As a rule of thumb, paying about double the usual local price is a warning sign. For a taxi that means anything above ฿192 (kr 61) for about 5 km. Check any price in 3 seconds in the app.