Travel Money Index

Your USD goes further in Bangladesh

+1.3% further

$2,000 now goes as far as $2,025.30 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 246,600 BDT

That is 3,080 BDT more than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $24.98 today.

BDT per 1 USD Then 121.8 · Today 123.3
1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in Bangladesh

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

3,800 BDT a night
$0.39 less a night
Costs you today
$30.82
Cost you 1 year ago
$31.21
Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

6,700 BDT a night
$0.69 less a night
Costs you today
$54.34
Cost you 1 year ago
$55.03
Eat Estimate

Street food or casual meal

360 BDT a meal
8 more meals
Costs you today
$2.92
Cost you 1 year ago
$2.96
Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

2,300 BDT a dinner
1 more dinner
Costs you today
$18.65
Cost you 1 year ago
$18.89
Do Estimate

Museum entry

950 BDT a ticket
3 more tickets
Costs you today
$7.70
Cost you 1 year ago
$7.80
Do Estimate

Guided day tour

4,600 BDT a tour
$0.47 less a tour
Costs you today
$37.31
Cost you 1 year ago
$37.78
Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

1,900 BDT a ride
1 more ride
Costs you today
$15.41
Cost you 1 year ago
$15.60
Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

1,600 BDT a ticket
1 more ticket
Costs you today
$12.98
Cost you 1 year ago
$13.14

Rate history

BDT per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

124.0 122.7 121.5 October 2025 Today
Rate 1 year ago
A price ofCosts you todayCost you 1 year ago
1,000 BDT$8.11$8.21
5,000 BDT$40.55$41.06
20,000 BDT$162.21$164.26
100,000 BDT$811.03$821.29

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates)