Adelaide vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2066
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$31.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$461
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	50	31
😀 Quality of life	94	54
🏙️ Population	1.39M	120K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 153% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 1894th and 6518th ($1978 vs $781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 5th in Australia and Thailand, respectively. Check Australia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Pattaya ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 46th and 5997th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Pattaya

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	Adelaide	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$29.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$8.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1152
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$679
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$47.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$71.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	5.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$2486
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1693
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$17.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$12.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$4.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$41
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$7.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$29.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$93.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$8876

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$752
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$685
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$753
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$941
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$656
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$715
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$595
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$573
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$576
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$644
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$777
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$705
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$596
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$563
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$721
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$543
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$634
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$610
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$526
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$508