Adelaide vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$3235
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$1720
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$30.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	50	7
😀 Quality of life	93	53
🏙️ Population	1.3M	77.6K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 128% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 1267th and 5798th ($2246 vs $985) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 2nd in Australia and Thailand, respectively. Check Australia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Phuket ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 64th and 6033rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Phuket

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	Adelaide	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$4.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$36.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$1825
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$1525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$76.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$16.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$4213
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$2936
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$1.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$21.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$4.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$9.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$69.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$13132

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$822
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$807
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$635
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$795
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$594
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$561
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$745
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$563
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$763
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$806
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$523
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$669
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$671
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$490
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$759
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$670
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$519
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$503
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$570
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$676
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$773
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$800
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$729
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$687
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$754
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$697
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892