Adelaide vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2467
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$555
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$956
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$35.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$512
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	50	8
😀 Quality of life	92	55
🏙️ Population	1.39M	77.6K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 133% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 1178th and 5497th ($2355 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st 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 0.5 months in Phuket. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Phuket ranked 9th in Thailand, while ranked 75th and 6330th 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	$15.8	$5.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$40.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$9.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	5.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$3728
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$2603
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$19.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$3.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$19.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$53.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$7.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$97.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$565
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$13979

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$784
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$836
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$616
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$588
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$735
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$592
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$545
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$762
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$720
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$439
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$555
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$677
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$453
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$449
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$567
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$787
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$809
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$839
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$743
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$741
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$718
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992