Gold Coast vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1968
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$418
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$729
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$283
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$32.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$475
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	49	31
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	608K	120K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 183% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 1270th and 6620th ($2297 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 5th in Australia and Thailand, respectively. Check Australia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Pattaya ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 255th and 6140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Pattaya

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	Gold Coast	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$8.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$870
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$48
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$74.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$18.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$2484
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$2.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$18.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$4.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$10383

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$787
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$718
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$774
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$958
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$724
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$736
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$635
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$571
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$553
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$650
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$741
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$622
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$511
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$593
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$558
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$504
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$727
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$578
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$635
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$581
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$515
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$498