Gold Coast vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$944
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	49	7
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	608K	77.6K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 127% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 1270th and 5469th ($2297 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Australia and Thailand, respectively. Check Australia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 255th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Phuket

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	Gold Coast	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866