Gold Coast vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$718
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	49	7
😀 Quality of life	88	53
🏙️ Population	608K	77.6K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 138% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 1278th and 5827th ($2239 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Australia and Thailand, respectively. Check Australia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 223rd and 6063rd 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	$19	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$13013

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810