Islamabad vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Islamabad	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$443	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1034	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$199	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$328	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$944
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	69	7
😀 Quality of life	50	57
🏙️ Population	1.01M	77.6K

The cost of living in Islamabad is 56% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 8887th and 5469th ($443 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Pakistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Islamabad compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Islamabad ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 6597th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Phuket

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	Islamabad	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.83	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98.8	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$338	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$178	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.4	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.5	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.73%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1311	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$775	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.39	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.05	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.75	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.17	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.64	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.4	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.22	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.6	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$61.1	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2738	$14328

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$344
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$277
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$354
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$265
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$334
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$364
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$320
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$376
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$363
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$311
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$284
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$302
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$372
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$316
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$333
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$427
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$294
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$351
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$380
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$303
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$393
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$291
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$401
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$337
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$458
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$362
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$347
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$421
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$403
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$396
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$373

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