Luanda vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Luanda	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1041	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3832	$2965
🏠 One person rent	$431	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$1793	$1625
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$28.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1658	$545
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	19	7
😀 Quality of life	56	55
🏙️ Population	2.49M	77.6K

The cost of living in Luanda is 20% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 5041st and 6130th ($1041 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Angola and Thailand, respectively. Check Angola vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Luanda compared to 0.6 months in Phuket. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Phuket ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 5869th and 5986th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Luanda vs Phuket infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/luanda/phuket.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Luanda vs Phuket infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/luanda/phuket" target="_blank">Luanda vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Luanda vs Phuket

Prices for goods and services in Luanda and Phuket are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Luanda	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.43	$4.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.49	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$2.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$382	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3479	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.8	$66.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.4	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$140	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.1%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11511	$3141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3466	$2078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.9	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$2.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.92	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$2.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.21	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.66	$1.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$3.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.14	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$57.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.55	$8.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.82	$4.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$131	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$171	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$745	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14000	$13219

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$887
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$829
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$813
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$827
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$749
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$733
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$771
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$805
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$545
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$702
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$510
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$509
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$511
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1001
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$561
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$829
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$510
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$767
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$890
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$677
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$651
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$934
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$697
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$825
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$833
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$958
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$824
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$866
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1242
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$866
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$687
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$717
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$961
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$567
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$749
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$462
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$990
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1300
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$683
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$953

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$653
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$739
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$554
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$642
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$496
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$520
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$642
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$487
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$661
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$702
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$453
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$566
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$578
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$472
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$638
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$550
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$500
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$483
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$571
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$614
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$653
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$665
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$553
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$582
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$614
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743