Melbourne vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Melbourne	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2543	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6242	$2467
🏠 One person rent	$1414	$555
🏘️ Family rent	$2478	$956
🍽️ Food expenses	$607	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$361	$35.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4489	$512
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	100	8
😀 Quality of life	100	55
🏙️ Population	5.35M	77.6K

The cost of living in Melbourne is 152% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 829th and 5497th ($2543 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and Thailand, respectively. Check Australia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 0.5 months in Phuket. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Phuket ranked 9th in Thailand, while ranked 1st and 6330th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Phuket

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	Melbourne	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$5.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.1	$40.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.51	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.15	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1557	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1162	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2836	$1157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2092	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.58%	5.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6978	$3728
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6027	$2603
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$140	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$19.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$3.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$19.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26	$4.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.14	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$53.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$7.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.8	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$28	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$97.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2326	$565
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22313	$13979

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$784
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$836
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$616
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$588
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$735
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$592
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$545
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$762
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$720
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$439
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$555
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$677
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$453
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$449
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$567
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$787
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$809
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$839
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$743
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$741
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$718
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992