Milan vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Milan	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2307	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5512	$1968
🏠 One person rent	$1295	$418
🏘️ Family rent	$2316	$729
🍽️ Food expenses	$634	$283
🚐 Transport expenses	$195	$32.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2386	$475
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	98	31
😀 Quality of life	88	57
🏙️ Population	1.35M	120K

The cost of living in Milan is 184% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 1250th and 6620th ($2307 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Italy and Thailand, respectively. Check Italy vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Milan compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Milan ranked 2nd best city to live in Italy vs Pattaya ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 315th and 6140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milan vs Pattaya

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	Milan	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.4	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.1	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$8.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.24	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$2.48	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.35	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1056	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2665	$870
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1944	$577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$48
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$74.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.8	$18.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.11%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10174	$2484
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5200	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.4	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$2.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.1	$9.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.1	$18.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.96	$4.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.6	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$850	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16429	$10383

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Cities near Milan

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	Buccinasco	$1792
15 km or 9.1 mi	Monza	$1764
20 km or 13 mi	Seregno	$1699
21 km or 13 mi	Saronno	$1808
29 km or 18 mi	Lodi	$1344
30 km or 19 mi	Cantu	$1649
30 km or 19 mi	Vigevano	$1770
31 km or 19 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1781
31 km or 20 mi	Pavia	$1474
39 km or 24 mi	Como	$1803
40 km or 25 mi	Crema	$1474
45 km or 28 mi	Novara	$1264
45 km or 28 mi	Bergamo	$1547
46 km or 28 mi	Lecco	$1489
48 km or 30 mi	Varese	$1605
55 km or 34 mi	Voghera	$1624
61 km or 38 mi	Piacenza	$1582
63 km or 39 mi	Vercelli	$1316
63 km or 39 mi	Lugano	$2673
69 km or 43 mi	Tortona	$1469
76 km or 47 mi	Cremona	$1402
76 km or 47 mi	Alessandria	$1308
81 km or 50 mi	Brescia	$1762
82 km or 51 mi	Bellinzona	$3158
89 km or 55 mi	Biella	$1263
100 km or 62 mi	Asti	$1268
116 km or 72 mi	Parma	$1589
120 km or 74 mi	Genoa	$1620
125 km or 78 mi	Turin	$1582
130 km or 81 mi	Mantua	$1602
140 km or 87 mi	Savona	$1642
141 km or 87 mi	Verona	$1657
142 km or 88 mi	Reggio Emilia	$1446
149 km or 92 mi	Aosta	$1662
156 km or 97 mi	Chur	$2846
159 km or 99 mi	La Spezia	$1615
162 km or 100 mi	Sassuolo	$1589
162 km or 101 mi	Mondovi	$1336
164 km or 102 mi	Trento	$1612
164 km or 102 mi	Modena	$1700

Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$787
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$718
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$774
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$958
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$724
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$736
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$635
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$571
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$553
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$650
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$741
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$622
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$511
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$593
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$558
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$504
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$727
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$578
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$635
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$581
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$515
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$498