Milan vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Milan	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2307	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5512	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$1295	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$2316	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$634	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$195	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2386	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	98	7
😀 Quality of life	88	57
🏙️ Population	1.35M	77.6K

The cost of living in Milan is 127% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 1250th and 5469th ($2307 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.9 months in Phuket. Milan ranked 2nd best city to live in Italy vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 315th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milan vs Phuket

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	Milan	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.4	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.1	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.24	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.48	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.35	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1465	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1056	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2665	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1944	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.8	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.11%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10174	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5200	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.4	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.3	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.1	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.96	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.6	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$850	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16429	$14328

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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 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