Milan vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milan	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2022	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5010	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$1119	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2148	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2069	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	98	7
😀 Quality of life	86	53
🏙️ Population	1.35M	77.6K

The cost of living in Milan is 115% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 1772nd and 5827th ($2022 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 0.8 months in Phuket. Milan ranked 2nd best city to live in Italy vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 341st and 6063rd 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	$18.3	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.55	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2706	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1745	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.37%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9154	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4766	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.33	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.8	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.3	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.23	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.41	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.3	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$790	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14604	$13013

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Cities near Milan

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
15 km or 9.1 mi	Monza	$1586
20 km or 13 mi	Seregno	$1503
21 km or 13 mi	Saronno	$1592
29 km or 18 mi	Lodi	$1228
30 km or 19 mi	Cantu	$1506
30 km or 19 mi	Vigevano	$1503
31 km or 19 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496
31 km or 20 mi	Pavia	$1271
39 km or 24 mi	Como	$1634
40 km or 25 mi	Crema	$1365
45 km or 28 mi	Novara	$1157
45 km or 28 mi	Bergamo	$1450
46 km or 28 mi	Lecco	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Varese	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Voghera	$1389
61 km or 38 mi	Piacenza	$1334
63 km or 39 mi	Vercelli	$1202
63 km or 39 mi	Lugano	$2507
69 km or 43 mi	Tortona	$1401
76 km or 47 mi	Cremona	$1240
76 km or 47 mi	Alessandria	$1293
81 km or 50 mi	Brescia	$1410
82 km or 51 mi	Bellinzona	$2853
89 km or 55 mi	Biella	$1162
100 km or 62 mi	Asti	$1209
116 km or 72 mi	Parma	$1403
120 km or 74 mi	Genoa	$1470
125 km or 78 mi	Turin	$1424
130 km or 81 mi	Mantua	$1405
140 km or 87 mi	Savona	$1512
141 km or 87 mi	Verona	$1459
142 km or 88 mi	Reggio Emilia	$1323
149 km or 92 mi	Aosta	$1474
156 km or 97 mi	Chur	$2344
159 km or 99 mi	La Spezia	$1348
162 km or 100 mi	Sassuolo	$1400
162 km or 101 mi	Mondovi	$1203
164 km or 102 mi	Trento	$1509
164 km or 102 mi	Modena	$1506

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810