Oslo vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Oslo	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2721	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5890	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$1569	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$2558	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$793	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3963	$944
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	37 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	79	7
😀 Quality of life	95	57
🏙️ Population	709K	77.6K

The cost of living in Oslo is 168% more expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 530th and 5469th ($2721 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Norway and Thailand, respectively. Check Norway vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Oslo compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Oslo ranked 1st best city to live in Norway vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 55th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oslo vs Phuket

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	Oslo	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.6	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$120	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.9	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.72	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1592	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1273	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2624	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2132	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10233	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7897	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.32	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.9	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.19	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.23	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.97	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$32.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.62	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.7	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.56	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.1	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16133	$14328

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Cities near Oslo

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	Baerum	$2058
25 km or 16 mi	Lillestrom	$2155
27 km or 17 mi	Asker	$2180
35 km or 22 mi	Jessheim	$2131
36 km or 22 mi	Drammen	$1741
50 km or 31 mi	Moss	$1949
57 km or 35 mi	Horten	$1819
68 km or 42 mi	Kongsberg	$1978
71 km or 44 mi	Tonsberg	$1976
74 km or 46 mi	Sarpsborg	$1895
78 km or 48 mi	Fredrikstad	$2181
92 km or 57 mi	Sandefjord	$1997
96 km or 60 mi	Halden	$1761
100 km or 62 mi	Hamar	$1971
103 km or 64 mi	Skien	$1882
104 km or 65 mi	Larvik	$1830
106 km or 66 mi	Porsgrunn	$1818
106 km or 66 mi	Arvika	$1397
108 km or 67 mi	Gjovik	$2041
135 km or 84 mi	Lillehammer	$1621
165 km or 103 mi	Karlstad	$1460
186 km or 115 mi	Uddevalla	$1543
194 km or 120 mi	Vanersborg	$1405
197 km or 122 mi	Arendal	$1830
201 km or 125 mi	Trollhattan	$1353
220 km or 137 mi	Mariestad	$1516
241 km or 150 mi	Mora	$1586
245 km or 152 mi	Skovde	$1551
247 km or 154 mi	Ludvika	$1312
252 km or 156 mi	Kristiansand	$1497
259 km or 161 mi	Gothenburg	$1823
260 km or 162 mi	Orebro	$1325
261 km or 162 mi	Molndal	$1684
266 km or 166 mi	Borlange	$1289
275 km or 171 mi	Boras	$1503
276 km or 171 mi	Frederikshavn	$1542
281 km or 175 mi	Falun	$1801
303 km or 188 mi	Sandnes	$2004
304 km or 189 mi	Stavanger	$2341
305 km or 190 mi	Bergen	$2242

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