Pattaya vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Pattaya	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$781	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2066	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$395	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.3	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$461	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	31	40
😀 Quality of life	54	48
🏙️ Population	120K	5.94M

The cost of living in Pattaya is 1% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6518th and 6559th ($781 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Thailand and India, respectively. Check Thailand vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Pattaya compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Pattaya ranked 5th best city to live in Thailand vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 5997th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Pattaya vs Surat infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/pattaya/surat.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Pattaya vs Surat infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/pattaya/surat" target="_blank">Pattaya vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Pattaya vs Surat

Prices for goods and services in Pattaya and Surat are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Pattaya	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.58	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.8	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.11	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$294	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1152	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.1	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.7	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.67%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2486	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1693	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.7	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.44	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.67	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.74	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.49	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.9	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.69	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.8	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8876	$1261

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$752
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$685
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$753
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$941
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$656
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$715
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$595
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$573
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$576
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$644
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$777
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$705
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$596
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$563
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$721
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$543
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$634
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$610
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$526
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$508

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340