Peshawar vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Peshawar	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$334	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$809	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$119	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$193	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$136	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.5	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$944
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	47	7
😀 Quality of life	43	57
🏙️ Population	1.97M	77.6K

The cost of living in Peshawar is 67% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 9121st and 5469th ($334 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in Pakistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Peshawar compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Peshawar ranked 7th best city to live in Pakistan vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 7430th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Phuket

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	Peshawar	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.81	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.11	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.3	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$46.3	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$155	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$85.3	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$267	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$213	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.94	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.74	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.77	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.71	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$9.69	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.56	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.8	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.3	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.7	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$28.4	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2261	$14328

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684

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