Phuket vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$519	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1236
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	58
😀 Quality of life	53	62
🏙️ Population	77.6K	5.95M

The cost of living in Phuket is 83% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 5827th and 8539th ($940 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Thailand and India, respectively. Check Thailand vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 6063rd and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Pune

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	Phuket	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$1975

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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

Cities near Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367