Phuket vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Phuket	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1010	$446
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2467	$1030
🏠 One person rent	$555	$182
🏘️ Family rent	$956	$297
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$43.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$512	$147
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	8	69
😀 Quality of life	55	51
🏙️ Population	77.6K	2.1M

The cost of living in Phuket is 126% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 5497th and 8874th ($1010 vs $446) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Thailand and Pakistan, respectively. Check Thailand vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Phuket compared to 0.3 months in Rawalpindi. Phuket ranked 9th best city to live in Thailand vs Rawalpindi ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 6330th and 6631st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Rawalpindi

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	Phuket	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.76	$1.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.6	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$5.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$650	$178
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$73.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1157	$325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$761	$134
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.61%	22.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3728	$1159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2603	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.53	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$9.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.6	$3.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$6.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$3.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.4	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$1.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$11.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.9	$16.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$565	$43.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13979	$806

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$784
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$836
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$616
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$588
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$735
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$592
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$545
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$762
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$720
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$439
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$555
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$677
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$453
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$449
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$567
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$787
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$809
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$839
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$743
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$741
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$718
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$496
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$371
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$280
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$373
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$253
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$373
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$335
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$394
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$321
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$344
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$391
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$382
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$313
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$286
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$309
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$393
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$332
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$359
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$450
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$381
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$306
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$379
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$339
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$397
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$371
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$438
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$340
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$346
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$456
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$504
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$401
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$350
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$391
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$440
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$447
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$379
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$252