Phuket vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Phuket	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$870	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2965	$2103
🏠 One person rent	$484	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$1625	$788
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$28.4	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$545	$733
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	82
😀 Quality of life	55	66
🏙️ Population	77.6K	5.38M

The cost of living in Phuket is 7% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 6130th and 6353rd ($870 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Thailand and Russia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Phuket compared to 0.9 months in Saint Petersburg. Phuket ranked 6th best city to live in Thailand vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 5986th and 4239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Saint Petersburg

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	Phuket	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.16	$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.74	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$461	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$388	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1452	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.5	$5.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.84%	11.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3141	$3262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2078	$1917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.7	$36.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$6.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.98	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.59	$8.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$672	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13219	$6504

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$653
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$739
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$554
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$642
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$496
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$520
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$642
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$487
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$661
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$702
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$453
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$566
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$578
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$472
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$638
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$550
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$500
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$483
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$571
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$614
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$653
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$665
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$553
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$582
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$614
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$814
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$906
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1121
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1358
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1366
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1349
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1376
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1218
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$920
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1330
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1277
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$461
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1163
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1396
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1491
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1089
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1632
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1736
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1403
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1498
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$532
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1825
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1194
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1499
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1291
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1907
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1464
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1335
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$909
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1317
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1257
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1414
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1475
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1363
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$982
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1438