Phuket vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$519	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	73
😀 Quality of life	53	87
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.96M

The cost of living in Phuket is 22% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 5827th and 4470th ($940 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 39th in Thailand and Japan, respectively. Check Thailand vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 6063rd and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Sapporo

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	Phuket	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088