Phuket vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$519	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	53	80
🏙️ Population	77.6K	17.7M

The cost of living in Phuket is 3% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5827th and 5950th ($940 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 12th in Thailand and China, respectively. Check Thailand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 6063rd and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Shenzhen

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	Phuket	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.03
🥤 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	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609