Phuket vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Phuket	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1014	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$544	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.8	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$944	$2644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	52
😀 Quality of life	57	89
🏙️ Population	77.6K	686K

The cost of living in Phuket is 1% less expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 5469th and 5380th ($1014 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 315th in Thailand and Japan, respectively. Check Thailand vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Phuket compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Phuket ranked 5th best city to live in Thailand vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 6129th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Shizuoka

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	Phuket	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.04	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1073	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.28%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4256	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2916	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.3	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.43	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14328	$19584

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068