Phuket vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$519	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	40
😀 Quality of life	53	48
🏙️ Population	77.6K	5.94M

The cost of living in Phuket is 22% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5827th and 6559th ($940 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Thailand and India, respectively. Check Thailand vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 6063rd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Surat

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	Phuket	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$1261

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340