Phuket vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Phuket	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1014	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$544	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.8	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$944	$1659
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	57	87
🏙️ Population	77.6K	2.6M

The cost of living in Phuket is 23% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5469th and 4455th ($1014 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Thailand and Taiwan, respectively. Check Thailand vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Phuket compared to 1.3 months in Taipei. Phuket ranked 5th best city to live in Thailand vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 6129th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Taipei

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	Phuket	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.04	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1073	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.28%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4256	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2916	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.3	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.43	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14328	$17567

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589