Phuket vs Urfa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Urfa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1549
🏠 One person rent	$519	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$458
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1224
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	7	22
😀 Quality of life	53	44
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.99M

The cost of living in Phuket is 53% more expensive than in Urfa. Cities ranked 5827th and 7513th ($940 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 71st in Thailand and Turkey, respectively. Check Thailand vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 2 months in Urfa. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Urfa ranked 28th in Turkey, while ranked 6063rd and 6606th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Urfa

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	Phuket	Urfa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$6.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$5.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$55.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$10.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	27.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$1293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$5.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$1.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$0.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$4.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$27.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$58.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$7315

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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 Urfa

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Akcakale	$587
81 km or 51 mi	Adiyaman	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$603
90 km or 56 mi	Nizip	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
125 km or 78 mi	Gaziantep	$577
133 km or 82 mi	Derik	$606
136 km or 84 mi	Raqqa	$462
139 km or 86 mi	Malatya	$544
152 km or 95 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
157 km or 97 mi	Cinar	$621
157 km or 97 mi	Kilis	$570
170 km or 106 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
172 km or 107 mi	Elazig	$492
173 km or 108 mi	Mardin	$600
181 km or 113 mi	Aleppo	$509
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
192 km or 119 mi	Islahiye	$523
205 km or 127 mi	Hassa	$537
215 km or 134 mi	Nusaybin	$589
215 km or 134 mi	Qamishli	$457
222 km or 138 mi	Reyhanli	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Batman	$600
226 km or 140 mi	Osmaniye	$403
236 km or 147 mi	Idlib	$489
237 km or 147 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$468
240 km or 149 mi	Kadirli	$535
244 km or 151 mi	Bingol	$589
252 km or 156 mi	Iskenderun	$578
259 km or 161 mi	Antakya	$598
264 km or 164 mi	Ceyhan	$575
265 km or 165 mi	Kozan	$585
278 km or 173 mi	Samandag	$597
288 km or 179 mi	Siirt	$573
290 km or 180 mi	Sinjar	$672
290 km or 180 mi	Hama	$417
294 km or 183 mi	Erzincan	$621
294 km or 183 mi	Mus	$589
302 km or 188 mi	Cizre	$578
308 km or 191 mi	Adana	$712