Phuket vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$519	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	7	98
😀 Quality of life	53	93
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.97M

The cost of living in Phuket is 49% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5827th and 2270th ($940 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Thailand and Austria, respectively. Check Thailand vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6063rd and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Vienna

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	Phuket	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987