Phuket vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Phuket	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1014	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$544	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.8	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$944	$3535
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	7	98
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.97M

The cost of living in Phuket is 52% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5469th and 1640th ($1014 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Thailand and Austria, respectively. Check Thailand vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Phuket compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Phuket ranked 5th best city to live in Thailand vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6129th and 39th 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	$6.11	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.04	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1073	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.28%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4256	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2916	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.3	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.43	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14328	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946