Phuket vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Phuket	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1014	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$544	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.8	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$944	$873
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	62
😀 Quality of life	57	52
🏙️ Population	77.6K	9.08M

The cost of living in Phuket is 103% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 5469th and 8696th ($1014 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 502nd in Thailand and China, respectively. Check Thailand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Phuket compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Phuket ranked 5th best city to live in Thailand vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 6129th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Xuzhou

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	Phuket	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.04	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1073	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.28%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4256	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2916	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.3	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.43	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14328	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753