Phuket vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$519	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	62
😀 Quality of life	53	49
🏙️ Population	77.6K	9.08M

The cost of living in Phuket is 94% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 5827th and 8735th ($940 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 524th in Thailand and China, respectively. Check Thailand vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 6063rd and 6314th 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	$5.23	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$22170

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746