Phuket vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Phuket	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1010	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2467	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$555	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$956	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.5	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$512	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	48
😀 Quality of life	55	64
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.47M

The cost of living in Phuket is 13% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5497th and 4849th ($1010 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Thailand and Russia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Phuket compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Phuket ranked 9th best city to live in Thailand vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 6330th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Yekaterinburg

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	Phuket	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.76	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.6	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.13	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$650	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1157	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$761	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.61%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3728	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2603	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.53	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.6	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.4	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.9	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$565	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13979	$7933

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$784
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$836
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$616
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$588
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$735
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$592
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$545
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$762
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$720
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$439
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$555
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$677
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$453
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$449
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$567
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$787
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$809
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$839
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$743
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$741
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$718
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754