Phuket vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Phuket	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$870	$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2965	$1762
🏠 One person rent	$484	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$1625	$708
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$28.4	$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$545	$605
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	55	60
🏙️ Population	77.6K	1.47M

The cost of living in Phuket is 29% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6130th and 6984th ($870 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Thailand and Russia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Phuket compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Phuket ranked 6th best city to live in Thailand vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 5986th and 5379th 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	$4.16	$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.95	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.74	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$461	$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$388	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1452	$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.5	$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.84%	13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3141	$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2078	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.7	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.98	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3	$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.59	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$672	$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13219	$4747

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$653
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$739
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$554
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$642
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$496
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$520
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$642
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$487
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$661
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$702
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$453
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$566
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$578
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$472
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$638
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$550
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$500
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$483
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$571
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$614
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$653
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$665
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$553
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$582
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$614
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$531
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$497
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$487
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$537
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$636
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$488
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$547
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$734
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$567
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$427
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$468
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$605
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$448
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$494
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$456
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$660
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$646
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$559
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$493
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$623
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$500
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$517
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$402
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$526
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$518
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$614
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$814
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$414
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$632