Phuket vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Phuket	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1014	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$544	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.8	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$944	$575
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	77
😀 Quality of life	57	68
🏙️ Population	77.6K	12.6M

The cost of living in Phuket is 101% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5469th and 8651st ($1014 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Phuket ranked 5th best city to live in Thailand vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 6129th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Zhengzhou

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	Phuket	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.04	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1073	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.28%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4256	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2916	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.3	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.43	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14328	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563