Phuket vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$519	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	78
😀 Quality of life	53	66
🏙️ Population	77.6K	12.6M

The cost of living in Phuket is 84% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5827th and 8544th ($940 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 6063rd and 3982nd 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	$5.23	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591