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Phuket vs. Buenos Aires Cost of Living Summary

Phuket is 4.0% more expensive than Buenos Aires.

Restaurants: pay 57.7% less in Phuket
Groceries: pay 7.2% more in Phuket
Transportation: pay 13.4% more in Phuket
Housing: pay 9.4% less in Phuket
Childcare: pay 2.2 times more in Phuket
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.5% less in Phuket
Clothing: pay 37.6% less in Phuket

The cost of childcare, transportation, and groceries in Phuket are more expensive than in Buenos Aires. Expenses including restaurants, clothing, housing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Phuket. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Phuket.

Phuket vs. Buenos Aires Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Phuket instead of Buenos Aires, you would:

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pay 57.7% less for restaurants

	Buenos Aires	Phuket
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00 ARS26,029.05	$6.20 THB197.34	-65.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00 ARS17,352.70	$8.99 THB286.15	-25.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.18 ARS3,154.03	$0.71 THB22.64	-67.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.39 ARS2,007.30	$0.38 THB11.99	-72.8%
Average			-57.7%

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pay 7.2% more for groceries

	Buenos Aires	Phuket
Bread 1 loaf	$2.89 ARS4,180.24	$1.82 THB57.79	-37.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.13 ARS8,869.16	$8.53 THB271.44	+39.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.84 ARS8,440.96	$8.15 THB259.16	+39.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.29 ARS4,756.07	$2.28 THB72.52	-30.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.92 ARS5,667.82	$1.84 THB58.58	-53.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.15 ARS1,664.33	$1.51 THB48.04	+31.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.96 ARS1,390.07	$0.90 THB28.66	-6.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.57 ARS818.97	$1.08 THB34.46	+91.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.14 ARS1,647.94	$0.98 THB31.18	-14.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.66 ARS952.45	$0.73 THB23.11	+10.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.58 ARS837.08	$0.63 THB20.07	+9.0%
Average			+7.2%

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pay 13.4% more for transportation

	Buenos Aires	Phuket
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.31 ARS6,236.63	$5.04 THB160.21	+16.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.00 ARS28,921.17	$23.45 THB745.94	+17.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,000.00 ARS36,151,460.25	$27,911.74 THB888,051.71	+11.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.51 ARS13,759.19	$10.30 THB327.59	+8.2%
Average			+13.4%

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pay 9.4% less for housing

	Buenos Aires	Phuket
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$29.42 ARS42,546.44	$19.53 THB621.46	-33.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$659.06 ARS953,045.76	$645.31 THB20,531.45	-2.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$463.75 ARS670,605.65	$489.32 THB15,568.31	+5.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$100.98 ARS146,020.46	$93.36 THB2,970.28	-7.5%
Average			-9.4%

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pay 2.2 times more for childcare

	Buenos Aires	Phuket
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$367.39 ARS531,269.29	$623.36 THB19,833.15	+69.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,496.25 ARS7,947,898.54	$14,508.83 THB461,619.12	+164.0%
Average			+116.8%

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pay 4.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Buenos Aires	Phuket
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.80 ARS5,495.02	$2.17 THB69.07	-42.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.13 ARS5,965.85	$3.03 THB96.31	-26.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.68 ARS5,321.49	$4.34 THB138.14	+18.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$43.59 ARS63,029.17	$57.81 THB1,839.25	+32.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.00 ARS13,014.53	$8.68 THB276.28	-3.5%
Average			-4.5%

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pay 37.6% less for clothing

	Buenos Aires	Phuket
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$112.87 ARS163,211.99	$66.46 THB2,114.41	-41.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$91.59 ARS132,449.12	$29.92 THB952.02	-67.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$129.33 ARS187,023.55	$117.41 THB3,735.46	-9.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$134.94 ARS195,125.00	$90.82 THB2,889.69	-32.7%
Average			-37.6%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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