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Nairobi vs. Phuket Cost of Living Summary

Nairobi is 17.7% cheaper than Phuket.

Restaurants: pay 3.9% more in Nairobi
Groceries: pay 28.2% less in Nairobi
Transportation: pay 20.6% more in Nairobi
Housing: pay 12.1% less in Nairobi
Childcare: pay 51.8% less in Nairobi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 16.1% less in Nairobi
Clothing: pay 40.2% less in Nairobi

The cost of transportation and restaurants in Nairobi are more expensive than in Phuket. Expenses including childcare, clothing, groceries, entertainment and sports, and housing are lower in Nairobi.

Nairobi vs. Phuket Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nairobi instead of Phuket, you would:

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pay 3.9% more for restaurants

	Phuket	Nairobi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.20 THB197.34	$5.80 KES750.88	-6.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.99 THB286.15	$6.97 KES901.06	-22.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.71 THB22.64	$0.70 KES90.79	-1.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 THB11.99	$0.55 KES71.04	+45.7%
Average			+3.9%

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pay 28.2% less for groceries

	Phuket	Nairobi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.82 THB57.79	$0.55 KES70.69	-69.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.53 THB271.44	$5.57 KES720.08	-34.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.15 THB259.16	$3.36 KES434.10	-58.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.52	$1.64 KES212.73	-27.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.84 THB58.58	$2.92 KES377.51	+58.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.51 THB48.04	$1.41 KES181.96	-6.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.90 THB28.66	$0.47 KES61.40	-47.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.08 THB34.46	$0.89 KES115.07	-17.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.98 THB31.18	$0.46 KES59.01	-53.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.73 THB23.11	$0.49 KES63.50	-32.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.63 THB20.07	$0.51 KES65.52	-19.7%
Average			-28.2%

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pay 20.6% more for transportation

	Phuket	Nairobi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.04 THB160.21	$5.40 KES698.38	+7.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.45 THB745.94	$30.96 KES4,004.71	+32.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,911.74 THB888,051.71	$21,671.83 KES2,803,297.63	-22.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.30 THB327.59	$17.03 KES2,202.59	+65.4%
Average			+20.6%

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pay 12.1% less for housing

	Phuket	Nairobi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$19.53 THB621.46	$39.86 KES5,156.50	+104.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$645.31 THB20,531.45	$476.96 KES61,695.24	-26.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$489.32 THB15,568.31	$206.31 KES26,686.56	-57.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$93.36 THB2,970.28	$29.32 KES3,793.22	-68.6%
Average			-12.1%

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pay 51.8% less for childcare

	Phuket	Nairobi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$623.36 THB19,833.15	$224.14 KES28,992.44	-64.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,508.83 THB461,619.12	$8,775.09 KES1,135,076.41	-39.5%
Average			-51.8%

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pay 16.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Phuket	Nairobi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.17 THB69.07	$2.32 KES300.35	+7.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.03 THB96.31	$2.37 KES306.55	-21.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 THB138.14	$3.10 KES400.47	-28.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$57.81 THB1,839.25	$45.30 KES5,859.39	-21.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.68 THB276.28	$7.35 KES951.12	-15.3%
Average			-16.1%

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pay 40.2% less for clothing

	Phuket	Nairobi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$66.46 THB2,114.41	$19.62 KES2,538.28	-70.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.92 THB952.02	$24.88 KES3,218.07	-16.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.41 THB3,735.46	$67.92 KES8,785.33	-42.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$90.82 THB2,889.69	$62.28 KES8,055.48	-31.4%
Average			-40.2%

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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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