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Chiang Mai or Phuket

Budget, free housing, places, visa and travel time between Chiang Mai and Phuket — side by side, with numbers.

Chiang Mai

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Phuket

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Side by side

≈ $870
Economy monthdifference 98%
≈ ฿38,000
≈ $1,830
Comfortable monthdifference 97%
≈ ฿60,000
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Room in a shared flat
≈ ฿12,000
—
Lunch out
≈ ฿80
≈ ฿180
Transit passdifference 40%
≈ ฿299
0
Free housing hostsdifference 0
0
92
Placesdifference 300%
23
0
Free placesdifference 0
0
  • Travel time between them: 305 minutes by plane.
  • The visa regime is the same for both.
  • Phuket has 0 hosts more.
  • Criteria filled: 6 and 8.

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