Cost of Living in Bangkok

I'm single guy living in BKK as and expat and I'm sharing my monthly expenses:

1. Rent: 15000 thb (I living near nana bts, Bangkok city center, 50sq ft studio apartment)
2. Electricity: 1500-2000thb
3. Water: 80-120thb
4. Public transport: I only use BTS, for work and to travel on the weekend: 2500thb (Depends where you office is. If your office is 10-15 stations away, it can go to 4500)
5. Utility shopping: 2000 thb
6. Movies (that's very important for me), I watch movie every weekend: 1000-1200 thb (terminal 21 has 240 thb ticket)
7. Food (this includes, water, breakfast, lunch dinner, fruits etc): 12000 thb
8. Wifi: 650 thb
9. Medical insurance: 3000 thb

Total: 37730-38470

And this doesn't include places you go on weekend, and fee and any extra shopping you do.
That's the most basic amount you might need.
However, you can save a lot in transportation, by keeping your condo near your office
Having meal at inexpensive places, I don't have those places near my condo :) plus I love to spend money on my food.
And this also doesn't include income tax, depending on your salary slab.
You can also save money by renting condo at little inexpensive places like udom suk, on nut. You can get the same condo at 5000 less

So, I believe you at least need 40K, to have a normal life here and still have a little bit of savings.

I got an offer of 36000BHT monthly before deduction and all the living expense I have to pay myself. Will that be enough for the basic single life?

this is bullshit
I got paid 48.5k when I was in Bkk (Apr 18) saved 30k a month and traveled aboard twice a year.
rent 10k at Lumpini place Rama 9 - waking distance to MRT
transport 400 baht
Phone AIS 4 GB internet 250 baht
electricity never over 800 baht, AC on every night

Hey, I will be moving to be BKK this Jan and my salary will be 60k THB in-hand. Will that be enough? And what kind of life some expat can live this amount?

The price of condo in the city is now between 200,000 baht-300,000 baht per square meter. The price is increasing gradually.

Apartment in the city in Bangkok, its price per squate meter is 200,000-250,000 baht.

Thailand is like a begger country forcing traveller passing through Thailand in transit to apply for a visa on arrival which costs a whooping 2000 bath which can be used to purchase 4 flight ticket of going from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.

Transit traveller like my 70 years old mum just need to stay at the Bangkok airport just for 3 hours to join her connecting flight but the begger staff at the airport didn't allow her where she was to join her connecting flight even after a heated argument and eventually shamelessly forced her out of the immigration to apply for a ripoff visa on arrival of 2000 bath unnecessarily and she entered the immigration immediately again to join her connecting flight. She was very tired and was almost late for her connecting flight as applying the ripoff visa wasted a lot of her time as well.

So easily the Bangkok airport ripped my mum off 2000 baths as well as her energy just to contribute the ripoff visa fee to Thailand just for being in transit for 3 hours even with already arranged confirmed connecting flight to her final destination.

My mum travelled all over the world but this is the first time being ripped off deliberately by Thailand airport and she has never encountered such a dishonest country like Thailand throughout her whole life.

Right now my mum is afraid to travel to the ripoff land Thailand.

So Thailand is truly a RIPOFF nation tourist should be aware of.

Tourist Ripoff or tourist double price is not acceptable to humble Taiwan government which must be learnt by Thailand where tourist Ripoff is a norm practiced shamelessly by both Thailand government and many places such as ATM withdrawal fee as much as 200 bath for tourists, double entrance fee, raising arrival visa fee from 500 baht to current 2000 baht, frequent dishonest cheating, etc.
Visa fee should not be regarded as a big business to the extent of not willing to offer visa waiver to qualified region like Taiwan, etc.
Money first is the current wrong policy instead of the people first policy in the previous democracy government.

Taxi driver apologizes for overcharging
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/12/01/2003683248

Rape paradise in Thailand prison
Government must ensure justice prevail in prison territory controlled by the government itself.
Raper in prison must be given a death sentence to prevent further violation of justice right under government territory

Charity worker feared being raped in 40-day Thai prison nightmare
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/charity-worker-feared-being-raped-14559642

For Those who want to move to Bangkok.
you can find information on Facebook groups.

BANGKOK EXPATS and CONDO EXCHANGE CENTER.

or website https://www.ddproperty.com

My salary is 35,000 baht/month, before any deductions. I am single. is it posible living at Bangkok?

#Anonymous on Oct 31, 2017 :
If you are a single westerner,a salary of:

1. 40,000 is ok to get by. ----> The minimum legal salary for Westerners is 50,000 (monthly) so unless you're working illegally you should get more than 40K.
2. 50,000 is average.
3. 60,000 or higher is good.

Hi Nick

your 31k (Thai baht?) is good if you get free apartment and transpiration and meal.
cause these three things are high cost in Bangkok if you bare for a month.
but you have to watch about Social Health Insurance you have to hold at least 1 book.
cause the price for health in Thailand is quite higher.

Hi Nick

yes that is a good offer and your salary be appropriate.

Hi I am Linny and I am Thai, live in Bangkok too

# HDS can you tell me how do you want to stay for a long time and how many people will stay near Rama3?

#Anonymous for 3 years Senior Architect in IT/Telecom industry will get 40K-54K per month but you are expected 70k-100k per month and I think you and your family can live in Bangkok but you should choose the school because have many the private school for KG around 450k-520k per year

#Thomas J Smith I don't know what do you work but salary 80k-120k per month be high and you can live in Bangkok be comfortably.

what should be expected salary for 13 years Senior Architect in IT/Telecom industry ? What is the cost of living with family(Wife+Child(4 years). KG school and thereafter ? Day to Day expenses,Accommodation etc.

If you are a single westerner,a salary of:

1. 40,000 is ok to get by.
2. 50,000 is average.
3. 60,000 or higher is good.

These are the facts that are easier to understand after the 'honeymoon period' is over.

His Elham
40,000 THB is quite a good salary to begin with. You can get an apartment for almosthe 10,000 & 10,000 would be more than enough for food & grover.
Bangkok is a very safe city for girls. You have to chose an area where most expats are residing i.e. Silom, Sukhumvit, Lumpini Park, etc.
I am sure you will enjoy your stay. Cheers

How much is the average monthly salary of a Design Architect to be based in Bangkok Thailand..? and if i would accept the offer there, can the salary afford to rent a house or room only. I would like to understand for i know there will be big difference in the salary and as well as the cost of living between Bangkok, Thailand and Doha, Qatar.

Thanks. and I hope to hear some information from you all.

The price for meals are way under what they should be.
Inexpensive restaurant at 60b, well what do we classify as restaurant and where? My lunch is 55b and that is on a plastic chair outside next to a food truck in central bangkok. For me the word "restaurant" should include ac.
80-90b for the food court, still not a restaurant in my mind. I would say 120-160b for something that looks and feel as a restaurant.

For the next one, three-course meal at 700b for 2 people. I don't know if it's a translation error or people didn't read it properly but 700 is way to little.
Again it's down to what you classify as a restaurant. But if you are looking for 3-course I'm thinking at least AC, waiter and the option to order wine.
For a midrange restaurant I would say 1600b and even that is a bit low. For comparison I just had a lunch buffe for 2 people at 752b and that was with 40% discount. And it was a midrange buffe place.

The average rent of an 1 room apartment in the center of Bangkok is quite hard to specify.
There is a huge gap between apartments rented by foreigners and the thai elite (15'000 bath and up) and the rooms for the common thai working class ( starting at 3000 bath). A middle class population is almost inexistent.
Besides that, there are large differences in prices between the different districts of "downtown" Bangkok. For example in silom district the price might go up to 40'000 (in case of a larger 1 room loft even 60'000) while in ratchada or wattana you can find 20-30 sqm rooms starting at 3000.

So 8000 seems to me a possible average.. But thats just a guess..

The only real facts i can provide are that i was renting a 1 room apartment in ratchada 5 years ago for 6000, then 4 years ago moved to another 1 room apartment in wattana for 4500. Then 3 years ago i was buying a 3 room apartment in wattana near my old room. (Sale price 10'000'000 (68'000 per sqm)and estimated monthly rental value 60'000)
i live here 20 years, but prices more that 5 years ago would be out of date.

I am researching retiring to Thailand and living outside of the City Centre in Bangkok. I do like a little space and want to know if there are any long-term unfurnished rentals in the 130 sqm range available. Thank you.

Also suck my balls as will all the thai whores I purchase. It will cost me less than 600 baht a night. That's like 15 US dollars becAuse I know your wondering.idiots fuxk

What will be expat IT Developer salary with 4 years experience in Bangkok ?

i have an offer for Software developer around 80000 Bhat per month, Is this amount good enough to survive in Bangkok. I am single, like to go out travel and partying every weekend. bla blaa...

This website is pretty good.It just needs to add the price of breakfast in Bangkok.

Hi, I am considering retiring to Bangkok. From the contributors to the "pollution" tab, it appears the city may be noisy and dirty. Could someone please provide some insight. Also, in researching the type of visa I need, it doesn't seem clear. Any ideas? Thank you.

I'm retired living on approximately $1,200 per month. Can I live on this income in Bancock Thailand.?

I will study in Bangkok for 3 years
What will be my approximate expenditure with food,rent and transportation????
Please let me know

request Thailand to clarify its criteria on visa waiver for Taiwan.

Taiwan is not granted Thailand's visa waiver until now though the following 3 regions with Taiwan equivalent have been already granted Thailand's visa waiver.
1. Hong Kong - 1 month visa waiver
2.Japan - 1 month visa waiver
3.South Korea - 3 month visa waiver
So it is unfair for Thailand heaping discrimination on Taiwan it doesn't like through the diplomacy of unfair visa restriction.

Anyway, Taiwan government is a fool until so far not realizing to respond Thailand's targeted visa discrimination action. Taiwan should have banned business investment to Thailand altogether in response to Thailand's targeted visa discrimination action decades ago. Taiwan shall realize one day, not far from now and takes actions that shall damage Thailand's economy badly.

Thailand still has a chance to mend its mistake before Taiwan realizes to take action blockading or stopping altogether business investment into Thailand in response to Thailand's targeted visa discrimination action.

Thailand must show sincerity for its wrongdoing by granting the visa waiver to Taiwan with the condition not less than South Korea the soonest possible before it is too late to the extent of no turning back.

Hey Guys,

I am earning comforatbly well in India and based out of Bangalore. My salary here is 64 Lakhs INR (~100,000 USD). I am getting to move to Bangkok, what should be my salary ask? If my monthly saving should be around 5500 USD, what should be the salary ask to live as a couple.

Thanks

Price of a first hand Volkswagen in Thailand cannot be that cheap. It should be around 2-3 million baht.

Hi to all!

I am offered a job in Bangkok. They are offering me 60,000THB per month. I will pay everything room, transportation, food etc.

Do you think they offer reasonable? Will I survive with savings or break even?

Thank you in advance....Please help!

This site give total false information. I live in Thailand and bangkok is comparatively much cheaper than Mumbai. Don't misguide people here and review information from people who actually visit place. Stop putting false information

Hello especially Mr. #Luke Hulm from the message sent here on May 17, 2015 :
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for lynette smith---my advise is to do plenty of research on line. apartments are cheaper the further away you go from the bts sky train.-what is your age and job skills?--you can survive on 16000- 20000 thb a month, but this very survival money!