Cost of Living in Bangkok

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 :
Can you please contact me to give me the location and name of the building you are in. I need a place to live from 30th. June for at least 3 months. And your descriptions totally fits my needs and wallet (around 6k to maximum 10k per month). Thank you very much in advance! Rick My LINE id: ricknetherlands
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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!

Hi Friends, I want to move to Bangkok to work in Rayong Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (RAIST)University. So any one could help me how much approximate room rent per month (For me, my wife and my daughter) near RAIST and approximate cost of living for average living in Bangkok. I will get ~70000 Thai Baht per month, is it reasonable salary?
Thank you in advance.

We have nice ,cheap , quiet , clean apartment for short term rental.

Studio 18 sqm = 1-5 months / THB 4,600
Studio 21 sqm = 1-5 months / THB 5,600

Studio 18 sqm = 6 months / THB 3,600
Studio 21 sqm = 6 months / THB 4,600

We are close to local fresh and night market, skytrain, and shopping mall
Easy to find many types of vehicles : taxi, motor bike taxi, two rows bus..
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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.

I am single at mid 30's. Do you think they offer reasonable? Will I survive with savings or break even?

Thank you in advance....Please help!

Though apartment rent is very reasonably priced, the electric is exorbitant. Apartment owner pays about 3.7 thai baht for kilowatt hour, then more than doubles to the renters for 8 thai baht per kilowatt hour. Selling the electric for such high increases hurts the Thais and the Foreigners. Maybe the Generals should take a look at this scam..

I am from India and I want to open a holiday home consisting 5 to 6 rooms where peoples can go and stay their comfortably from India and if they want they can also cook themselves. I want to know everything regardng this. So that I can send our friends, relatives, office friend etc. to that place. I also want to know the price of essestial commodities, electrcity charges, medical expenes, transport, local bus, taxi, doctor's fees. etc.

John

I'll say the cost of living a decent life here is about 30000 baht per month (everything included) but of course it also depend on where you will be staying during the time, nothing fancy with less than 30000 baht per month but you can definitely survive.

Please tell an approximate figure for an average living per month in Bangkok including room rent, food and other necessities. Is 1,45,000Baht/month a good earning to survive in Bangkok?

Food not that cheap .. street food ok , 40-50 baht with small size super small size .. but in restraunt not that price . Western food about 400 baht per plate , Japanese food about 300 baht per set ( small size too ). But if you don't mind about the fly, rats and filthy air ,you can get cheaper street food

No ..depends what quality you want in Bkk.. I ve been here for 4 years . But most of my friends who living here forlong time. They don't think its veep cheap than Europe. A little cheap only . Ok . If you , two person living in a one bed room condominium in the city .which close to sky train . it would cost 800 USD or above . And about 200 USD you can get. Just a small room or no air with semi furniture like that .but but. Most of the owner they charge two times your bill from water electric. For transportation? Two stations 23 baht. Ok ? More longer more expensive.if you transfer to another line ,pay again ! Anyway.don't think its very cheap in Bkk. Not so different with your hometown country .

that's not true! i rent decent studio with 1 year contract for 15k/month in city centre, near Asok, and this is minimum for good place. All rooms for <10k are shady

Rent in Bangkok is cheap, if you get 1000 euro, equal thai baht 40000 baht, is about to stay at bangkok with air condition room for single is about 6000-8000 baht in sukhumvit area.
food here about 35-40 baht per meal, starbucks coffee 120-160 baht.

consider south east asia top five standard living country.

which means still cheaper than Malaysia, Singapore and Laos.

Hi, I d like to ask if 1000 euros per month is a decent salary to live with in Bangkok. I have never been in Thailand but I might be moving there for an internship, therefore since the salary will be the one indicated I would like to know if it will allow me to live well and without asking further money to family. Thanks!!