Places
What it is genuinely like to live in each part of Thailand — rents, transport, air quality, healthcare and who each place actually suits.
Central ThailandBangkokกรุงเทพมหานครSoutheast Asia's most functional big city — if you learn to live along the rail lineFrom ฿55,000/month8 neighbourhood guidesNorthern ThailandChiang Maiเชียงใหม่The best-value city in Thailand for nine months of the year — and genuinely hard to live in for the other threeFrom ฿38,000/month7 neighbourhood guides
Researching next
- Chiang Mai
- Phuket
- Pattaya
- Hua Hin
- Krabi
- Koh Samui
- Chiang Rai
- Koh Phangan
- Koh Tao
- Ayutthaya
- Udon Thani
- Khon Kaen
- Nakhon Ratchasima
- Surat Thani
- Rayong
- Kanchanaburi
Each province gets a full guide or none at all. A page that only restates what a map already shows is not worth your time or ours.