Living in Thailand
Thailand Cost of Living Calculator
Build a realistic monthly budget for any Thai city based on how you actually live — where you rent, whether you cook, whether you have a car — with the numbers broken down line by line.
The single biggest swing in a Thai electricity bill.
Estimated monthly cost in Bangkok
฿41,420
฿497,040 a year
The baseline every other Thai city is indexed against. Rent is the single biggest lever here: the same budget buys a prime-Sukhumvit studio or a spacious two-bed twenty minutes further out. Being within a 10-minute walk of a BTS or MRT station typically adds 30-50% to rent, and is the difference between the 1,200 THB/month transit budget above and needing a car or daily Grab rides. Most long-stay foreigners land in the 10,000-18,000 THB band.
Where it goes
- Rent฿18,000
Modern one bedroom
- Electricity฿2,350
Aircon at night
- Water & internet฿850
Fibre broadband included
- Mobile฿400
1 line
- Food & groceries฿8,940
A mix of Thai and Western
- Transport฿2,400
Metro plus occasional taxis
- Health cover฿3,500
Mid-tier expat policy
- Gym฿2,000
Standard membership
- Going out฿2,980
Drinks, massage, cinema
The same life, elsewhere in Thailand
- Udon Thani฿25,310—
- Chiang Mai฿32,156+27%
- Krabi฿35,130+39%
- Hua Hin฿36,648+45%
- Pattaya฿38,157+51%
- Bangkok฿41,420+64%
- Koh Samui฿49,710+96%
- Phuket฿50,683+100%