How do I figure out what costs me to stay a month in Bangkok, Thailand

4/8/2014 7:03:41 PM

First I’m Thai and I’m from Bangkok so I know the cost of living there pretty well.

You can get an ‘OK’ apartment around 4,000 – 5,000 bath around Lad Prao MRT or somewhere further and you can walk. It’s going to be very expensive if you want to find somewhere around ‘Siam’ or ‘Si Lom’ because it’s quite central. For the safety, I would say it depends if you lock your room pretty well and the apartment you’re renting they have a security guard or a keypad lock with CCTV. Then it’s pretty safe. However, it’s not 100% safe same as anywhere in the world. If you’re willing to spend some more you can get a ‘nice’ apartment with air-condition around 8,000 – 12,000 next to BTS.

For the bills, it depends on the owners of the apartment. You might pay it by the meter which you can pay in 7-11 shops, or you can give money to the landlord and they will take care of it for you. The later one will be a bit more expensive because they might round up the unit/bath to be 5 bath. Usually, for a room with one fan, fridge, a TV and a computer, I’d say around 500-1000 bath. Water bill should be expensive, it should be around 50-100 bath.

For the food, if you don’t cook you can eat street food every day which what we usually do anyway. A meal would be around 35-50 bath depends on what you ordered.

For transportation, for BTS a SmartPass for 50 trips is 800 bath. http://www.bts.co.th/customer/en/01-conditions-thirtyday-student.aspx

You can live comfortably in Bangkok for 12,000 – 15,000 bath. I would say that. And that’s how much a normal student who just graduated from the university earn in BKK as well.

4/8/2014 2:00:05 AM

I think you should start by looking at these several websites which could help you compare the cost of living in one city in comparison to another. The best one I have found and used for my travels (it has been quite accurate in its findings) is Expatistan.

Another good site is Numbeo. They have also provided me with resonable numbers in the past. Even though I have been to Bangkok, I have never lived there, so your question regarding housing and electricity bills is something I cannot personally answer.

Food is relatively cheap in Bangkok and street food scene is massive. If you are vegetarian though, it may sometimes get a little bit difficult. Otherwise, you are looking at prices like ~50 to 100 THB for each dish of street food. I think a comparison is more important that absolute prices, so try the websites.

Here is another good link which provides some good information.

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