In case you want to relocate to Bangkok, here's an overview of the living costs you can expect.
Disclaimer: there's no one size fits all, thus the numbers below reflect our personal experience from living in Bangkok for 1.5 years. To compare two cities, check also comparison on Numbeo.com.
During the weekdays we have street food and on weekends go for a restaurant.
- 40-60 THB - decent lunch on a street
- 120 THB - main meal in a cheaper restaurant
- 5-10 THB - 0.5l bottle of water in a super market
- 50 THB - local beer in a super market
- 70 THB - coffee in a western-style coffee shop (i.e. Coffee World)
- 20 THB - fruit sold on a street
- 25 THB - one-way ticket (local transport)
- 35 THB - Taxi Start
- 5 THB - Taxi 1km
- 10.000 THB - 1 bedroom apartment outside of City Centre
- 20.000 THB - 1 bedroom apartment in City Centre
- 1.000 THB - monthly electricity bill (including air-con)
- 700 THB - fast internet connection (10 Mbps)
- 200 THB - monthly bill for apartment services
Average daily costs for food:
- 100 THB - breakfast
- 50 THB - lunch
- 150 THB - dinner
- 100 THB - other
- Total: 400 THB = roughly 12.000 THB per month
Average monthly costs:
- 20.000 THB - apartment (nice one bedroom 60sq meters for 2 people)
- 8.000 THB - transportation + other + buffer
- Total: 28.000 THB
Buffer:
- 10.000 THB - additional expenses that migh occur (travelling to TH islands etc.)
You can expect to spend roughly 40.000 THB per month + keep additional 10.000 THB as a buffer.
Prepared with ♥ by Michal