Living in Thailand for $1000
The last time I was living in Thailand I gave myself a monthly budget of $1,000 per month to live on, I will show you how even today in 2014 you can be living in Thailand for $1,000 per month or less and have fun.
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I have previous documented the cost of things in Bangkok and my monthly budget in Bangkok. This blog post gives a breakdown of my costs in Thailand to a even greater extent and showing you all how I managed to live in Thailand for under $1000 a month.
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Cost of apartments in Thailand
The rental of apartments in Thailand can be anything from $100 to $3000+ per month depending on your needs. Since we are discussing about living in Thailand for $1,000 a month, I will only go into detail about apartments in the $300 per month or less range.
For $250-$350 a month in Bangkok, you can expect to get yourself a studio apartment with a bathroom, balcony, air con fridge and WiFi in a close to central part of town. Not right in the center, but not so far away either that it will take hours to get anywhere. Don’t expect this apartment to be kitted out with the latest furniture or having amazing features, just a basic clean room. Room sizes to be around 27-33sq meters. Here are some Bangkok apartments in that price range.
If you don’t mind living further away from central Bangkok (for argument sake, lets say Asoke is central), in areas such as Mo chit, Lad Prao, Udom Suk, for the same price you could get a much bigger room, with more amenities, perhaps even a gym and a pool for that price. The only downside being that you now live further away from the center.
When I was living in Thailand, I spent $350 per month for a studio apartment in Ekkamai.
Total so far $350
Cost of transportation in Thailand
One of the best thing about living in Thailand (Bangkok mostly ) is the cheap transportation. Taxi start at 35 baht, the BTS and MRT are pretty cheap, so are local buses and motosi taxis. Since I lived in Ekkamai, and everything I wanted to do was nearby I bought myself a bicycle from the Big C.
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I spent 1.5k on girls 5 days a week, that’s 20×1.5kbaht= 30k baht/month on hookers.
Think I were somewhere around $2k-2.5k/ month.
Prob smarter to get a thai gf then buying hookers everyday
yeah maybe, but variety is the spice of life.
How old are you man you seem my age (21). I wan’t to go live in chaing mai near the university (livingthai says rent is bout 4500-5000 for a room like urs there).
I’m super frugal too, so I’d rather save and pay for my rent 6 months in advance, would i save a lot of money on rent that way?
Regards
Luke
PS. I read all of your new posts now i like your style.
nah that sounds about right for CM. That would get you a basic studio with aircon and en suite.
It depends on the condo, if you commit to 6 months you can shave off 500 baht per month, depends on the place. It will be laid out in the price plan. Dont expect them to deviate from what the sheet says, they wont, no matter what. If you go sub let a room, well then you have more room to negotiate.
for a longer lease, you sign a contract (6months/12), and your usually expected to pay 2 months up front with a deposit. Then ever month after you pay the rent. I would not advise paying all 6 months in one go, this is Thailand, anything can happen.
any plans to go back to thailand? and whats the master plan #stralia for the next year?
im thinking of making the leap from office life to thai life for a year but the thought of going alone is daunting………….
how much was your flight tickets and visa costs?
thxs
I should be back in November for a while, visa costs around £50 for a trouble entry tourist visa. 1 way flight cost me £350.
sup bros
Harrison Ford, you can meet many people.
One way ticket from from Oslo or Stockholm to Bangkok you can find as cheap as £110-160, one way ticket. Norwegian. 10hrs direct flight.
Harvie. I heard it’s easy enough to get a job labouring on a building site in Perth without any experience, for $20hr, and you don’t have to live in the middle of nowhere and do farmwork. Then you can play live poker on weekends or online.
Hi Mike, maybe a few years ago, not the case now. However I will be back in Thailand shortly
so you spend over 70,000baht a month? this aint budgeting dude.
Ahh sheeeet.
I was looking to move to Koh Chang and stay in a bungalow for £150 roughly (7000 baht) a month plus bills and budgeting for £500 a month, there are plenty of food markets to get fresh produce and live cheaply like the Thai`s do.
Problem is getting a long term visa as I`m 43 and not Thai retirement age which is 50 for farangs.
Don’t fancy the visa runs every month as they are wise to this now, any ideas on how to get a long term visa??
You option is to get a tourist visa. Which is valid for 60 days and you can extend for another 30 days (90 in total)
Get an education visa. Study Thai or take a Muay Thai class? Sham marriage with a bar girl? If I were to stay long term I’d go for those options. Can’t do the tourist visa thing for years.
Thank you I do have a Thai girlfriend from the village and you are so right I love it and planning on going there back in November and possibly moving there in 3 years I love Thailand.
Hi Harvie ! I was wondering if you’d say this article is still valid today or if the cost of living has significantly increased since writing this article 🙂
Cheers
I’d say add about 10-20% if you live in the centre of Bangkok, it is coming more expensive if you go to my home page on the 2nd or 3rd page I’ve written an article on is Bangkok expensive in 2019.