Is $2,800 USD per month enough for a couple to retire comfortably in Chiang Mai, Thailand?

MOre than enough and comfortable 👍🏻😊 just for immigration is not enough amount to show on statement for visa ,but have way out ...good luck ka 🙏🏻

Lol. You think most Thais have $2800 per month income to spend?

You can live on that

You say nothing g about visas what your plan for that? If you think tourists just shoot your pets now

This is enough money. I live in remote Thailand with 5 animals on $750 a month. But you do need to have a certain amount of money in the bank to get that visa.

What you haven't told us is how much you have in savings? 2800USD is plenty to live on but I would also want to have a few 100k savings as a safety net.

marginally but can

That's plenty of money for two people. Don't listen to those pecker heads.

Somebody lie to you. You both can definitely live on 2800 monthly

Yes it more than enough not only to live, but to live a stress free life. For the people who say not for a long time, I say I've been here years and live great on less.

You just need to live life like a Thai person instead of a tourist and you'll find that's more than enough.

I don't want to be negative, but before planning long term, spend at least 1 season during the field burning period.

Others could tell you when it is. I've never lived in that area but I know that a lot of people escape there for a couple months because they can't breathe.

There are other areas with better air.

I personally think it’s a bit tight for two adults

Basically living poor like majority of Thai, eat, shit and sleep, Thailand needs quality tourists to spend money and help with economy, so basically you are running from your country because it’s so expensive to live in, that’s why people work hard so they can retire rich .

More then enough

Good luck.

Get rid of the pets. Save thousands a year.

That's more than enough. What kind of life do you want?

You keep coming here asking these same questions and many people have given you answers but you don’t seem to accept them.

I’ve lived in Bangkok for 21 years. Retired 5 years ago. Chiang Mai is considerably less expensive than Bangkok, so $2,800 (86,000 THB) is definitely doable as an income. However you must first secure retirement visas for you and your wife and the 800,000 THB for you and the same for your Korean wife (1.6 million THB total). Untouchable funds in a Thai bank account.

If you can’t meet these criteria, your $2,800 a month pension doesn’t matter.

One major expense could be health insurance. At your age it will not be cheap and it will go up everyday when you renew.

The biggest factor is if you want to live as Westerners... If so, it's much more expensive. But living like a local is easy and affordable.

2 of us lived very happily for 2 months, budget under $2000USD a month

It's more than enough

Great place.

Why the desire to emigrate ?

The animals would be an expense in itself so that amount is borderline.

It is enough for a simple lifestyle. But if you want a car and travel around and eat out decently once in a while you better have enough savings. And then you need solid international health insurance. Without that dont even consider coming here.

Should be fine for a good normal relaxing life.

$2,800 USD is a little thin…Chaing Mai is a favorite for tourists, remote but not a small town….

If you live a normal life and not a high flyer.

You will be quite comfortable.

All the best to you.

Ofcourse you can live on 100K THB a month.

BUT / What kind of life are you expecting?

I look at about 130.000 THB a month at this moment in time. I play golf and thats expensive. I like to go out to eat and drink pretty often. I take some trips around the country from now and then.

Maybe I wont in 10-15 years when I am about the age you are.

But I would say you can for sure live a good life (no luxury) for $2800 / month.

Unless you party like a rock star pretty sure you would do just fine 10 to 20,000 thb for rent depending on what you consider a nice place electric bill 2 to 4000thb depending how cool you like your home water bill 3 to 500 thb if you eat more thai food than western food food bill is low western food is pricey pretty much same price as home i would say from experience and living here now for 4 years 1500US is ok 2000US really good life style 2800US really really good life here i know people here that live on 800 or less and i know people who live for 5000US a month so go ahead take the plunge just do it the most amazing culture is waiting for you

If you dont party and just chill you can make that work, especially if you understand your habits

You will be comfortable!!!

Its enough

Actually a Thai family averages about baht a month so thats around 600 but still i couldn't do it

Very possible, if you find the right house and cook at home most of the time. $2,800 USD a month should be fine.

2800 is enough if you have 0 health issues if u have preexisting you will need to pay out if pocket FYI

Yes you can. At the beginning (first year) your burn rate will be higher due to accumulation and acclimation. Meaning you’ll be signing leases that require deposits, buying a vehicle and obtaining insurance. Then you will eat out a lot until you learn to buy quality market food and have stocked your kitchen. You’ll also make a few semi expensive mistakes. By the second year you’ll get down to 2K a month. And the rest will be entertainment. Enjoy Thailand Jeff!

Rent - around to / mth considering your cats (proper, not modernized much)

Food - can live on 300 Baht/day (not being foodie, cook and sometimes go to local small shops) so 10,000 Baht/mth

Other cost like car fuel, go nearby places as short trips - 10,000 Baht/ mth (use smartly)

For your additional lifestyle cost - 10,000 Baht/ mth

Therefore, around 40,000 Baht per month is more than enough to stay in Chiang Mai. You can even reduce it to 25,000 Baht/ month.

You can do it. Itwill not be lavish. While medical is inexpensive it still costs. I save a bit every month in a separate medical/ rainy day account. My wife and I live on less than you propose monthly and it is less expensive here in rural Isaan. Consider capital expenses you may want to make. Vehicles, etc. Research the cost of having a cell and internet. Look up rentals in areas you might want to live to get more direct info on costs. Consider visa expenses and learn those ropes. The Thai government has good summaries of each type online. If you consider an agent for visa and driveres license help in Iknow a very good and honest one in the area you are proposing. She is not the cheapest but really knows all the ropes. You can DM me if you want. I am 73, from the US, married to a Thai woman. Visited Thailand about 25 times with an extended stay of 6 months before moving here and building a house. Always grateful to be asked to help. Have made more than my share of newbe mistakes over the years

Somebody smoking crack and then talking to you. Mai Thai wife and I live for 2200 a month

Hua hin

It is MORE than enough

move to pai. build house on vacant lot. its cheap...

Check out Cambodia you won’t be sorry

You can live at the the Duangtawan Hotel for $700 a month. Comes with daily breakfast, fitness center, rooftop pool, concierge services.

Thailand lol, retired mate brought a place for 120k aud 3 years ago, live off their pension at 800aud/mth, live so well that they have diabetes so I don't know what others are doing beside ordering call girls at 20/hr....

The first step is to actually go to Chiang Mai and rent a house for a month minimum longer if you can and see if you can live on the $2800 so a try before you buy you never know if you never go!

She’ll get you something real nice really cheap if your eating out you’ll be £40 a day max n thats having nice meals n your apartment might be about 700

Find a girl called kc ketsara on Facebook she works in an estate agency over there n rents them out. She flies birds at yhe beaches

Huh? Who you talking to?

If you have some savings in the bank and receive $2,800 every month, you can live comfortably in Thailand. Rent and food for two people will be manageable. But don't forget that you're getting older, and health issues may arise occasionally. Medical care can be expensive, so you should have some emergency funds. Also, remember to renew your visa every year. Can trying to stay 3 month frist check if can stay here longer in the future

99,9 Thais dont never see nearly 3000usd a month, so how is that possible?

More than enough rent is cheap per month food is cheap you said your not going partying so its ample

Very easily . If you don’t drink 2 60 baht meals twice a day plus 10 to 15 thousand rent. Etc you do the math .

One thing I noticed about advice on food budgets. I’m no expert on cost in Thailand, but most of the higher budgets for food make me think these people do little to no actual cooking. It’s extremely easy to get cooked food delivered to you fairly cheap.

If you live in the US and are retired, how often do you eat out? I doubt it most meals every day. My wife’s family cooks most of their own food for two for around 5,000 Badts monthly. Just a reference point for some of you

More than enough if you have a simple life. However, health insurance cost is the main concern.

2800 baht is not enough.haha

Where is your feedback coming from?

Change your lifestyle

That is way more than enough to live very comfortable I Chang Mai

Whatever you afford in a western country for that budget, you'll get 2-3x more here.

Just remember 1.6 million baht for 2 people in a Thai bank, otherwise 130,000 baht for 2 monthly incomes into Thailand , that would be $4,200 a month, But I wouldn't recommend moving to Thailand if you don't have a family in Thailand , my brother in law just was diagnosed with cancer few months back and died last Sunday at age 73, he was surrounded by family and they took care of final expenses, who will take care of that so far away?

We’re a couple (USA guy and Thai wife, also a USA citizen) who live in Bangkok and we do it easily for $1200 per month. We have money left over very often. Our nice condo is $258 USD per month. I give you some advice. There are 2 prices in Thailand. The Farang price and the Thai price. I had my Thai wife do all the inquiries and for instance when I inquired as a farang about the condo lease I was quoted 13,000 baht per month. My wife laughed when I told her. The next day she went alone and inquired about the same condo and she was quoted 8,000 baht per month ..she got it. Find a Thai friend to inquire for you. Good luck.

Definitely enough, my husband and I thinking to do the same when we are retired. I’m Thai and my family have a house in Bangkok so no rent payment ☺️ but between my husband and I with our retirement money, will be around $5000/a month so I think its more than enough for our need 😊

That is more than enough for a very, very good life 😉

At today's exchange rate, 90,000 THB. That's good enough to be comfortable but you'll also need to be frugal, it's not enough to replace new iphones ever year. Keep in mind in the past year I have seen the exchange rate go from 29 to 36 to 29 - 25% difference so on the better year's you'll need to save. If you are both Farang things will cost more, best to make a local friends you trust.

More then enough

Make sure you read up on any new non citizen retired in Thailand. I've heard things have changed.

Well.

Whoever gave u that feedback have serious economic problems.

They can't walk past a shop whiout buying anything, then.

Thats nonsense - 2800 is more than enough

Get rid of the pets?

Plenty and you could save some

That is enough for sure. Not living like royalty of course, but can live quite comfortably. If you were planning to do a good bit of travelling around SE Asia, you might want more.

Don’t listen to other people on Facebook 🤦🏻‍♂️you should go visit yourself and make your own conclusion. It’s not very difficult. 

You can do it easy on 1800.

Easy, if you've a normal home based life, which you appear to have. Some months are more expensive than others, with changing expenditure behaviour. Can do it comfortably on that amount you have. 👍

When we were in Thai we just spend 1.2k£ a month with hotels,travels between cities,food and motor rental. 2 person.

Live like the average Thai , cook at home , eat out occasionally, no smoking, gambling, heavy drinking and no womanising lol

So around 90k thb per month for 2 people.

It all depends on your lifestyle, particularly if you will cook yourselves, if you can eat Thai food, medical & insurance costs etc.

It should be enough given what you’ve said. But be mindful that changes to exchange rates + inflation + lifestyle changes (e.g. as you get older, if you need to hire a carer etc), that may equation may change.

More than enough. You could live comfortable on half that.

You will get a 1000 different answers some sarcastic ones some who like to think they are funny , I’m not an expert but would think you will be fine health insurance might be an issue

Here 2 years retired. You say you’re not a party guy…so, you’re good.

Its simple math. help yourself if you have any common sense. How much is rent? meals? and what ever else you want or need? Try to think a little.

🤔lucky expats that stayed here in Philippines $2,800 per month can buy own properties and enough to live sorroundings with such hospitable kind and caring people .

You can easily live in Thai with that income. The question is, did you budget for insurance?

The only issue I don't see covered in this thread so far is the cost of healthcare. Nearly everyone over 60 has at least one chronic health condition. Accidents that require medical treatment can happen to anyone, but the older you are the more expensive it usually is to treat the consequences of these accidents. Put simply, you need to have reserve funds to cover accidents and illnesses, plus whatever you might need to take care of existing conditions. This may affect your budget requirements to the point where $2,800 isn't enough, but most people can get by quite comfortably.

At your age your medical insurance will cost a fare bit your need to get the visa sorted with that amount regularly being paid your be on as for the rest you can easy life on that amount of money I just depends on how you want to live

There're lots of cost incurred, I spent 1,500 USD per month near Bangkok alone, there're many unexpected expenses especially by the end of the year. When my mom in the province asked me additional money, I have to transfer to her almost 1,600 usd for her 3 months besides her 400 usd of her monthly pension. As a Thai, I don't wonder why Thai women commit prostitution in exchange for money.

I live in Pattaya Beach and I'm living on $1,460 dollar's a month.

I think your biggest problem will be health insurance. It’s a requirement for most long term visas. I have heard it’s very hard to get after age 70. As you age it would get harder.

I don’t live in Thailand but visit every year and have a partner that has dual Thai and USA passports I visit the kingdom with. For us $2800 usd would not be nearly enough. I think a rule of thumb you could use is that Thailand is about 40-50% cheaper than the USA.

Also unless you plan to totally abandon the USA you will either have to maintain some sort of household there are pay a lot of money and travel like tourists when you visit USA.

You need a retirement home 🏠 you will never handle the heat in Thai. You idiots

Depends on your rent and any other fixed bills. Car ? Eating out and drinking. If you don’t eat and drink outside all of the time you should be fine.

My rent is $200 for a 3bedroom 2bath 2carpark port. If you want to be fancy and be a dumb tourist sure $2800 is not enough if you want to go to the local market 4times a month eat out 2-4 times a week have a reasonable car and not drink yourself to sleep every night you should be fine. Get a gym membership get some hobbies make some friends that are not capitalizing on a tourism type of business and you should be living pretty in my humble opinion of living here for 5 years making a range of 1K-3k per month. Btw my father is retired here and he was living on retirement and social around what you have easily with him and his GF. So you come in you be observant you shop local you eat at local spots which taste just as good as the tourist restaurants and ultimately you get what you pay for 💯🫡

That’s tons with a normal life style. Do a trial for a winter

I think that’s enough. Insurance, in my opinion is the biggest determining factor with that income.

That's plenty 🤔

U fullod shir

Det er ikke nok for å få retierment visa. Imigradasion krever dokumentert overført bath pr mnd pr person

Men du kaan selvsagt leve for mye mindre

That's more than enough .

$2800 is 92,000b now. I have a paid up condo and car, and I live in Bangkok with my wife. My monthly expenses are between 50 to 60,000b. Eats out at aircon restaurants (cannot stand the humidity) half the time plus I like to have my beer and imported whisky.

Completely fine, in CM, Bkk and pretty much anywhere in Thailand (unless you live in a palace and eat imported foods exclusively).

Are you buying expat retirement visa and considering the cost of transporting your cats and dogs. Not good for the pets if you are on a tourist visa.

Totally depends on your lifestyle.

Wouldn't it be better to live near the sea...?

Enough

How will you fund your visas? Lump sums or monthly transfers? Figure that out first

Enough

Plenty

It's absolutely enough. Just make sure to have health insurance.

Is more than enought: enjoy

90,000 baht a month is enough for good living in Chiang Mai compared to local people. 10,000 for a house 6,000 for monthly bills 30,000 for food and beer. The rest is for cats dogs transportation Starbucks Pizza hut and some eat out.

Everyone has a different idea of "comfortable." Figure out what you plan to do and calculate it for your own situation. Generally speaking your biggest expenses will be food, accomodations and health care. Accomodations including utilities can be anywhere from 25k for a modest condo to 50k for a nice big house. Food can be anywhere from 15k to 50k depending on how often you want to eat Western food. More on the lower end if you want to eat mostly Thai food. More on the higher end of you want to eat mostly Western food. Health care can be anywhere from 5k to 20k depending on your age and health.You can live very comfortably on the upper end of that range so I say 92k is more than enough. Certainly not luxurious but more than enough.

800 for a nice house with a yard for dogs, 5 hundred for car rest your golden. Enjoy your retirement here in Chiangmai very comfortably.

2800 usd is plenty

More than enough...1500 baht is all you need unless you do extra activities

If living a life not drinking not whoring you should be right ... thais live off 1200 baht a month ... just careful how much rent you paying

I do it on 50-55k bhat a month just outside Chang Mai. I have no mortgage as I paid if the house costs on building completion. It’s not an extravagant life but I do drive a car , have a moped and gym membership (1k a month ) ,attend Thai football (2k a month including snacks and drinks) a few drinks and coffees at home during the week (4k a month) and a meal out once a week 6k . I also have expat food delivered twice a month which costs about 10k total I don’t go mad on restaurants and clubs as it’s not my thing and I am happy to spend time at home with my family; cooking, watching sport ,films and listening to music As a Thai , my wife earns about 14-16k which I told her to keep for herself and my step daughter. I also pay all the utility (2-3k a month) health insurance (5k ), fuel costs (1k ) and put away 4 k a month for our annual holiday it works out very well well for us and we have been able to holiday at least once a year and normally twice. You don’t need 100k plus a month unless you have an extremely active social life , enjoy drinking and eating only Western Foods at restaurants and frequenting bars and gogo

every night and or you rent an expensive villa and or have multiple children at an expensive expat school. I guess though it’s up to individuals and it’s as much a question of lifestyles ,but as a guide the majority of people I know in Thailand would struggle to spend 100k a month plus and live on much less. My own spending normally averages about 45 k a month and 50k max with all misc luxury expenses like impulse shopping. I also keep 400k separate for my married visa and have other contingency funds overseas.

It’s more than enough. $2800 that’s about B91,000 I’m from Chiangmai, and the majority of the Thais, don’t make that much. The only thing that will cost you it’s your insurance, Gas for your POV if you drive a lot. Food is cheap when you buy at a local market. Accommodation is not bad either, but it depends on what you are looking for. Good luck… !

Listen to the professionals not the trolls

To get Retired visa you must justify 1800$/2000$ per month per person.

I would say thats pretty much ok. As long as your lifestyle is pretty relaxed. If you adapt to eating a lot of Thai food, your expenses will be a lot lower.

I would say yes if you don’t go doing the nightlife big time. Give it a go and good luck to you . Maybe try 6 months first

Who told you that?

Enought 2800 usd

You will be living like a king

Easily enough.

If you are renting long term then you should be able to get a decent place for 7000pm.

Its more than enough. I hope you enjoy your retirement

I am married with three kids we spend about 5,000 usd in issan

Enuf,if you eat lika local not farang food.

It’s genuinely more than enough especially in chiang mai believe me lived here for 12 years - especially if cooking at home 80%+ of the time. Easy!

the question is, if not there, where then do you think you can live with that money

no nowadays you need 4000 USD to just survive in Thailand. 2400 USD will have you living on the streets. forget that life here, sport.

I only get $2000 a month and it’s enough but I’m single

I'm 38 live in Si Sa Ket I budget £2000 GBP per month, and then have a seperate budget for trips abroad/back to England

Thing sounds like you haven't been before and done your research.

$5,000 is a bare minimum for comfortable retirement cost in Chiang Mai for 2

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What is that for? A day, a week or a month. If a month thats over 1 million baht a year so yes. But if your not married to a Thai you have to keep a minimum of 400K baht per person in the bank so that starts to make renting a decent home, buying a car and medical insurances a bit more difficult. Actual cost of living unless living the high life is way cheaper than in the west but there are cons as well as pro's.

If you're on a 90-day waiver you're okay but if you need to get a retirement Visa that's a whole different ball game I mean you have to add another I think $2,000 plus you have to have 800,000 baht in the bank. It has to be in in your home back for a while before you transfer it etc etc so yeah it's it's not super cheap if you have to factor into Visa

It's plenty,

What $ Jeff? Aus definitely not enough. Where are you from?

That was my take home pay in the UK on a good month, so according to my employers it should be enough to live in in South East Asia!

For a week?

That’s about right. A good, but not extravagant lifestyle.

don't feed this monster. it is just clickbait.

Huh? In total? That's your capital?

If that’s US$ per month in Chaing Mai you’ll have to splurge daily to surpass that

Disneyland or reality

Keep in mind that over a few years, you'll be affected by inflation and currency swings.

My girlfriend and I spend less than $2000 US a month. We don't party or eat at fine dining establishments. We cook at home everything we like to eat and splurge on street food. 😋

Go to the Thai Embassy Website in whatever country you reside and all the helps there.

In the UK its

I rent out a 2026 built newbuild front row seafront 2 bed condo for 15k thb a month...electric is 4thb a unit...food is about 100 thb to 300 thb for a nice meal. ... a good motorbike hire is 3000 to 4000 per month

Stupid bloody question,google things before you ask on this site,

You should be fine

I spend a maximum of 1000Baht per day,live like a king

Yes, easily.

These wannabe millionaires that spend 8000 in 2 weeks vacation on whores and alcohol will “advise” you that this is too low

Go to Vietnam it's the cost of Thailand and arguably nicer

Anyone who asks such stupid questions should not move to Thailand

If you can live in your country with that. You can live in Thailand, no problem

Definitely NOT enough. I'd say $4000 for one person if in Bangkok, might squeeze by with that amount for two if in CM.

And of course; don't forget the cost of health insurance for both of you that will Increase every five years to unaffordable Premiums. Ah, the land of smiles - until it isen't.

Should be enough is usa dollars

Per day, in USD, more than enough.

Thats plenty

A week, month year ? And which dollar?

It should be sufficient. Not counting house rental

Very tight for two persons

$2800 US a month in Thailand, youll be in line for the throne. Plenty.

The sensible thing would be to come here for 3 months and find out for yourself since nobody else knows what your desired lifestyle is

It depends if you want to live like a Thai its plenty. If you want to live in a nice house and have a good life in Bangkok its not .its like asking how long is a piece of string

Spend a month there on holiday first and see how you go

It's enough to leave

but no money in the bank will be problem and as a couple It's 1'600'000Thai Bath

Youd be better off posting this in a CM or ex pat group.

Assuming this is USD ( other dollar currencies are available) id then express in baht, the currency we all think in here.

Chiang Mai is one of the cheaper places in Thailand, and you haven't specified tour circumstances, but id say a modest lifestyle is do-able

If your talking monthly then I’d say you would be fine with that

USD? It would be on the line though your housing costs will be a major determinate as you could easily spend 2500 in rent if you want too

Yeah not enough, stay home, to many fing westerners here already.

Huh?

If you’ve been to Thailand then surely you would know the cost of living. Or are you thinking of retiring without visiting ?

Its enough easily

Yes no problem if you like (and can) eat streetfood always 🫣

You can but live like a Thai easy

Cambodia

It's a question that you have to ask yourself.

Look elsewhere, rules change fast in Thailand

Depends on your health insurance costs. US$1000 per person enough for simple live.

hvis det er efter skat så er det slet intet problem. kender ikke jeres alder og helbreds tilstand, og det spiller selvfølgelig væsentligt ind, da dette kan ende med at være en ret stor udgift hvis I fx er over 70 år. og selvfølgelig skal i også hver især have depot på 800.000 bath - har i dette?

I do that. No problems

I’m training Muay Thai full time, eating good, living well, biggest Condo in my building, even traveling a bit for less than 2k/month. You’re good

If its us dollar its enough 😊

I am retiring with less and no problem

We're from Canada and spend about $2,500 a month

The problem is the words “ enough or comfortable”. No one knows what that means for you.

At a minimum you need to cover your visa expenses, healthcare, and enough savings for emergencies

Insurance costs 60k baht depending on your age.

It is ”possible”. But would not recommend trying it long term.

Remember health insurance, occasional car rental etc. It just becomes too difficult without some back up money.

First off, you need to research your ways of staying, ie visas; the rules are about to change AGAIN, and using tourist entries is not viable in any way; Next, you need to do some very simple research: rents, costs of groceries, expenditure for your particular lifestyle and interests, any travel you'd like to carry out ongoing. Don't just ask people to give random answers instead of doing your own legwork - if you fail, or end up in a spot, nobody can have any sympathy for you.

It is more than enough.

OP has 1 friend and 2 posts , this one and one from 2018

Who da f told you that lol. Everything is relative obviously, but with no kids in school and both under 60 so you ca get decent health insurance. That’s plenty lol.

People live on far far less than that in very expensive western countries.

It’s plenty to live off if you stay out the tourist areas and bars,also the we are know seeing the 2 week millionaires who know everything and can’t even afford another flight home because they try and do everything on the cheap and think their it in the bars

Personally I would get the retirement visa and then work your money situation out

Of course it's enough. A lot of people here can't grasp that being on holiday and living in Thailand are two vastly different things. Don't listen to the people who piss up 20,000 baht a night at gogo bars.

Depends on your lifestyle and where you chose to live in Thailand. It can be done though with a good budget

It's absolutely enough.

Just make sure you each have a decent health insurance policy, you are one costly medical emergency from going broke.

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Two main things you need to worry about is financially qualifying for the Visa and subsequent extention and medical. Medical care is way cheaper then in the US but you will either need a health plan or at least 200k baht set aside for a major illness. Medicare unfortunately does not work here unless you have a private supplement to it that covers cost overseas. Thai policies are available but generally do not cover pre-existing conditions.

I want for nothing. I already have a home and easily get by on baht a day.

I don't drink or have any social life

That's all spent on coffee shops ( apx 100 bht per day), gym's ( bht per month), food ( per day)

I am not poor but stingy and consider myself very fortunate

Please note - never any visa issues either

If that's 2800USD .. that's plenty

Depends on what lifestyle you choose, apartment without facilities rent studio will cost 5000-6000 baht with facilities might cost baht a month electric and water 3000baht if air con all day.

And foods200 baht a day

6000 a month

$500 will be enough for easy lifestyle eat like Thai people.

Forget thailand go to Vietnam half price Forget about the hype about thailand

it is more than enough … it is about lifestyle

Only you will know the answer when you come here and actually live .here you will get all sorts who will look down their noses at Thais (guess what we are in Thailand ) and really believe that living somewhat like a Thai is demeaning and a worse quality of life

For your questions lots of non Thais can easily live a comfortable luxurious lifestyle on the money you said .but who knows what you equate as comfortable or even simple or luxurious ,,only you can know that

Whatever by coming living your life you will soon know one way or another .i would personally interact with Thais all day long to get a more fulfilling lifestyle ,so put learning Thai into your budget ,,,enjoy

It’s enough for an average month, but trips and unexpected expenses will add up.

Also, it may be enough now but what about in 5 years?

You can live on that for sure.

More than enough,

I recon thats a month if not 2 month depending on lifestyle if you already have a place to stay.

Don't listen to the idiots

Plenty 👍

I agree with most of these comments but I think it's quite obvious that you mean USD as Americans are the most likely people to think that $ means their currency also you didn't say if that was for a week, month or heavan forbid a year. The thing to remember is that Thailand is no different to any other country in the world, living expenses depend on your living style and the major factors are if you have already purchased property or renting plus can you live like a local or are you going to try and live like a tourist. If you live like a local you can live quite well on a 200 to 500 Baht a day but if you live like a tourist then you can easily burn through 5000 Baht and much more if you are staying in a hotel and eating in western restaurants. The best advice it to come over on a long holiday and try to live the live you are expecting after retiring and see how much it costs because only you know what you will be spending your money on.

This feedback is wrong maybe from people they not able to budget money 🧠 less smart eighter….i can live there easy with 45 000Bath a month 1350 $

Pack your bags and go for an exploratory trip. See it for yourself. 2 people still need only one condo, one electric and water bill, one scooter … not much more expensive than one person. 92,000 baht is a lot of money where in Chiang Mai average salary is probably 15,000.

A couple? If you live like a Thai yes.. Do you have 1.6 mil baht together you can put on a Thai bank? If not forget it

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You can not retire with 2800 dollars it will only left a month

assuming USD it is enough. as long as you are sensible

If budget conscious Chiang Mai is not the place anyway.

Something you have to figure out yourself

No problem 👍 live like the Thai's and treat yourself now and again I do and get bye

2800 a month?

If you can't live with 2800 $ a month in Thailand. Then I don't know what you spend in the west

From a purely financial perspective it should be ample to live on if you are relatively sensible. The problem will come if you need to meet the financial requirements for 2 retirement visas (not the cost but the finances you have to show)