What are the monthly living expenses I should consider when moving to Thailand with my family?

@Chris ********************

it appears you don’t understand compensation packages beyond an hourly rate. If you are on a fixed retirement income budgeting is much more important if you don’t anticipate increasing income or assets.

@Chris ********************

also in Phuket so it is expensive here

@Chris ********************

I am not retired. Still working and it is less than living in the US.

One can add as much as they wish....I can even add a month in Dubai at the most expensive hotel while I am at it! The list is obviously endless and would be only limited by our imaginations. The fact is that many ex-pats in Thailand do not have health insurance....including some popular bloggers (which is simply stupid.....but!). And even those elderly with multiple medical ailments can obtain adequate insurance for under $200 a month......I believe that the cost is around $160/month for a 60-year-old. Now, I would assume that someone with expensive medical conditions would think hard and long about moving abroad....especially if they were from a country with "free" socialized medical care such as Canada or England. And the young and healthy can get insurance for as little as $42 a month.

A yearly flight back home would be a choice, and certainly not a monthly cost (although you can budget that cost when you look at your yearly budget) but rather an extraneous cost. How many ex-pats that settle permanently in Thailand usually go back home yearly to visit would be a valid question....I have no idea about the answer to that question. But that would have to be looked at when you are deciding to move to Thailand and either accounted for or eliminated.

Just keep it simple! As I had stated before....you have your state of living and it does seem to be at a very high standard when compared with most expats. I am sure that some with like-minded budgets like yours will agree with your estimation but I have an idea that many others not on a similar budget will not agree and that most make do with a great deal less than $3000+.

For the person above who had asked this question....one cost that many others do not have is school fees. I will assume that he would have done a least some groundwork on that.....

@Mark *****

just add health insurance and a flight back once a year and a few weekends away

@Sun ****

.Hope to meet

you in Huahin if that is your destination.

Happy to share my knowledge with you.

@Sun ****

When are you thinking of coming to Thailand?

@Sun ****

Sathukarn school Huahin, founded 1926. + 6632511165

@Sun ****

Looks like the school have seen you coming, there is an enormous difference between 0 and the we pay here

in Huahin.

The baht mentioned above Includes all the school kit , Shoes, sports shoes, shirts, school bag, and about 10 kilos of new school books.

Like everything else, schools are a business, so I would suggest that you do a little more research before you part with your hard earned money.

Not sure where you want your child to go to school, but if it’s Bangkok or Pattaya then it is likely to be more expensive than anywhere else in Thailand.

Hope this helps.

@Peter ******

I agree my 2 daughter's go to international school in chainart it costs 37k a term for both kids 74k a year

@Peter ******

hey grandad … I think your confused…. You want to check those fees again 🤔….. cause private schools cost a lot more than what you said

@Peter ******

I taught Early Year children at Regents International Bangkok and Pattaya for 15years so I know what the fees were back in 2019. Each school is different.

@Sun ****

sorry I didn't get back to you.

Have you got a car in Thailand. Have you got somewhere to stay while you're home is being built

@Sun ****

70k is for both daughters

@Sun ****

a mep school we have to pay for about 70k a year 1st language is English 2nd Chinese 3 thai we live in chainart province. You have to factor a lot of things in .

I still go back to uk for a few months a year to work .

It's not as cheap as it used to be

@Sun ****

you asked the wrong people in the wrong place, as you are discovering. I hope someone without an obnoxiously miserable and pitiful attitude answers you soon 🙏🏼

@Darren ******

yes northern thailand is much better:)

@Terary *********

She teaches me.

@Sun ****

I live in Samui

Domestic help- 12K-13K full time.

Car hire depends on the car but if it’s not a 4x4 it should be about 10K

Food is really cheap and you can manage without eating out @ 10K or less comfortably.