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What is the total monthly cost of living well in Bangkok for a single person?

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How much does it cost total monthly to live well in Bangkok for a single person?
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The total monthly cost of living well in Bangkok for a single person can vary significantly based on lifestyle choices. Estimates suggest a budget ranging from around 16,000 to 35,000 THB, which includes apartment rent, food expenses, and transportation. Rental costs for apartments are typically between 5,000-8,000 THB, while food can range from 200-400 THB per day. Transportation costs depend on the mode of transport, with options like sky trains being less expensive compared to private cars.
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Norman *******
Depends how much u boom boom
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 , …. and how beautiful she is :)
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 exactly
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0 THB
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Azure *********
Single unlimited.

Married couple Baht 35,000/-
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Somewhere between 3000-
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0bht depending what your idea of live well is.
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5k dollar
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 at least
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£1000 a month
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 a lot
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Apartment rental ฿5,000-8,000

Food ฿200-400/ day

Transport : depends sky train or private car

Perhaps ฿2000 for LPG cars or /฿1000 for EV cars

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 na that’s right . It’s so funny looking at these comments, y’all must be so terrible with your spending habits , it’s no wonder the average person doesn’t have $1000 in their savings account. Humble yourselves a little 🤣
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 comfortable condo for 5k baht in Bangkok? Where?

I'd say at least triple to quadruple that.
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Dan ******
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 Lumpini (LPN in various locations, or some local apartment ads in Facebook (newly built.super clean)
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 with this you survive you don’t live
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 you better have good television and like Thai food because that’s all you’ll be doing
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 that’s not living my friend
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 that’s a single room “apartment” far from BTS I suspect
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 LPN condominiums usually about 5000-8000 thb. New and clean
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 pretty impossible to live like that as a farang. That is a very Thai style lifestyle. Maybe double that and might be more realistic.
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 my buddy lives in a nice shop house in On Nut. His rent is ฿6000 a month and it’s fully furnished. He has a motorbike that he paid cash for. His teaching salary is ฿45,000 per month. He lives pretty well and goes somewhere every other weekend for a getaway. He has a Thai wife and I think she makes around ฿20,000 per month. A lot of her money goes into a their savings account. I’ve been married for 10 or 12 years.
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 it depends on how frugal or luxury your life style is. What I told above was considered "frugally". ( Because Thailand has a lot of prices for you to buy; everything has its cheap and it's expensive counterparts)

U can even save more money cooking everything yourself, or sharing an apartment with a friend or a family member .
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 but the OP asked how much to 'Live Well' in Thailand. You didn't answer his question. 😉😉😉
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 living well is subjective.

Sometimes u can buy a buffet in Bangkok for ฿79 or u can eat ฿249 buffet at Narai pizzeria Shabu. It is considerably much lower than developed countries5-8 times.
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 so basically we all cannot truly answer the OP's question
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 I'd go triple!
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 yeah probably if one wants to 'live well' whatever that means to the OP 😉😉
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 I've seen many people ask this or a similar question on here and it is totally subjective.
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Mdl *****
2000
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 how long is a piece of string, where do you want to live, do you go out every night ? 80,000 baht if you are careful
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 ? Did i ask ?
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 2000 USD. Go and live there for 2 months yourself
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 ? What? Did i ask ?
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 USD?
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