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Cost of living in Bangkok

Prices for October 2026

Monthly living costs in Bangkok, Thailand, built from prices read directly at the original sources. Choose the number of adults and children to calculate by household size; every price opens its list of sources.

Calculate by household size

Currency

Total per month THB 26,940 ≈ US$803

  • Rent (1-bedroom) THB 19,512
  • Electricity, water, gas THB 767
  • Internet & mobile THB 812
  • Groceries THB 2,196
  • Eating out THB 2,267
  • Transport THB 1,386

Amounts are rounded to the nearest unit, so the parts may differ from the total by 1 or 2 units. International school fees and other reference items are not included. How households are built is explained in How it is calculated.

Housing & utilities

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Rent, 1-bedroom apartment, outside the centre THB 19,512 / month THB 7,400 – 40,000 33
33 sources
Rent, 3-bedroom apartment, outside the centre THB 58,643 / month THB 35,000 – 150,000 14
14 sources
Electricity, 200 kWh THB 703 / month THB 703 – 703 2
2 sources
Electricity, 450 kWh THB 1,870 / month THB 1,870 – 1,870 2
2 sources
Water, 4 m³ THB 63.77 / month THB 63.77 – 63.77 1
1 source
Water, 15 m³ THB 166 / month THB 166 – 166 1
1 source

Internet & mobile

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Fixed internet, 100 Mbps or faster THB 588 / month THB 535 – 641 2
2 sources
Mobile plan, 10 GB or more THB 225 / month THB 199 – 250 2
2 sources

Groceries

Online retail prices of everyday items; a fixed basket of 15 items.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
White rice THB 47.60 / kg THB 40.80 – 51.40 5
5 sources
Sandwich bread, 500 g loaf THB 39.58 / loaf THB 37.50 – 41.67 3
3 sources
Fresh milk THB 50.66 / litre THB 47.50 – 52.06 4
4 sources
Hen eggs THB 5.08 / egg THB 4.60 – 5.57 4
4 sources
Chicken breast fillet THB 99.75 / kg THB 85 – 111 4
4 sources
Fresh beef THB 402 / kg THB 299 – 469 3
3 sources
Tomatoes THB 64.00 / kg THB 49.00 – 78.00 3
3 sources
Potatoes THB 58.20 / kg THB 37.00 – 90.00 5
5 sources
Onions THB 40.33 / kg THB 37.00 – 45.00 3
3 sources
Lettuce THB 62.50 / head THB 50.00 – 70.00 4
4 sources
Apples THB 59.17 / kg THB 47.50 – 82.50 3
3 sources
Bananas THB 43.33 / kg THB 21.67 – 60.00 3
3 sources
Oranges THB 74.50 / kg THB 59.00 – 85.00 4
4 sources
Vegetable cooking oil THB 52.47 / litre THB 48.75 – 58.00 5
5 sources
Bottled water, 1.5 litres THB 8.59 / bottle THB 7.83 – 9.17 4
4 sources

Eating out

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant (main course, soft drink) THB 200 / meal THB 163 – 247 3
3 sources
Meal at a mid-range restaurant (starter or dessert, main course, soft drink) THB 334 / meal THB 290 – 360 3
3 sources

Transport

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Monthly public transport pass, adult THB 1,386 / month THB 1,276 – 1,496 2
2 sources
Monthly public transport pass, child THB 1,232 / month THB 1,188 – 1,276 2
2 sources

School fees (reference)

For reference only; not added to the total.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
International school tuition, Grade 3 THB 870,250 / year THB 756,800 – 1,015,000 4
4 sources

How it is calculated

  1. Prices: each item is the average of samples read straight from the original source: supermarket web shops, official tariffs of electricity, water, gas, mobile and transport operators, rental listings and restaurant menus. No price-aggregator sites are used. Every item opens its list of sources. Rents are for apartments outside the city centre.
  2. Housing: 1 to 2 people rent a 1-bedroom apartment; 3 to 6 people rent a 3-bedroom apartment. The calculator accepts households of up to 6 people because the largest apartment in the data has 3 bedrooms.
  3. Electricity, water, gas: linear interpolation by household size between the 1-person level (electricity 200 kWh, water 4 m³, gas 100 kWh) and the 4-person level (electricity 450 kWh, water 15 m³, gas 225 kWh); above 4 people the same slope is extended. Gas is left out where most apartments cook on electricity.
  4. Groceries: a fixed basket of 15 everyday items at online retail prices, one basket per adult and 0.6 of a basket per child. It is not a household’s full food spending.
  5. Eating out: per adult, 8 meals at an inexpensive restaurant and 2 at a mid-range restaurant a month; children are not counted.
  6. Internet and mobile: one internet plan per household and one mobile plan per adult.
  7. Transport: one adult monthly pass per adult and one child monthly pass per child.
  8. International school fees and other reference items are shown for information and are not added to the total.
  9. Where an item lacks enough data, that part and the total read “Not enough data”. Prosperous Intelligence does not estimate in its place.
  10. Conversion to US dollars uses central-bank exchange rates fixed to one day for the whole batch; the rate date and the dates prices were read are on the Data sources page.

Methodology · Data sources

See also

Cost of Living Index (0–⁠100 scale)  · Country profile: Thailand  · Cities in Thailand  · All cities

Reference data, not financial advice. Prices change over time; this page shows the prices of the month stated at the top.