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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Bangkok, a month

£400 to £987 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

Not every cost has a checked figure for Bangkok, so the real total is higher than this. The missing ones are marked below.

RentFurnished one-bed condo. THB 12,000 to 38,000
£268 to £850
A deskCoworking, a month. THB 5,000
£112
Weekday lunchesA plate of lunch, THB 40 to 50 each, 22 working days
£20 to £25
Getting aroundNo checked fare: the 20-baht flat fare needs a Thai ID, and the guide has no other figure
Not included

Thailand's Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) tests savings, not income: about £11,190 in the bank. Check your own case

The Bangkok guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.