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Thailand budget planner
Build your own monthly Thailand budget: set your lifestyle, household, eating and travel, edit any line, and see the total in your home currency at today’s mid-market rate.
Lifestyle
Eating
Travel
Adults
Kids
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Pets
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| Item | THB / month | ≈ USD |
|---|---|---|
| Rent | ฿ | $543.40 |
| Food & groceries | ฿ | $332.08 |
| Transport | ฿ | $105.66 |
| Coffee & leisure | ฿ | $211.32 |
| Phone, utilities & misc | ฿ | $135.85 |
| Travel & trips | ฿ | $120.75 |
| Total / month | ฿48,000 | $1,449.06 |
Rate: 14 August 2026 · mid-market
You’ll be moving about $1,449.06/month to Thailand. Sent the wrong way — airport booths or ATM withdrawals instead of a low-fee transfer — that can leak up to $71.00/month.
Shares your exact budget.
Orientation only — illustrative Bangkok figures that seed a starting point, not a live index or a survey. Edit any line to match your situation.
Questions & answers
- How much does it cost to live in Thailand per month?
- It depends on your city, lifestyle and household. A lean single-person Bangkok budget starts around ฿28,000/month; a comfortable or Western lifestyle, a couple, kids, or central housing raise it well beyond. Use the planner to build a figure for your situation and see it in your own currency.
- Does this include international school fees?
- No — the kids line covers everyday costs only. An international school adds roughly ฿300,000–1,000,000 per child per year, so edit the kids line if that applies to you.
- What exchange rate does the planner use?
- The mid-market (interbank) rate, refreshed live when the page loads with a fallback to the daily baked rate. It is a reference rate — the rate you actually get from a bank, card, or transfer service will differ.