Bangkok
Thailand
Prices about 12% below Brussels
Income and price-level figures for Bangkok from official statistics, each with its source and date. Country-level context is labelled as country-level. More figures are added only when an official source and date are available.
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City Overview
The average household in Bangkok had an income of THB 40,051 a month (2023). Average household spending was THB 32,736 a month (2023). Prices overall are about 12% below Brussels.
♙Population5,104,476
▣CurrencyTHB
◷TimezoneAsia/Bangkok
▤CountryThailand
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Cost of Living in Bangkok
About 12% below Brussels
87.8Price level index (Brussels = 100)
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What Stands Out
Favorable signals● Low unemployment nationally● High internet use nationally● Price level below Brussels
ConsiderationsNo major negative claim is inferred from the current core data.
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Income
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Climate & Context
Average temperature28.2°CYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Total rainfall1,675 mm/yearYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Internet users91%Country context (national)
Physicians per 1,000 people0.5Country context (national)
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Sources & dates for Bangkok
Price level (Brussels = 100)
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).87.8Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).87.8Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Average household income
Thailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey: average total monthly income and average total monthly spending of households in Bangkok (the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration area only, not the surrounding provinces). Income includes all sources, including income in kind. An average, so a few high-income households pull it up; the typical household has less.THB 40,051/monthThailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey · reference period 2023
Thailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey: average total monthly income and average total monthly spending of households in Bangkok (the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration area only, not the surrounding provinces). Income includes all sources, including income in kind. An average, so a few high-income households pull it up; the typical household has less.THB 40,051/monthThailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey · reference period 2023
Average household spending
Thailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey: average total monthly income and average total monthly spending of households in Bangkok (the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration area only, not the surrounding provinces). Income includes all sources, including income in kind. An average, so a few high-income households pull it up; the typical household has less.THB 32,736/monthThailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey · reference period 2023
Thailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey: average total monthly income and average total monthly spending of households in Bangkok (the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration area only, not the surrounding provinces). Income includes all sources, including income in kind. An average, so a few high-income households pull it up; the typical household has less.THB 32,736/monthThailand National Statistical Office, Household Socio-Economic Survey · reference period 2023
Average temperature
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.28.2 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.28.2 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Total rainfall
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.1,675 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.1,675 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Unemployment, homicide rate, doctors, university enrolment and internet use above are national World Bank indicators for the whole country and are marked “national”. See the methodology for how each figure is collected, or report a correction.