Apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9: more space, and the airport link
An apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9 starts at ฿75,600 a month. Five furnished homes, with utility caps written in. Compare them by size and rent.
By Jumphot Srisomsap · 10 October 2026
An apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9 is priced by the square metre rather than by the minute. The five furnished homes we let in the district begin at ฿75,600 a month for a 52 m² studio loft and run to ฿277,200 for a 123 m² three-bedroom. Three of them state, in writing, how much electricity the rent covers each month before you sign anything.
That is the honest difference between Rama 9 and the Skytrain districts further west. Everything is let by the calendar month, furnished, with water, electricity, Wi-Fi and housekeeping inside the rate and no platform or booking fee on top. What you are really choosing when you take a flat here is floor area, one underground line, and a short hop to the train that goes to the airport. You can see the whole set on our Rama 9 page.
The five homes, by rent and by size
Rama 9 is a small, dense district built around one intersection, where Ratchadaphisek Road meets New Phetchaburi Road under an expressway. Three of our five homes are within 600 m of MRT Phra Ram 9 — a walk of roughly seven or eight minutes, most of it on pavement wide enough to use. The other two sit deeper into the district: one is a loft two-bedroom beside Bangkok Hospital, which matters if you are here for treatment or for somebody else's, and one is a high-floor studio loft.
| Home | From | Character | Nearest station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Loft · 52 m² | ฿75,600 | 2 guests, high floor, soaking bathtub | Rama 9 district |
| Loft 2BR · Bangkok Hospital | ฿99,700 | 4 guests, two bathrooms, loft level | Rama 9 district |
| 1 BR · Rama 9 | ฿151,200 | Electricity covered to ฿3,420 a month | MRT Phra Ram 9, 600 m |
| 2 BR · 90 m² | ฿182,700 | Electricity covered to ฿6,300 a month | MRT Phra Ram 9, 550 m |
| 3 BR · 123 m² | ฿277,200 | Electricity covered to ฿8,610 a month | MRT Phra Ram 9, 550 m |
The spread tells you what the district is for. At the bottom, the 52 m² studio loft is a single person's flat with a balcony and a bathtub, and it is the cheapest way into Rama 9. In the middle, the 90 m² two-bedroom has two bathrooms, an extra toilet, a walk-in wardrobe and a six-seater dining table — a family flat rather than a couple's. At the top, the 123 m² three-bedroom puts a work desk and chair in every bedroom, which is the detail people relocating with children and a job keep asking us for and rarely find.
Read the electricity cap, not the headline rent
Bangkok rent that includes utilities almost always includes them up to a limit, and the limit is where two similar-looking quotes stop being similar. In this district our three serviced flats publish theirs, and the figures scale with the size of the home rather than with the rent.
- One-bedroom: electricity and water included up to ฿3,420 a month
- Two-bedroom, 90 m²: included up to ฿6,300 a month
- Three-bedroom, 123 m²: included up to ฿8,610 a month
- All three: housekeeping three times a week, linen changed twice, washer and dryer in the unit, high-speed Wi-Fi
- All five: let by the calendar month, minimum one month, no platform or booking fee
Those caps are generous for the way most tenants actually live. A one-bedroom running air conditioning in the bedroom overnight and in the living room in the evening will usually stay inside ฿3,420; a family of four in 123 m² cooling three bedrooms will usually stay inside ฿8,610. You go over it by cooling empty rooms all day. Anything above the cap is billed at the published tariff, which the Metropolitan Electricity Authority sets for the whole city, so there is no mark-up to argue about.
Ask one question of any Bangkok quote that says utilities included: included up to what? The answer is the price, not the headline.
The two journeys that decide whether Rama 9 suits you
Rama 9 has one station, Phra Ram 9 on the MRT Blue Line, run by BEM. It is underground, which in the rainy season is worth more than any amenity list, and the shopping centre built over its exit — Central Rama 9 — means your supermarket, your SIM card and your dentist are all on the way home. There is no BTS here and there will not be. So the district lives or dies on two journeys.
The first is the airport. One stop north-west is Phetchaburi, which connects to Makkasan on the Airport Rail Link, and that train runs straight to Suvarnabhumi. If you fly monthly — and a lot of people on one-month and three-month lets do — this is the shortest airport run of any central district we work in, and it does not involve a motorway at five in the afternoon.
The second is the office. Two stops down the same line is Sukhumvit station, where the Blue Line meets the BTS at Asok, so Sukhumvit, Phrom Phong and Thong Lo are one change away. Si Lom and Sathon are further along the same line with no change at all. What you do not get is a walk-to-work life: if your office is on Sukhumvit and you want to be out of the door and at your desk in fifteen minutes, you want Asoke or Sukhumvit itself, not Rama 9.
What Rama 9 costs against the BTS districts
Rama 9 does not have the lowest entry price in our inventory, and it is worth being clear about why. We let only five homes here, and four of them are large. The ฿75,600 floor is the price of a 52 m² studio loft, not of a 30 m² box, so it is not comparable with the cheapest line in Sukhumvit or Thonglor.
| Area | From | Character | Nearest station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rama 9 | ฿75,600 | 5 homes, mostly large, one line | MRT Phra Ram 9 |
| Asoke | ฿72,500 | 13 homes, BTS and MRT interchange | BTS Asok |
| Sukhumvit | ฿52,900 | 30 homes, widest choice of sizes | BTS Phrom Phong |
| Thonglor | ฿51,700 | 29 homes, cafés and serviced blocks | BTS Thong Lo |
| Lumpini | ฿85,700 | 10 homes, park on the doorstep | BTS Sala Daeng |
Compare like with like and the district reads better. ฿182,700 buys 90 m² and two bathrooms at Rama 9; the same money in Thonglor or Sukhumvit buys something smaller in a building you will share with more short-stay guests. If floor area is what your family is short of, this is one of the few central districts where the arithmetic goes your way. If you would rather trade space for street life, our guide to where to live in Bangkok sets the five main foreigner districts against each other on rent, commute and noise.
Who the district suits, and who it does not
- Suits you if you fly often: Phetchaburi and the Airport Rail Link are one stop away
- Suits you if you need room: four of the five homes are two or three bedrooms, with desks and two bathrooms
- Suits you if you are here for medical treatment: one of the five is a loft two-bedroom beside Bangkok Hospital
- Suits you if you hate walking in the rain: the station is underground and the mall sits over the exit
- Does not suit you if you want to walk to a Sukhumvit office, or to be in the bars and restaurants rather than two stops from them
- Does not suit you if you want a long shortlist: there are five homes here, and when they go, they go
The practical order is this. Decide your floor area first, because that is what Rama 9 sells. Check the electricity cap on the flat you like and compare it with the others at the same size. Then walk the route from the building to the station once, in the afternoon, before you commit to a month of doing it twice a day. All five homes, with photographs, sizes, amenities and the monthly rate, are on the Rama 9 page, and the minimum stay on every one of them is a single calendar month.
Frequently asked questions
How much is an apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9 per month?
From ฿75,600 a month for a 52 m² studio loft. The five furnished homes we let in the district run from there to ฿277,200 for a 123 m² three-bedroom, with a two-bedroom at ฿182,700 and a one-bedroom at ฿151,200. Every rate is for a calendar month, furnished, and there is no platform or booking fee on top.
How far are the apartments from MRT Phra Ram 9 station?
Three of the five are 550 m to 600 m from the station entrance, which is a walk of roughly seven or eight minutes. The other two sit deeper into the Rama 9 district, one of them beside Bangkok Hospital. Phra Ram 9 is on the MRT Blue Line and is underground, so the walk is the only part of the journey that gets wet.
Is electricity included in the rent at Rama 9?
Yes, up to a stated monthly cap, and the cap is published for each serviced flat: ฿3,420 for the one-bedroom, ฿6,300 for the 90 m² two-bedroom and ฿8,610 for the 123 m² three-bedroom. Water, Wi-Fi and housekeeping three times a week are inside the rate as well. Anything above the cap is billed at the standard city tariff.
How do you get to Suvarnabhumi Airport from Rama 9?
Take the MRT one stop from Phra Ram 9 to Phetchaburi, change to the Airport Rail Link at Makkasan, and that train runs to Suvarnabhumi. It is the shortest airport journey from any of the central districts we let in, and it avoids the expressway entirely.
Can you rent near MRT Rama 9 for just one month?
Yes. The minimum stay on all five homes is one calendar month. They come furnished, with utilities up to the stated cap, Wi-Fi and housekeeping already arranged, so there is nothing to set up and nothing to connect in your own name.
Is Rama 9 a good area for foreigners to live in?
It works well if you want floor space, an underground station and a quick airport run, and if you are content to be two stops from the Sukhumvit nightlife rather than inside it. It works less well if you want to walk to a Sukhumvit office or to choose between dozens of flats — there are only five homes here.
