Apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9: two stops from Asoke

An apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9 puts you two stops from Asoke on the Blue Line. See our five furnished homes, from ฿75,600, and ask us for dates.

By Jumphot Srisomsap · 10 October 2026

An apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9 is a Blue Line address rather than a Skytrain one, and that single fact decides whether the district suits you. We let five furnished homes here, from ฿75,600 to ฿277,200 a calendar month. Asoke is two stops away on the same train — close enough that the two districts compete for the same tenant, and far enough that the rent is not the same.

All five are let by the month, with a minimum stay of one calendar month and no platform or booking fee added to the rent. They sit together on one page — the five Rama 9 homes — and this guide sets them against what the same money buys two stops west.

What two stops on the Blue Line actually buys

MRT Phra Ram 9 is an underground station on the Blue Line, operated by BEM. From that platform, without changing trains, your week reaches:

• Phetchaburi, one stop, where the Airport Rail Link crosses the Blue Line at Makkasan.
• Sukhumvit, two stops — the same junction as BTS Asok, at the top of Sukhumvit Road.
• Queen Sirikit, three stops, for Benchakitti Park and the convention centre.
• Lumphini and Si Lom, further round the same line, for the Sathon and Silom offices — still no change of train.
• Lat Phrao and Chatuchak Park the other way, which is the direction nobody thinks about until they need the weekend market or the northern bus terminals.

What the district does not give you is a Skytrain station. There is no BTS stop within walking distance of Phra Ram 9, so every Skytrain journey begins on the MRT and continues after a change at Sukhumvit or Si Lom. BTS and the MRT are separate systems with separate fares, so that change costs a few baht as well as a few minutes. If your days are spent at Phrom Phong, Thong Lo or Ekkamai, you will feel it twice every day. If your office, your hospital or your gym is at the Rama 9 interchange itself, you will never notice it at all.

The same money, two stops apart

Rama 9 is often described as the cheaper alternative to Asoke. Across our own homes that is true at one end of the range and plainly false at the other. Divide each monthly rent by the floor area and the district splits in two.

The two lofts are the value in Rama 9. At ฿1,347 a square metre, the two-bedroom loft is cheaper per square metre than every Asoke home whose floor area we list, and it is a 74 m² duplex with two full bathrooms for ฿99,700 a month. The three serviced flats beside the station run the other way: both the 90 m² two-bedroom and the 123 m² three-bedroom cost more per square metre than anything we let in Asoke. You are paying for a new serviced building and a short walk to an underground platform, not for a cheaper postcode.

Inside one district the spread is more than this: ฿1,347 a square metre for the 74 m² loft, ฿2,254 for the 123 m² three-bedroom. Rama 9 is not one price.

Where Rama 9 is the cheaper address, and where it is not

At the bottom of the range the two districts almost touch. Our entry price in Asoke is ฿72,500 a month for a 43 m² studio; in Rama 9 it is ฿75,600 for a 52 m² studio loft with a soaking bath and a balcony. That is ฿3,100 a month more for nine extra square metres — the kind of swap that matters if you work from the flat and need somewhere to put a desk that is not the end of the bed.

At the top of the range the gap goes the other way, and it is wide. Our 123 m² three-bedroom in Rama 9 is ฿277,200 a month. Our 120 m² three-bedroom in Asoke, three metres smaller, with a lake view over Benchakitti Park and two railways inside a kilometre, is ฿199,500. That is ฿77,700 a month, or ฿932,400 over a year, for a difference of three square metres. If a family of four or five is choosing on space and money alone, Asoke wins that comparison outright. Rama 9 wins it only if the reason you are in Bangkok sits at that interchange.

The five homes, and who each one is for

Two of the five are lofts in the same building and the other three are serviced flats in a tower by the station, which is why the list reads as two sets of prices rather than one ladder. One person, or a couple on a budget, should start with the 52 m² studio loft at ฿75,600. A family or two couples should look first at the 74 m² two-bedroom loft at ฿99,700 — it holds two bathrooms, an open kitchen with a stovetop and a dining table, and a loft that doubles as a hangout or an extra bed. The three serviced flats make sense when someone else is paying, or when housekeeping three times a week and a desk in every bedroom are not negotiable.

The bills are capped on three of the five

Water and electricity are included in the rent on all five, but three of them name the ceiling. The one-bedroom includes utilities up to ฿3,420 a month, the 90 m² two-bedroom up to ฿6,300 and the 123 m² three-bedroom up to ฿8,610. The two lofts include water and electricity without stating a cap. Anything above a stated allowance is billed at the published public tariff, the rate the Metropolitan Electricity Authority sets for the whole city, so no private rate is involved either way.

Whether a ceiling binds depends entirely on how long the air conditioning runs. A couple who are out all day will not reach ฿3,420; a family of five keeping three bedrooms cool through April may look hard at ฿8,610. Ask us what the building expects a flat of that size to use before you sign, not in week three.

A stated allowance is information, not a warning. Whether ฿3,420 or ฿8,610 covers your month turns on one thing: how many hours the air conditioning runs.

Two addresses under one district name

Rama 9 is a road and an interchange rather than a neat quarter, and our five homes are not all on the same corner of it. The three serviced flats sit together, 550 to 600 metres from MRT Phra Ram 9, which is a five to eight minute walk for most people and a shorter one than the distances we quote in Asoke. The two lofts are in a different building, further east, and one of them carries Bangkok Hospital in its title because that is the landmark it belongs to. Neither loft lists a walking distance to the MRT.

That absence is the thing to check rather than to assume. If you will walk to the platform twice a day, take one of the three at 550 to 600 metres. If the loft's floor space and price are what you came for, ask us for its exact position relative to the station before you book, and price a motorbike taxi or the Rama 9 road buses into the month if the answer is longer than you want to walk in May.

How to choose, in one message

Tell us how many of you there are, the dates, and the one address you must reach on a working morning. If that address is on the Blue Line or at the Rama 9 towers, we will tell you which of the five is free and what the calendar month comes to. If it turns out to be Thong Lo or Phrom Phong, we will say so and point you two stops west instead; our guide to where to live in Bangkok sets out what each district costs. Nothing is added at the end — no platform fee, no booking fee, no commission on top of the rent — and the minimum stay is one calendar month.

• Five homes in the district, from ฿75,600 to ฿277,200 a calendar month.
• Two lofts with the cheapest floor space we let on a railway line, and no station distance stated.
• Three serviced flats 550 to 600 m from MRT Phra Ram 9, with housekeeping three times a week and a stated cap on the bills.
• No BTS within walking distance: every Skytrain trip means a change at Sukhumvit or Si Lom.
• Asoke is two stops away and, at three bedrooms, ฿77,700 a month cheaper.

Frequently asked questions

How much is an apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9?

Ours run from ฿75,600 a month for a 52 m² studio loft to ฿277,200 for a 123 m² three-bedroom, with a 74 m² two-bedroom loft at ฿99,700, a serviced one-bedroom at ฿151,200 and a 90 m² serviced two-bedroom at ฿182,700. All five are furnished, let by the calendar month, and carry no platform or booking fee.

How far is Asoke from MRT Rama 9?

Two stops on the MRT Blue Line: Phra Ram 9, then Phetchaburi, then Sukhumvit, which is the same junction as BTS Asok. There is no change of train, so for anyone working in the Asoke or Sukhumvit office towers it is a single short ride each way.

Is Rama 9 cheaper than Asoke?

Only at the bottom of the range. Our Rama 9 entry price is ฿75,600 for a 52 m² studio loft against ฿72,500 for a 43 m² studio in Asoke, so you get nine more square metres for ฿3,100 a month. At three bedrooms it reverses: 123 m² in Rama 9 is ฿277,200 while 120 m² in Asoke, with a lake view, is ฿199,500.

Is there a BTS station near MRT Rama 9?

No BTS station is within walking distance. Phra Ram 9 is an underground Blue Line station, so Skytrain journeys start on the MRT and continue after a change at Sukhumvit, for the Sukhumvit Line, or Si Lom, for the Silom Line. The two systems have separate fares, so budget for both legs.

How close to the station are your Rama 9 homes?

The three serviced flats are 550 to 600 metres from MRT Phra Ram 9. The two lofts are in a separate building further east and do not list a distance to the station, so if the walk matters, ask us for their position before you book rather than assuming it.

Are the bills included in the rent?

Water and electricity are included on all five. Three state a monthly ceiling — ฿3,420 on the one-bedroom, ฿6,300 on the 90 m² two-bedroom and ฿8,610 on the 123 m² three-bedroom — with anything above it charged at the public tariff. The two lofts include both without naming a cap. Housekeeping comes three times a week.

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