Bangkok condo for rent long term: choosing the area you will actually live in
Bangkok condo for rent long term: ten central areas compared on rent, space and commute, from ฿46,600 a month, no booking fee. Browse homes by area.
By Jumphot Srisomsap · 26 September 2026
Search Bangkok condo for rent long term and the results split in two. On one side are year-long leases where you buy your own furniture, wait for the electricity to be connected and hand over a two-month deposit. On the other are nightly platforms that quote a monthly total with a booking fee bolted onto it.
This guide is about the middle: a furnished condo let by the calendar month, taken for as many months as you need, in ten central areas. The minimum stay is one calendar month, a long stay is simply more of those months on the same home, and no platform or booking fee is added to the rent. Every figure below belongs to a home we currently let.
What follows is a neighbourhood comparison rather than a price list, because over six months or a year the area decides more about your day than the apartment does.
What long term means on a monthly contract
- Rent is quoted for one calendar month. A stay that begins on the 9th ends on the 9th, and a long stay is the same figure repeated for as many months as you book.
- There is no platform fee and no booking fee at any length of stay, so the number on the listing is the number you pay.
- The home is furnished and working on the day you arrive: bed, kitchen, washing machine, Wi-Fi. Nothing to buy, nothing to connect, nothing to sell again when you leave.
- Housekeeping, breakfast and stated internet speeds differ building by building, and they are written on each listing rather than implied by the word "serviced".
- Because you are not signing a fixed year, you can change area after a few months. Most people who do it move for the commute, not the flat.
Ten central areas, and what a long stay starts at
The table shows the cheapest furnished home we let in each area, the walk to its station, and the thing about that area that matters most once you are staying rather than visiting.
| area | from | note | station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rama 4 | ฿46,600 | 6 homes. The most floor space per baht on our list; a modern studio with housekeeping and Wi-Fi included. | BTS Phra Khanong 900 m |
| Thonglor | ฿51,700 | 29 homes. Cafés, late food and the deepest choice of serviced buildings; the cheap end is the long walk from the station. | BTS Thong Lo 1.4 km |
| Sukhumvit | ฿52,900 | 30 homes. The broadest spread we have, from 35 m² studios off Sukhumvit 71 to 213 m² apartments by BTS Nana. | No station distance listed |
| On Nut | ฿54,200 | 4 homes. Markets, cheap food and a 38 m² separate bedroom for the price of a studio further in. | BTS On Nut 350 m |
| Ekkamai | ฿61,700 | 7 homes. Quieter than Thonglor next door, and where most of our pet-friendly apartments are. | BTS Phra Khanong 750 m |
| Central Bangkok | ฿66,800 | 27 homes. Chit Lom, Phrom Phong and Sala Daeng: the shortest commutes and the fewest bargains. | BTS Thong Lo 200 m |
| Asoke | ฿72,500 | 13 homes. Where the BTS and the MRT cross, with Benchakitti Park for the evenings. | MRT Queen Sirikit 1.0 km |
| Rama 9 | ฿75,600 | 5 homes. The office side of town on the MRT, away from the Sukhumvit crowds. | No station distance listed |
| Sathon | ฿78,100 | 8 homes. Business district by day, quiet at night, and large apartments at ฿132,300. | No station distance listed |
| Lumpini | ฿85,700 | 10 homes. A short list of big apartments with the park on your doorstep. | BTS Sala Daeng 700 m |
The spread from ฿46,600 to ฿85,700 is not a difference in building quality. It is a longer walk, a quieter road, and a station one or two stops further out on the same line. The Rama 4 studio at ฿46,600 is nine hundred metres from BTS Phra Khanong and still on the Sukhumvit line.
Choosing for a year, not a week
A short stay is forgiving. Over a long one you repeat everything: the same walk to the station twice a day, the same supermarket, the same soi that floods after heavy rain, the same desk five hundred times.
On a long stay the address is a commute, a supermarket and a walk home after dark. The apartment is only the part you can photograph.
Asoke and Central Bangkok are the answer when the commute is fixed and short. Asoke has thirteen homes from ฿72,500 and is where the two railways meet, which means most of the city is one change away; Central Bangkok's twenty-seven homes start at ฿66,800 and cluster around Chit Lom, Phrom Phong and Sala Daeng. You pay for that convenience, and on a long stay it is usually the right thing to pay for.
Thonglor and Ekkamai are for people who want the neighbourhood itself to be the evening. Thonglor's twenty-nine homes run from ฿51,700 to ฿299,000 — the full range of central Bangkok inside one district — and the price mostly tracks the walk: a 32 m² unit 1.4 km from BTS Thong Lo is ฿51,700, while a 45 m² serviced studio 440 m from the station is ฿97,750. Ekkamai's seven homes are the quieter version of the same idea, from ฿61,700, and they include our pet-friendly apartments at ฿91,800 for a studio, ฿107,700 for a one-bedroom and ฿153,700 for a two-bedroom, all 550 m from BTS Ekkamai.
Sathon and Lumpini suit long stays that need to be calm. Sathon's eight homes start at ฿78,100 with a pet-friendly one-bedroom, and its 140 m² apartments are ฿132,300 — a lot of room for a district full of offices. Lumpini is ten homes from ฿85,700, the shortest list here, and the reason to take one is the park: a long stay is where somewhere to run before breakfast starts to matter more than a rooftop pool.
On Nut, Rama 4 and Rama 9 are the value end. On Nut has four homes from ฿54,200 and a 350 m walk to the BTS. Rama 4's six homes start at ฿46,600 and go up to a 180 m² three-bedroom at ฿151,200. Rama 9's five homes begin at ฿75,600 by the MRT, which is the right side of town if you work there and the wrong one if you do not. Sukhumvit, with thirty homes from ฿52,900, overlaps all of them — it is less an area than a thirty-station spine.
Where long-term money buys floor space
Over a long stay the second room stops being a luxury and starts being the difference between working at a table and working on a bed. The cheapest way to see what space actually costs is to compare inside one area rather than across the city.
- Lumpini: a 39 m² one-bedroom near BTS Phloen Chit is ฿86,900, while a 160 m² three-bedroom near BTS Sala Daeng is ฿119,700. Four times the floor space for ฿32,800 a month more.
- On Nut: ฿54,200 for a 38 m² one-bedroom, ฿60,500 for a two-bedroom, ฿103,300 for a serviced three-bedroom — all within 350 m of the station.
- Rama 4: ฿65,500 for a 70 m² one-bedroom, ฿107,100 for a 120 m² two-bedroom, ฿151,200 for a 180 m² serviced three-bedroom.
- Ekkamai: a 49 m² deluxe studio is ฿61,700 and a 140 m² two-bedroom serviced apartment is ฿119,700, both a 750 m walk to BTS Phra Khanong.
- Sukhumvit 71: ฿52,900 for 35 m², ฿70,600 for a 50 m² one-bedroom, ฿105,800 for a 75 m² two-bedroom — the same ladder, three rungs.
The pattern holds everywhere on the list: within one building or one street, extra square metres are cheap, and the postcode is expensive. If you are staying long enough to need a spare room or a proper desk, the 160 m² three-bedroom at Lumpini for ฿119,700 costs less per month than plenty of one-bedrooms two stations away.
The commute you will make several hundred times
Pick the railway line before you pick the flat. In this heat, 350 m and 1.4 km are two completely different walks, and on a long stay you make the shorter one every working day. Open the route maps for the BTS Skytrain and the MRT, find the station you will use on a Tuesday morning, and shortlist outwards from it.
After the line, it is temperament rather than budget. Our longer comparison of where to live in Bangkok goes area by area on noise, commute and daily life, which is the part of a long stay that no floor plan shows you.
Paperwork on a long stay
Thai law asks the owner or possessor of a property to notify the authorities when a foreign national stays there. In practice the landlord or the building does it, and you are asked for a copy of your passport at check-in — the same as for a single month.
Separately, foreigners whose permission to stay runs past ninety consecutive days are asked to file an address notification of their own, and to repeat it every ninety days. Whether that applies to you depends on the permission in your passport rather than on the apartment; the rules are published by the Immigration Bureau. A monthly contract does not change them either way.
Shortlisting a long-term condo
Decide the station, then the number of rooms, then the budget — in that order. Over six months or a year, a home that is right about the commute and roomy enough to work in beats a smarter address you have to leave every time you need a table.
- Measure the walk to the station on a map, not by the area's name. Thonglor covers everything from 440 m to 1.6 km from BTS Thong Lo.
- Check the table and the chair in the photographs before the view. On a long stay you will sit there most days.
- If you have a pet, start with the buildings that allow one and work backwards to the area, because that list is short.
- Ask what electricity is capped at and what is charged above the cap. It is where two similar-looking quotes usually differ over several months.
- If your dates are immovable, ask early about the small lists: On Nut has four homes, Rama 9 five and Rama 4 six.
When two or three areas are on your list, you can filter every furnished home we let by the month by area, size and price, and send us your dates. The minimum stay is one calendar month, a long stay is as many of those as you want on one home, and the rent on the listing is the whole price.
Frequently asked questions
Can I rent a condo in Bangkok long term without signing a one-year lease?
Yes. Rents here are quoted by the calendar month with a one-month minimum, so a long stay is several of those months on the same furnished home. You are not committing to a fixed year, and you can extend or change area as your plans settle.
How much does a long-term condo rental in Bangkok cost?
Entry rents across the ten central areas run from ฿46,600 a month on Rama 4 to ฿85,700 a month at Lumpini. A comfortable one-bedroom near a station in Sukhumvit, Ekkamai or Asoke usually sits between ฿70,000 and ฿100,000 a month, furnished and serviced.
Which Bangkok area is best for a long stay?
Asoke and Central Bangkok for the shortest commute, Thonglor and Ekkamai for cafés and evenings, Sathon and Lumpini for quiet and floor space, and On Nut, Rama 4 or Rama 9 when you want the most room for the money. Sukhumvit overlaps most of them and has the widest choice, with 30 homes from ฿52,900.
Is long-term rent cheaper per month than a short stay?
The rent printed on each listing is the monthly price at any length of stay, and no platform or booking fee is added. What a long stay changes is what your budget is worth: people staying six months or more usually spend the same money on more space rather than a smarter postcode.
Are long-term condos in Bangkok furnished?
Every home is furnished and working on arrival, including the kitchen, washing machine and Wi-Fi, so there is nothing to buy at the start and nothing to sell at the end. Housekeeping, breakfast and internet speeds vary by building and are listed on each home.
Can I keep a pet in a long-term rental in Bangkok?
Some buildings allow it and most do not, so it narrows the search rather than ending it. Our pet-friendly apartments are mainly in Ekkamai, from ฿91,800 for a studio to ฿153,700 for a two-bedroom, and in Sathon from ฿78,100.
