Long term rental in Bangkok, Thailand: pick the line, then the flat

Planning a long term rental in Bangkok Thailand? Compare real monthly rents area by area, the BTS and MRT lines they sit on, and book by the month.

By Jumphot Srisomsap · 27 September 2026

Search for a long term rental in Bangkok Thailand from abroad and you get two sorts of result: hotel suites priced by the night with a monthly figure bolted on afterwards, and year-long unfurnished leases that want a two-month deposit and furniture you would have to buy. There is a third market in between, and it is the one most people arriving for three months or a year actually need — a furnished home let by the calendar month.

This guide maps that market by area. Every price below is what one of the 139 furnished homes we let by the month costs today, not an average and not an estimate, and every area is placed on the rail line you would ride out of it each morning.

What long term means in the Bangkok monthly market

Here, long term starts at one calendar month. That is the minimum stay in every area, and the rent quoted is the rent paid: no platform fee, no booking fee, nothing added at checkout.

The homes are furnished and ready to live in, and most sit inside managed condominium buildings with a pool and a gym downstairs. A good number are serviced, which means housekeeping and linen are inside the monthly rate rather than an extra line on the bill. A few come with breakfast, and a few with a 200 Mbps line for people who work from the desk in the corner.

• Minimum stay: one calendar month, in all ten areas.
• No platform fee and no booking fee — the monthly rent is the whole rent.
• Furnished throughout: bed, sofa, wardrobe, kitchen, air conditioning and Wi-Fi.
• Serviced buildings carry housekeeping in the rate; a handful include breakfast.
• Rents run from ฿46,600 a month for a Rama 4 studio to ฿378,000 for a high-floor penthouse in Asoke.

Ten central areas, and what the floor costs in each

Bangkok is not expensive or cheap as a city. It is expensive or cheap by the station. The table shows the entry price in each of our areas, how many homes we hold there, and the station or line the cheapest one sits on.

Read those floors carefully, because they are not a ranking of the areas. Thonglor looks cheap at ฿51,700 because that money buys a 32 m² studio a fifteen-minute walk from the station. A serviced 95 m² two-bedroom fifty metres from BTS Thong Lo, in the same district, is ฿236,300 a month. The address tells you very little; the walk and the floor area tell you almost everything.

Choose the line before you choose the soi

Bangkok traffic makes distance meaningless and rail lines decisive. Four kilometres can be eight minutes on the Skytrain or fifty in a taxi at six in the evening, so the single decision that shapes a long stay is which line you live on and how far you walk to reach it.

• BTS Sukhumvit Line, eastern half (Nana, Asok, Phrom Phong, Thong Lo, Ekkamai, Phra Khanong, On Nut): Sukhumvit, Asoke, Thonglor, Ekkamai, On Nut and our Rama 4 homes.
• BTS Sukhumvit Line, western end (Chit Lom, Phloen Chit): most of Central Bangkok, plus the Lumpini homes near Phloen Chit.
• BTS Silom Line (Sala Daeng, National Stadium): Sathon, and the Lumpini and Central Bangkok homes around Sala Daeng.
• MRT Blue Line (Sukhumvit, Queen Sirikit, Si Lom, Lumphini, Phra Ram 9): Asoke, Rama 9 and the Sathon–Lumpini side of town.
• Interchanges worth knowing: BTS Asok with MRT Sukhumvit, BTS Sala Daeng with MRT Si Lom, and Siam between the two BTS lines.

Both operators publish their own maps, fares and first and last trains, and both are worth ten minutes before you shortlist anything: the BTS Skytrain and the MRT underground. Check where your office, school or hospital sits on them, then rent within walking distance of that line.

If the flat is more than about ten minutes' walk from a station, you will end up in taxis — and the rent you saved goes to the meter instead.

Which area suits which kind of stay

Asoke is the working answer. It is where the offices, the interchange and the serviced studios are: thirteen homes from ฿72,500 a month, including a 43 m² studio with a proper desk and one-bedrooms wired at 200 Mbps for ฿126,000. If your days are meetings and calls, the twenty minutes a day you save at an interchange add up over a year.

Thonglor and Ekkamai are the settling-in answer, and they are the same street a kilometre apart. Thonglor has twenty-nine homes and the restaurants; Ekkamai is quieter and cheaper, with seven homes from ฿61,700 and the only pet-friendly buildings on the eastern side of town.

Sathon and Lumpini are where space is cheapest per square metre. A 160 m² three-bedroom with a sky view near BTS Sala Daeng is ฿119,700 a month, and a 140 m² three-bedroom in Sathon is ฿132,300 — figures that buy a two-bedroom of half the size on Sukhumvit. Lumpini Park is the one place in central Bangkok where running outdoors is realistic.

On Nut and Rama 4 are the budget answer, and neither is a compromise on transport. On Nut has four homes from ฿54,200, the cheapest of them 350 metres from the station; Rama 4 starts at ฿46,600 for a studio with housekeeping, 900 metres from BTS Phra Khanong. Both put you on the same Sukhumvit Line as Thonglor for roughly half the rent.

Central Bangkok — Chit Lom, Phloen Chit, Sala Daeng — is the answer for people who want the shops, Siam and the big hospitals at the end of a short walk. Twenty-seven homes, from ฿66,800 for a serviced 80 m² two-bedroom. If you are still weighing the districts against each other rather than the buildings, our longer piece on where to live in Bangkok goes area by area on daily life rather than rent.

What to settle before you fly

Most of the work happens before you land, and it is mostly a matter of asking four questions rather than browsing more photographs.

• How many months? One is the minimum, and the monthly rate is the same whether you take one month or six, so you can start short and extend in the same home.
• Serviced or not? Housekeeping, linen and sometimes breakfast inside the rate change what a figure really means when you compare two buildings.
• How far is the station, in metres? Ask for the number, not the phrase "near BTS". Three hundred metres and 1.4 kilometres are different lives.
• Anything non-negotiable — a pet, a desk, two bathrooms, a bathtub? Say it first; it usually cuts a hundred homes down to a handful.

On the paperwork side, keep two things separate. The rental is simple and monthly, and what a monthly rate includes is set out in our guide to serviced apartment rates in Bangkok. Your permitted length of stay is a different matter entirely, it depends on your nationality and your entry route, and the rules change — the Thai Immigration Bureau is the only source worth relying on for that.

Once you know the line, the number of months and the budget, the shortlist gets short very quickly. Set a price ceiling, pick a station, and compare the furnished homes we have in that area — then take the one you can walk home to.

Frequently asked questions

What is the shortest long term rental in Bangkok?

One calendar month. That is the minimum stay across all ten of our areas, and the rate per month does not change if you stay longer, so you can arrive on a single month and extend in the same home rather than committing to a year before you know the city.

How much does a long term rental in Bangkok cost per month?

Furnished homes start at ฿46,600 a month in Rama 4, ฿51,700 in Thonglor and ฿52,900 on Sukhumvit. A comfortable central one-bedroom sits between ฿85,000 and ฿130,000, two-bedrooms of 90 to 140 m² run ฿120,000 to ฿210,000, and the top of the market reaches ฿378,000 for a high-floor penthouse in Asoke.

Which area is best for a first long stay in Bangkok?

Asoke or Sukhumvit around Phrom Phong, because both sit on an interchange or close to one and you can reach most of the city without learning it first. If rent matters more than the address, On Nut from ฿54,200 and Rama 4 from ฿46,600 are on the same Skytrain line for roughly half the money.

Are there booking fees or agency fees on a monthly rental?

No. There is no platform fee and no booking fee, so the monthly rent you are quoted is the amount you pay. Serviced buildings also carry housekeeping and linen inside that figure, which is worth checking building by building when you compare two rents.

Can I arrange a long term rental in Bangkok before I arrive?

Yes, and it is the normal way to do it. Tell us the month you land, how many months you want, your budget and the station you need to be near, and the home is furnished and ready on the day you walk in — no furniture to buy, no utilities to connect.

Which areas allow pets?

Ekkamai and Sathon hold our pet-friendly buildings: Ekkamai from ฿91,800 a month for a pet-friendly home 550 metres from BTS Ekkamai, and Sathon from ฿78,100 for a pet-friendly one-bedroom. Pets are set building by building, so raise it before you shortlist rather than after.

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