Rayong
- Population
- 107,000
- Coordinates
- 12.68ยฐ N, 101.26ยฐ E
- Time zone
- Asia/Bangkok
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $906 a month in Rayong, rent included: 85% less than in New York. The average net salary is $763 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%55
- Safetycountry20%57
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%67
- Air quality10%78
- Connectivitycountry10%65
- Cost10%76
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Thailand
- #10
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #819
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Rayong | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $2.99 | $25.00 | โ88% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $17.95 | $140 | โ87% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $7.03 | $14.00 | โ50% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $1.80 | $8.00 | โ78% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.99 | $10.00 | โ70% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $1.65 | $6.37 | โ74% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.53 | $3.80 | โ86% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.27 | $2.89 | โ91% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.90 | $1.36 | +40% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.35 | $4.68 | โ71% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.50 | $6.97 | โ78% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.59 | $5.73 | โ55% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $17.37 | $17.38 | 0% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $2.84 | $15.11 | โ81% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $13.46 | $17.77 | โ24% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.35 | $6.11 | โ45% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.82 | $2.20 | โ17% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.20 | $5.77 | โ62% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.94 | $6.25 | โ69% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.74 | $3.47 | โ50% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.54 | $4.17 | โ63% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.26 | $2.72 | โ54% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.54 | $2.50 | โ78% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $14.96 | $20.00 | โ25% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.78 | $3.21 | โ45% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.26 | $3.96 | โ18% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $4.49 | $19.00 | โ76% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | โ | $3.00 | โ |
| Monthly pass, regular price | โ | $140 | โ |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $1.05 | $3.00 | โ65% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.20 | $2.18 | โ45% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $5.98 | $42.00 | โ86% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.37 | $1.10 | +25% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $31,416 | $35,458 | โ11% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $27,272 | $25,309 | +8% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mยฒ apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | โ | โ | โ |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $14.54 | $73.50 | โ80% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $11.97 | $71.93 | โ83% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $67.32 | $126 | โ47% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $17.95 | $62.38 | โ71% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $6.73 | $23.00 | โ71% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $545 | $3,366 | โ84% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $17,083 | $60,589 | โ72% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $29.92 | $72.80 | โ59% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $43.24 | $53.22 | โ19% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $97.24 | $118 | โ17% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $74.80 | $125 | โ40% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $419 | $4,417 | โ91% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $299 | $3,033 | โ90% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | โ | $9,242 | โ |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | โ | $5,461 | โ |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | โ | $18,759 | โ |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $1,998 | $6,523 | โ69% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $763 | $5,178 | โ85% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.25% | 6.49% | โ1.2 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | โ | $419 | $763 |
| Aug 2026 | โ | $426 | $777 |
| Jun 2026 | โ | โ | โ |
| May 2026 | โ | $431 | $785 |
| Mar 2026 | โ | $425 | $774 |
| Jan 2026 | โ | $452 | $823 |
| Dec 2025 | โ | $440 | $801 |
| Nov 2025 | โ | $432 | $785 |
| Oct 2025 | โ | $415 | $838 |
| Jul 2025 | โ | $413 | $1,009 |
| May 2025 | โ | $407 | $882 |
| Apr 2025 | โ | $405 | $876 |
| Mar 2025 | โ | $398 | $862 |
| Feb 2025 | โ | $397 | $876 |
| Jan 2025 | โ | $401 | $900 |
| Dec 2024 | โ | $394 | $884 |
| Nov 2024 | โ | $394 | $884 |
| Oct 2024 | โ | $400 | $898 |
| Sep 2024 | โ | $408 | $916 |
| Aug 2024 | โ | $418 | $855 |
| Jul 2024 | โ | $405 | $826 |
| Jun 2024 | โ | $404 | $825 |
| May 2024 | โ | $404 | $823 |
| Apr 2024 | โ | $405 | $832 |
| Mar 2024 | โ | $409 | $845 |
| Feb 2024 | โ | $399 | $847 |
| Jan 2024 | โ | $400 | $866 |
| Dec 2023 | โ | $262 | $863 |
| Nov 2023 | โ | $257 | $839 |
| Oct 2023 | โ | $257 | $831 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Thailand's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Rayong yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Rayong. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Rayong on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 28.0 ยฐC
- Warmest monthMay
- 29.3 ยฐC
- Coldest monthDecember
- 26.7 ยฐC
- Rain a year
- 2,064 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 78%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 5.1 kWh/mยฒ
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 12
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 ยฐC
- 67
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 52
- PM2.5
- 11.5ยตg/mยณ, mean
- Air score
- 780-100
Internet
Thailand median; city not listed- Upload
- 242Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 6ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 134Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 20ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Rayong yet.
Cities like Rayong
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 19Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 8 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 89%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026