Burn rate

How long can you actually stay?

Enter your savings, passive income, lifestyle, and city to see your runway with and without passive income, then compare it against the rest of the shortlist.

Use this page when the real question is not "can I afford it today?" but "how long can I survive there without deluding myself?"

Savings amount (USD)Monthly passive income (USD)Lifestyle levelCity

Selected city

Bangkok

Monthly burn

$925

With passive income included.

Burn without passive income

$925

Runway with passive income

32.4 months

2.7 years

Runway without passive income

32.4 months

2.7 years

Trust & source quality

Why this burn-rate estimate looks this way

Selected lifestyle budget

Small 1BR or amenity condo in value BTS/MRT neighborhoods, mixed food, transit plus some Grab, and lean private-health buffer. Recalibrated after May 2026 listing scan.

Open source

medium confidenceUpdated 2026-05-14

Concrete price anchors

Bangkok coworking memberships from 2026 expat cost guides Source: AIS Fibre home internet plans + 2 cross-check.

Open source

medium confidenceUpdated 2026-04-25

Tax & friction context

Revenue Department PIT rules plus relocation synthesis around long-stay admin, Apr 2026.

medium confidenceUpdated 2026-04-25

Compare cities

Bangkok

Runway with passive

32.4 months

Chiang Mai

Runway with passive

31.6 months

Da Nang

Runway with passive

30.0 months

Hanoi

Runway with passive

27.3 months

Batumi

Runway with passive

26.1 months

Burn rate takeaway

If runway is the priority, start with Bangkok

It currently gives you the longest runway from the cities compared under the same savings, passive income, and lifestyle assumptions.

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