Unbelievably a great place to live! Forget Pattaya downtown and go for Jomtiem instead, with a more family-oriented enviroment, delicious street food and russian/scandinavian communities. You can live in great places with seaview paying less than you would pay for a regular place in Bangkok, with all the traffic and pollution. Also, Koh Larn island, an island 20 minutes far by boat is a gift, with pristine and clean beaches like the most famous islands in Thailand.
Nomad Guide of Pattaya
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Cost of Living in Pattaya
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Cost of Living for Expats :
$1,204/mo
Cost of Living for Nomads :
$1,461/mo
Cost of Living for Families :
$3,232/mo
Cost of Living for Local :
$923/mo
Cost of coffee :
$1.98
Rent for 1 bedroom :
$810/mo
Dinner:
$3.09
Beer :
$1.87
Coca Cola :
$1.36
Tax for 50k income :
$
Tax for 100k income :
$
Tax for 250k income :
$
Pros and Cons Living in Pattaya
Like many other cities Pattaya have a lot of advantages to offer its residents and visitors, but it also has its fair share of drawbacks. We have made this pros and cons table to help you better vizualize them.
Pros
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
Cons
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Nomad List members didn't like going here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
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Security and Crime in Pattaya
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Polution and Air Quality in Pattaya
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Reviews of Pattaya - Feedback from travelers
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Unbelievably a great place to live! Forget Pattaya downtown and go for Jomtiem instead, with a more family-oriented enviroment, delicious street food and russian/scandinavian communities. You can live in great places with seaview paying less than you would pay for a regular place in Bangkok, with all the traffic and pollution. Also, Koh Larn island, an island 20 minutes far by boat is a gift, with pristine and clean beaches like the most famous islands in Thailand.
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I've lived in Pattaya for 10 of my 19 years in Thailand. I am an old guy not paying sex workers for sex. If you don't want to see the nasty bits, don't go to those places. If you want to chillout, eat fresh seafood and enjoy blistering internet speeds, then welcome. Every morning when I wake up Pattaya is better than it was when I went to sleep. If you want to have some real city life, BKK is just 2 hours away. Some of you youngsters sure are prudes.
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What's wrong with that? Why is that being looked at negativity? For "first world" "civilized" countries like U.S. with illegal prostitution being one of the top 5 countries with the highest rape rates in the world, maybe they need to learn a thing or 2 from Pattaya.
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Sexpat capital of the world. It's just really mostly lots and lots and lots of sex workers and old guys paying them for sex. Avoid if you want to nomad or travel here. They're trying to change it but that's going to take awhile.