Where Ekkamai is, and what the name covers
Ekkamai is Sukhumvit Soi 63 and the sois off it, inside Watthana district. It is the next major soi east of Thonglor, and the two are frequently written about as one place. On the ground they are not.
Worth knowing before you search: to most Thai speakers “Ekkamai” first means the Eastern Bus Terminal, which sits at the southern mouth of the soi beside the BTS station, not the residential street behind it. If you are asked whether you live “at Ekkamai”, that is usually the reference point being offered.
| The street | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| Sukhumvit Soi 63 (Ekkamai Road) | The spine, running north from Sukhumvit Road. Longer than Thonglor, and more residential the further up you go |
| Sukhumvit Road, at the southern mouth | BTS Ekkamai (Sukhumvit Line) and the Eastern Bus Terminal, side by side |
| The numbered Ekkamai side sois | Where most of the quieter residential stock sits |
| The eastern edge, toward Phra Khanong | Lower-rise, more local, and where the value belt begins |
Buildings, towers and current stock are on the Ekkamai area page.
What it is like to live there
Ekkamai reads as the calmer half of the Thonglor-Ekkamai pair. It has a real cafe and restaurant scene of its own, concentrated in the southern stretch, but it thins out into ordinary residential Bangkok as you move north — low-rise apartment blocks, townhouses, small shops, and noticeably fewer people who are here for the evening rather than because they live here.
That makes it a common landing spot for people who want Thonglor’s food and its BTS access without Thonglor’s permanent commercial hum outside the window. You are one station along the same line; you are not one street along the same intensity.
The east side, toward Phra Khanong, is where Ekkamai stops being a premium address and starts being a normal one. Some people move here for exactly that.
What is wrong with Ekkamai
| The problem | Why it happens |
|---|---|
| The soi is long and the station is at one end | Walkability drops steadily northward. The far end is a motorbike-taxi commute, every day, in both directions |
| Coach terminal traffic at the mouth | A working bus terminal generates arrivals, taxis and congestion at the Sukhumvit junction that a residential soi would not |
| One line, no interchange | BTS Ekkamai is on the Sukhumvit Line only. There is no MRT here, so a line problem is a road journey |
| Less street life the further you go | The cafes and restaurants are concentrated south. Northern Ekkamai is quiet in a way some people find flat |
| Rain and drainage | Central Sukhumvit sois can hold water in heavy rain. We have not measured Soi 63 - see the note below |
We have not surveyed drainage on Sukhumvit Soi 63 and will not quote a figure we did not take. Drainage in Bangkok is the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s remit; to assess one building rather than a whole street, use our flood-risk property checklist.
What it costs: we have no data here, and that is the answer
We carried no listings in Ekkamai on the day this page was written. Not a thin sample — none. So we have nothing of our own to report, and we are not going to lend you Thonglor’s single data point and call it Ekkamai, or reprint a portal’s average of its own asking prices. When we have stock here, this section will carry real numbers with a date on them.
What you can get today, from the Thai state rather than from a listings site:
| Official figure | What it is, and what it is not |
|---|---|
| Land and building appraisal value (Department of Lands / Treasury Department) | The state's own valuation for a specific plot or unit, searchable by the public. It underpins transfer taxes and fees. It is not a market price and is usually below one |
| REIC condominium price index, Bangkok and vicinity | The Real Estate Information Center's quarterly index for new condominiums under sale. Latest published quarter at the time of writing: Q2 of B.E. 2569, released 7 July 2026. Detailed figures require REIC membership |
Both are linked under Sources below. Once you have a building in mind the useful reading is how to negotiate rent in Thailand and how deposits work — an area average has never yet decided anybody’s actual lease.
Getting around from Ekkamai
BTS Ekkamai on the Sukhumvit Line is the anchor, at the Sukhumvit Road end. As on Thonglor, the honest question about any Ekkamai address is how you cover the stretch between your door and that station, twice a day, in the rain.
The Eastern Bus Terminal beside the station is a genuine advantage for anyone who leaves the city eastward often: you board where you live rather than crossing Bangkok to a terminal first.
We could not open the terminal operator’s own website from here on 6 September 2026 — the host presented an invalid certificate and the request was refused — so this page does not publish routes, destinations or departure times. Those are things you would act on, and a timetable copied from a third party is exactly how people miss coaches. Confirm them at the terminal or with the operator directly.
The rail network is mapped on Bangkok by BTS and MRT station; the wider picture is in getting around Bangkok.
Who Ekkamai suits
| Suits you if | Look elsewhere if |
|---|---|
| You want Thonglor's food and train access without living inside the noise | You want everything on your doorstep - southern Thonglor does that better |
| You leave Bangkok eastward often and value boarding where you live | A coach terminal at the end of your street sounds like a downside rather than a feature |
| You are willing to trade a longer walk for more space per baht further up the soi | You will not commit to a daily motorbike-taxi leg |
| You would consider drifting east toward Phra Khanong for value | You need a second rail line, an MRT interchange or a short reliable drive out |
Set it against the city as a whole in best neighbourhoods in Bangkok for expats, or compare two areas directly with the area comparison tool.
Frequently asked questions
Ekkamai is Sukhumvit Soi 63 and the sois running off it, in Watthana district, central Bangkok. It is the next major soi east of Thonglor. BTS Ekkamai on the Sukhumvit Line sits at the southern mouth, on Sukhumvit Road, and Bangkok's Eastern Bus Terminal - which is what most Thais mean by 'Ekkamai' - is beside it.
We do not know, and we are not going to guess. On 6 September 2026 BAANLYY carried no listings at all in Ekkamai, so we have no data of our own to publish. Rather than borrow Thonglor's number or repeat a portal average, we point you at the two figures the Thai state publishes: the Department of Lands and Treasury Department appraisal-value lookup for a specific address, and REIC's quarterly condominium price index for Bangkok and vicinity.
They are neighbouring sois off the same road and are often lumped together, but they are not the same to live on. Thonglor is denser, more commercial and more expensive along its whole length. Ekkamai is longer, more residential the further north you go, and carries the Eastern Bus Terminal at its mouth - which brings coach traffic and arrivals that Thonglor does not have. Ekkamai also runs closer to the Phra Khanong canal at its eastern edge.
It is a trade, not a disqualifier. A working coach terminal means traffic, arrivals at odd hours and a busier soi mouth than a purely residential street would have. It also means you can leave Bangkok eastward without crossing the city first. Buildings well up the soi feel very little of it; buildings at the southern end feel all of it. Visit the specific address at the specific hour you care about.
The southern third is. Ekkamai is a long soi and, like Thonglor, it has one BTS station at one end, so walkability falls away steadily as you move north. Residents at the far end rely on motorbike taxis from the soi mouth. Judge any Ekkamai address by the walk from its door to the station, at the time of day you would actually be making it.
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We publish what we actually have. The area page carries Ekkamai’s buildings and towers, and any listing the moment it goes live.
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Sources
- BTS SkyTrain (official) ↗
- Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) ↗
- Land and building appraisal-value lookup — Department of Lands & Treasury Department ↗Department of Lands and Treasury Department, Kingdom of Thailand · Accessed 6 September 2026
- Real Estate Information Center (REIC), Government Housing Bank, Thailand ↗
Official primary sources are listed above with the date we last checked them. Thai rules, fees, thresholds and procedures change and can be applied differently by individual offices and embassies — confirm the current requirement with the responsible authority before relying on it. General information only, not legal, tax or medical advice. BAANLYY never takes paid placement in editorial content.