Koh Chang rental market report 2026: rents & yield by area
The honest, data-scarce view of Koh Chang's rental market — compiled long-term rent ranges for White Sand Beach, Klong Prao, Kai Bae, Lonely Beach, Klong Son and Bang Bao, the island's November-April high season vs May-October low season swing, and a direct disclosure of why no official REIC transfer or yield benchmark exists for Trat province. Sourced and methodology-disclosed; indicative and educational, never investment advice.
5,000 - 75,000+ THB/moCompiled long-term bungalow/house/villa rent range, budget to premiumCompiled from Koh Chang long-stay accommodation guides and BAANLYY's own rental-market research -- no official REIC/CBRE/JLL rent benchmark exists for Trat province
No Trat-specific dataREIC's 2025 provincial foreign-transfer breakdownREIC's official 2025 data names Bangkok, Phuket, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Surat Thani individually; Trat province (which includes Koh Chang) is not broken out at all -- a genuine data gap, not a favorable or unfavorable figure being withheld
Nov - AprHigh season -- rates rise, short-stay demand returnsSouthwest monsoon low season runs roughly May-October, when some restaurants, bars and dive/boat operators close or cut hours and landlords discount to keep a property occupied
6-12 monthsLease length that unlocks the best monthly rateCompiled from Koh Chang long-term rental listings and owner practice; 3-6 month and seasonal leases carry a deposit premium
The one-line version
Koh Chang long-term rent runs a compiled 5,000-75,000+ THB/month island-wide depending on area and product, with White Sand Beach and Klong Prao commanding the top of that band, Kai Bae sitting mid-range, and Klong Son offering the island's best value. Unlike Bangkok, Phuket, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan or Surat Thani, Trat province (which includes Koh Chang) isn't broken out at all in REIC's official 2025 provincial foreign-buyer-transfer data — a structural data gap tied to the island's very limited condominium stock, not a hidden number. And as on Koh Tao, no official or even compiled independent gross-yield benchmark could be verified for Koh Chang — this report states that gap directly rather than inventing a number.
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Rent by area: White Sand Beach, Klong Prao, Kai Bae, Lonely Beach, Klong Son & Bang Bao
Indicative monthly rent ranges for a 6-12 month lease on a furnished home, compiled from BAANLYY's own Koh Chang rental-market research current as of mid-2026. No official area-by-area rent survey exists for Koh Chang or Trat province, so treat these as compiled guide ranges rather than a measured average:
Area
Studio / basic bungalow (THB)
1BR bungalow / house (THB)
Villa, 2-bed+ (THB)
White Sand Beach (Hat Sai Khao)
8,000-12,000
15,000-25,000
45,000-75,000+
Klong Prao
7,000-10,000
14,000-22,000
35,000-70,000+
Kai Bae
7,500-11,000
14,000-23,000
40,000-65,000+
Lonely Beach (Hat Tha Nam)
5,000-8,000
10,000-18,000
Rare above 30,000
Klong Son (ferry-pier valley)
Under 8,000
10,000-16,000
25,000-40,000
Bang Bao (fishing village)
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Essentially no long-term stock
There's no established network of long-term rental brokers on Koh Chang comparable to Bangkok or Phuket — most bungalows, houses and villas are let directly by the owner, with a handful of local agents in the mix. See BAANLYY's Koh Chang rental market guide for the full leasing process, lease terms and deposit norms beyond rent alone.
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The seasonal demand swing, and why Trat province is missing from REIC's 2025 data
Koh Chang's rental demand follows the same Gulf-of-Thailand resort seasonality as Thailand's other island markets — but at a provincial level, it's genuinely under-covered by Thailand's main official real-estate data source:
High season runs November-April, with the sharpest rate spikes on White Sand Beach, Klong Prao and Kai Bae around Christmas and New Year, as owners can earn more from short holiday stays than from a monthly tenant.
Low season runs roughly May-October — the southwest monsoon period when some restaurants, bars and boat operators close or cut hours, and landlords discount monthly rent to keep a property occupied. A 6-12 month lease spanning the full year locks in the lower, off-peak-equivalent rate instead of paying holiday pricing.
Trat province is absent from REIC's 2025 provincial foreign-transfer breakdown — the Real Estate Information Center's most recent official data names Bangkok (+9%), Phuket, Prachuap Khiri Khan (+66%), Surat Thani (+220%), and declines in Chonburi (-15%) and Chiang Mai (-28%) individually. Trat is not named in either direction. Nationally, foreign condo transfers fell roughly 14% over Jan-Sep 2025.
The likely reason is structural, not a hidden trend — REIC's transfer data is drawn from condominium unit transfers, and Koh Chang has very little condominium stock; its long-stay housing is almost entirely standalone bungalows, houses and villas. A market with few condo transfers doesn't generate a province-level headline figure the way Phuket or Surat Thani's condo-heavy markets do.
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Why no verified yield figure exists for Koh Chang
Every other BAANLYY rental market report in this series with an active condo market — Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya, Koh Samui — includes at least a compiled gross-yield range from independent property-advisory sources, even where no single official REIC, CBRE or JLL benchmark exists. For Koh Chang, as for Koh Tao, BAANLYY could not verify even that lighter-weight compiled estimate. Here's why the gap exists and what it means for anyone evaluating a Koh Chang property as an investment:
No verified yield benchmark exists for Trat province
Unlike Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya or Koh Samui, BAANLYY could not identify even a compiled, independent gross-yield estimate for Koh Chang or Trat province specifically -- official (REIC/CBRE/JLL) or informal advisory. Koh Chang is a genuinely thin real-estate-data market, and any yield figure quoted for it without a disclosed source should be treated with real skepticism.
A bungalow-and-villa economy, not a condo market
Koh Chang's long-stay housing stock is almost entirely standalone bungalows, houses and villas let directly by the owner -- genuine condominium stock on the island is very limited. That makes the standard price-per-sqm-to-rent yield model used for Phuket, Pattaya or Koh Samui condo towers a poor fit for most of Koh Chang's actual rental supply.
Ownership structure and regulatory caution
Much of Koh Chang's rental stock sits on land held via a registered lease or Thai company structure rather than foreign condominium freehold, given the island's limited condo stock. Thailand-wide regulatory scrutiny of nominee-ownership company structures has intensified in 2026 (named cases so far cluster on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan, not Trat province) -- verify any purchase or long lease structure with independent legal counsel before treating a Koh Chang property as a yield-generating investment.
If you're evaluating Koh Chang as a rental investment
Underwrite from the compiled rent ranges in Section 01 against a specific property's actual purchase price and running costs, rather than relying on any headline "yield" figure quoted to you informally — none could be independently verified for this market. Get independent legal review of land or company ownership structure before purchase, and treat any sub-30-day short-term rental plan as subject to Thailand's Hotel Act licensing requirements, the same exposure flagged in BAANLYY's Phuket and Koh Samui Rental Market Reports 2026.
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Methodology and source tiers
This report leans more heavily on BAANLYY's own compiled research than BAANLYY's larger-market reports, disclosed here for transparency:
Official government data — REIC (Real Estate Information Center, Government Housing Bank) 2025 provincial foreign-buyer-transfer data, which names Bangkok, Phuket, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Surat Thani individually but does not break out Trat province (Section 02) — a disclosed gap, not a suppressed figure.
Compiled market research — long-term bungalow, house and villa rent ranges by area (Section 01) are compiled from BAANLYY's own Koh Chang rental-market guide research current as of mid-2026. No official area-specific or islandwide rent survey could be verified for Koh Chang — a materially thinner sourcing tier than BAANLYY's Bangkok, Phuket or Koh Samui reports, which draw on REIC, CBRE, JLL or C9 Hotelworks official research.
Disclosed data gap — no gross-yield estimate, official or compiled, could be verified for Koh Chang specifically (Section 03). This report states that gap directly rather than adapting a Phuket or Koh Samui yield range to fit, which would misrepresent a genuinely different, bungalow-and-villa rental market as a conventional condo-investment one.
None of these tiers substitutes for a professional valuation, current listing data for a specific property, independent legal review, or official statistics from REIC or the Bank of Thailand. This report is educational market intelligence, not investment advice.
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Frequently asked
What does it cost to rent long-term on Koh Chang in 2026?It depends heavily on area, product and season. Compiled from BAANLYY's own Koh Chang rental-market research, a studio or basic bungalow on a 6-12 month lease runs roughly 5,000-12,000 THB/month, a one-bedroom bungalow or small house runs 10,000-25,000 THB/month, and a larger house or villa (2-bed-plus) runs from around 25,000 THB up to 75,000 THB or more on the main beach strips. White Sand Beach and Klong Prao sit at the top of that range; Klong Son and Lonely Beach offer the island's best value; Bang Bao, a working stilted fishing village, has essentially no long-term rental stock at all.
Is there an official REIC, CBRE or JLL rent or yield benchmark for Koh Chang or Trat province, like there is for Bangkok, Phuket or Koh Samui?No. BAANLYY could not identify any official industry-research or government benchmark specific to Koh Chang or Trat province -- not a rent-per-sqm figure, not a gross-yield estimate, not an occupancy survey. REIC's 2025 provincial foreign-buyer-transfer data names Bangkok, Phuket, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Surat Thani individually; Trat is not broken out in any of the published figures BAANLYY could verify. Every number in this report is disclosed by source tier in the Methodology section below, and none should be treated as an official statistic.
Why isn't Koh Chang included in REIC's 2025 foreign-buyer-transfer figures the way Phuket or Surat Thani are?REIC publishes its most detailed foreign-transfer breakdowns for the provinces with the largest condominium markets, since the data is drawn from condo unit transfers. Koh Chang (Trat province) has very little condominium stock -- its long-stay housing is almost entirely bungalows, houses and villas -- so it doesn't generate the transfer volume that produces a province-level headline figure the way Phuket, Chonburi or Surat Thani do. That's a structural reason for the data gap, not evidence the market is shrinking or growing; it simply isn't the kind of market REIC's condo-transfer methodology captures well.
Which area of Koh Chang is best for renting -- White Sand Beach, Klong Prao, Kai Bae or Lonely Beach?It depends on what you want. White Sand Beach is the main tourist strip with the widest amenities and the highest rents. Klong Prao has the island's longest beach and more upscale resort-style long-stay bungalows at a similar price point. Kai Bae is central, mixed-budget, and known for its sunset. Lonely Beach is the backpacker and budget hub with the lowest rents but relatively few units formally listed for monthly rent. Klong Son, a quiet valley near the ferry piers with no beach frontage, is the island's best overall value. No area-specific official rent survey could be verified for any of the six areas -- the ranges above are compiled from BAANLYY's own Koh Chang rental-market research, not precise averages.
Indicative, educational market data only — not investment, legal or tax advice. Koh Chang rents, prices and demand vary by property, area and season and change over time; verify current figures with a licensed agent, appraiser or property manager before relying on them. BAANLYY never takes paid placement.
REIC's 2025 provincial foreign-transfer figures (Section 02) name Bangkok, Phuket, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Surat Thani individually -- Trat province (which includes Koh Chang) is not broken out, a disclosed data gap rather than a suppressed figure. Long-term rent-by-area figures (Section 01) are compiled from BAANLYY's own Koh Chang rental-market guide research current as of mid-2026, disclosed as such. No official or compiled gross-yield benchmark could be verified for Koh Chang specifically (Section 03) -- a genuine data gap disclosed directly rather than adapted from a different island's figures.