The area-level data view of Songkhla's rental market — rents in the Old Town, Samila Beach, Ko Yo and the University & Naval Quarter, Numbeo-compiled benchmarks, the Songkhla-Hat Yai twin-city rental dynamic, and a disclosed-methodology look at gross yield. Sourced and methodology-disclosed; indicative and educational, never investment advice.
Songkhla apartment rent runs roughly 7,000-12,000 THB/month for a one-bedroom near Samila Beach -- the city's newest stock -- versus 4,500-9,000 THB/month in the Old Town, Ko Yo or the University/Naval Quarter. Numbeo's citywide crowdsourced data (20 entries, last updated 23 November 2025) puts the city-centre median at roughly 8,000 THB/month. As with BAANLYY's Hat Yai report, no dedicated official industry research or province-specific REIC transfer breakout could be identified for Songkhla -- both gaps are disclosed rather than estimated, and Numbeo itself publishes no yield or price-per-square-foot figures for Songkhla at all.
Numbeo does not break its Songkhla data down by area -- only a single citywide city-centre/outside-centre split. The area-level ranges below are BAANLYY's own compiled estimate, built by mapping each area's known housing stock and tenant profile (from our Songkhla hub research) onto Numbeo's citywide bands, rather than independently verified per-area figures:
| Area | Typical monthly rent (THB) | Product type | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town (Bo Yang) | 5,000 - 9,000 | Shophouse / apartment (studio-1 bed) | The walkable historic core of Sino-Portuguese shophouses, revived by a resident-led restoration since 2009. Rental stock leans older shophouse conversions over purpose-built condos -- character over amenities. |
| Samila Beach | 7,000 - 12,000 | Condo / apartment (studio-1 bed) | Songkhla's newest and best-appointed apartment stock, beneath Tang Kuan Hill and next to the Golden Mermaid statue. The closest thing the city has to a City-Centre-grade rental product, and priced closest to the top of Numbeo's citywide range. |
| Ko Yo (Koh Yo Island) | 4,500 - 7,500 | House / apartment (studio-1 bed) | The quiet, rural option reached via the Tinsulanonda Bridge -- known for its centuries-old handloom weaving rather than a rental-apartment market. Thin supply; expect houses and small local blocks over dedicated condo buildings. |
| University & Naval Quarter | 5,000 - 8,500 | Apartment / house (studio-1 bed) | The inland, institutional side of the city around Thaksin University's Songkhla campus, Songkhla Rajabhat University and the Royal Thai Navy's Third Naval Area Command -- steadier demand from students, academic staff and naval families rather than tourism or foreign-resident renters. |
Numbeo's citywide Songkhla figures: a 1-bedroom apartment in the city centre averages THB 8,000/month (range 5,000-12,000), a 1-bedroom outside the centre averages THB 5,900/month (a much wider 2,200-11,500 range), a 3-bedroom in the city centre averages THB 19,500/month (14,000-25,000), and a 3-bedroom outside the centre averages THB 14,000/month (6,000-22,000). Average net monthly salary in Songkhla is reported at roughly THB 26,667. See BAANLYY's Songkhla rental market guide for lease terms, deposits and the renting process beyond rent alone.
Songkhla and Hat Yai sit roughly 30km apart and together form the Greater Hat Yai-Songkhla metro area, Thailand's third-largest -- but they are genuinely different rental markets, not one interchangeable pool:
Thailand's Real Estate Information Center (REIC) publishes official national and provincial foreign-buyer transfer data. Nationally, REIC's 2025 data shows foreigners transferring 14,899 condo units (+2.2% year-on-year) worth THB 60.92 billion (down 10.7% on value), with Chinese buyers the largest group at 33% of units. REIC's own top-10-by-transfer-value provincial ranking for January-September 2025 names only Phuket, Rayong and Nakhon Ratchasima as posting year-on-year growth in both volume and value -- Songkhla province does not appear in that list, and BAANLYY could not locate a dedicated Songkhla-specific transfer breakout. This mirrors the same gap disclosed in our Hat Yai report; see that report's Section 02 for the fuller national data table rather than repeating it here.
No official CBRE, JLL or REIC gross-yield benchmark exists for Songkhla, and unlike Hat Yai, Numbeo doesn't even publish a citywide yield estimate for Songkhla -- both its Gross Rental Yield fields return no data. The notes below are BAANLYY's own directional reasoning based on area character, not a benchmarked figure:
The area with Songkhla's newest, most rentable apartment stock and the closest match to a conventional condo-investment product -- but also the smallest, thinnest supply pool in the city, and no dedicated yield survey exists to benchmark it against. Treat any yield figure here as a rough estimate derived from the rent-to-likely-purchase-price ratio on a specific unit, not a published benchmark.
Both areas draw on a steadier, more local tenant base -- restoration-era Old Town residents and cafe operators, or Thaksin University staff, students and naval families -- rather than a foreign-resident or tourist rental pool. Purchase prices are generally lower than Samila Beach, which can support a comparable or slightly better gross yield on paper, but liquidity (how quickly you could re-let or resell) is a real trade-off against Hat Yai's much deeper market 30km away.
The thinnest rental market of the four -- a lifestyle and heritage-tourism draw more than a rental-investment area. Purchase and rent data here is genuinely sparse; anyone considering a Ko Yo property should underwrite it as a lifestyle purchase with speculative rental upside, not a core income property.
Every gross-yield note above ignores property and rental management fees, vacancy between tenants, maintenance, common-area fees and tax -- and in Songkhla's case, there isn't even a published gross figure to start from. Underwrite your own numbers for a specific property rather than relying on any citywide estimate.
This report blends three tiers of source, disclosed here for transparency -- and is thinner on official industry and yield data than BAANLYY's Phuket or Koh Samui reports, a gap stated plainly rather than papered over:
None of these tiers substitutes for a professional valuation, current listing data for a specific property, or official statistics from REIC or the Bank of Thailand. This report is educational market intelligence, not investment advice.
BAANLYY can connect you with vetted agents and property managers to underwrite the numbers on a specific building and unit.
Indicative, educational market data only — not investment, legal or tax advice. Songkhla rents, prices and yields 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.
National foreign-transfer figures (Section 03) are official REIC 2025 data, repeated briefly from BAANLYY's Hat Yai report rather than re-derived; no Songkhla-province-specific breakout was identified. Area-level rent figures (Section 01) blend Numbeo's citywide crowdsourced Songkhla data (20 entries / 5 contributors, last updated 23 November 2025) with BAANLYY's own area-character research -- not independently verified per-area statistics. Numbeo publishes no price-per-square-foot or rental-yield data for Songkhla at all, and no dedicated industry research report (comparable to C9 Hotelworks) could be identified for Songkhla -- both disclosed as genuine data gaps rather than estimated.