How it's scored: each area is rated 1–10 on eight factors — value, infrastructure & services, beach & coast access, quiet, transport access (air, rail and ferry — unusually for a province this size, Chumphon has all three), rental depth, walkability and family suitability — and the BAANLYY Area Score is their average on a 0–100 scale. Province-specific structured data is close to non-existent for a rural coastal province like Chumphon (see the where-to-live guide), so these scores are deliberately conservative and directional rather than precise. It's a transparent comparison starting point, not investment advice — weight the factors that matter to you.
Chumphon areas by overall score
| # | Area | Score | Value | Infrastructure & services | Beach & coast access | Transport access (air, rail & ferry) | Rental depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thung Wua Laen, Saphli & Pathio 16km northeast of town — the province's main resort beach, the airport and the KMITL campus | 68 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Chumphon town centre (Tha Taphao) Downtown — the provincial hospital, the Southern Line railway station, the night market & the bus terminals | 66 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | Hat Sai Ri & the Mueang coast ~20km east of town — the Prince of Chumphon shrine, HTMS Chumphon, Pak Nam's fishing port & the Ko Tao piers | 64 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | Lang Suan, Sawi & Lamae The southern half — a province in its own right until 1932, durian and banana country on the Lang Suan River | 61 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Tha Sae & Phato — the coffee and rainforest interior West toward the Tenasserim hills — Ban Panwal's robusta valley and Phato's river-rafting rainforest | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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The BAANLYY Area Score itself is BAANLYY's proprietary editorial dataset; the official sources above provide the underlying tourism and demographic context. Ratings are editorial estimates that change as areas evolve — not investment, legal or financial advice.
The BAANLYY Area Score is a proprietary, transparent composite of BAANLYY's own area ratings, provided for general comparison only — not investment, legal or financial advice. Ratings are editorial estimates that change as areas evolve. Hero photo by Walter Coppola on Pexels.
