How it's scored: each area is rated 1–10 on eight factors — value, infrastructure & services, coast & island access, quiet, transport access (road, air and sea; Ranong has no railway at all), rental depth, walkability and family suitability — and the BAANLYY Area Score is their average on a 0–100 scale. Province-specific structured data barely exists for Thailand's least populous province (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.
Ranong areas by overall score
| # | Area | Score | Value | Infrastructure & services | Coast & island access | Transport access (road, air & sea — no railway) | Rental depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranong town (Khao Niwet) The provincial capital — Ranong Hospital, the Raksawarin hot springs, the markets and the government offices | 66 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Bang Rin, Pak Nam & the port South and west of town — the province's second town municipality, Ranong Port at Saphan Pla and the Kawthaung ferries | 65 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| 3 | Kapoe & Suk Samran — the southern coast South toward Phang Nga — Laem Son National Park, Hat Bang Ben and the Ngao mangrove biosphere reserve | 56 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Ko Phayam & Ko Chang (Ranong) The Andaman islands — cashew and rubber smallholdings, no cars on Ko Phayam, and the province's only real long-stay foreign scene | 56 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Kra Buri & La-un — the northern isthmus North along the Pak Chan River — the 44km narrowest point of the Kra Isthmus, mangroves and the Myanmar frontier | 53 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 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.
