Cost Of Living in Cambodia 2023 | You won't believe Siem Reap is this cheap!
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2023
- In this video, I’ll explain what we spend on living in Siem Reap, Cambodia as a couple, and I’ll also break it down so you can see what the same lifestyle would cost for a single person. I’ll explain how I arrived at the costs for each of the items so you can adjust them based on your preferences and lifestyle.
After I go through the monthly cost of living expenses, I’ll make a projection of how it all adds up for a year so you can look at what it costs annually if that’s your preference. I’ll include what we think is a reasonable amount to bring to cover your startup costs and give you an all-in amount that will cover absolutely everything for your time here in the Kingdom.
All of the amounts here are in US dollars. Please use a site like xe.com to get an accurate real-time conversion if you prefer to see the amount in another currency.
Chapters:
Rent 1:36
Water 3:55
Electricity 4:35
Visa 5:57
Insurance 6:54
Phone 7:51
Moto 8:44
Daily living 9:06
TOTALS 10:39
Startup costs 11:20
Add a moto 12:08
GRAND TOTALS 12:55
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★ December: $203 - Heartprint, Reach, Cambodian Children’s Trust
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Hi! Thank you for watching, it's great to have you here. I finally got around to making this updated cost of living video - hope I didn't forget anything! Here are the chapters so that you can navigate to the different sections:
Rent 1:36
Water 3:55
Electricity 4:35
Visa 5:57
Insurance 6:54
Phone 7:51
Moto 8:44
Daily living 9:06
TOTALS 10:39
Add startup costs 11:20
Add a moto 12:08
GRAND TOTALS 12:55
EB visa $300
But now it is not sufficient.
You also need a work permit $300
And many other documents $50 ++
So the annual visa cost to stay in Cambodia as of 2023 is about $700
@@dongshengdi773 I guess it depends whether your employer will pay for the work permit.
@@ForRiel Note that if you're not working , if you're retired living in Cambodia, an EB visa is not sufficient. You won't be allowed to stay in Cambodia with just an EB visa, you will be forced to also get a work permit. An agent will handle the paper works for a fee .
Total cost would roughly be about $700
Any air pollution issues from crop burning like Thailand has for a few months of the year?
Slightly, but nowhere near how it is in the north of Thailand.
Hello to you both. I am retiring to Cambodia late this year, but have been researching for a couple years. I found your UA-cam channel, and have watched many of your videos. Not only are they helpful and amazingly informative, but very professionally done. I wanted to thank you in advance for helping me with my much anticipated move. Thank you! Michael from the USA.
That's wonderful to hear, Michael, and we appreciate your kind words. Good luck with the retirement planning! 😊🥳🙏🍺
I’m a young adult Cambodian but I always check your videos so I can plan out my lifestyle here 😂
That's so great to hear. Thank you for watching!
Love it❤
I leave the us in a week for Thailand for 11 days then to Siem reap. Thinking of moving to Siem reap. I have a monthly income of a little over 1100 usd a month after other expenses I have. According to your calculations I could live really comfortably. I got my first month accommodation from a previous video of yours. Secret garden homestay. Keep up the great videos
It's fantastic that you are making the move be sure to make contact.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Hey Great🙏how is it going? Did you take any private healthcare insurance? Thanks in advance for any reply😊
Thank you for this information. I know Cambodia fairly well and totally agree with these numbers. What I really appreciate about your compilation is that you include health insurance.
Thanks so much, Gery. We wouldn't be in Cambodia without health insurance. For us, it's a necessity, for others it's a luxury that they can't afford.
I live in Kampot and rent a 2 bedroom, double story villa about 1.5km up the river going toward Sabay beach, i have a lovely big balcony i love to sit on. My rent is around US$340 a month with electricity, water with a small charge for rubbish collection.
I buy all my vegetables, fruit, meat and seafood from the great market here.
That sounds absolutely ideal! Jeremy and I really enjoyed our time living in Kampot but there were a few things about it that we found a little frustrating. It is certainly the place for magical sunsets, though. Thanks for watching.
Could you elaborate?!
@@kris13iam what would you like me to elaborate on?
Sorry, meant for Claire 😅
@@ForRielcould you elaborate a bit on Kampot?
Good work, guys! You managed to cover all the details & present it very clearly. Not everybody knows what a great value Cambodia (& all of
Southeast Asia) can be.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching, Anthony!
I wish some people would have thr thoughts that you said. Recently, it was a costumer there I'm working talking crabs about cambodia of how poor the country is and very unsafe which she's never been out side united neither knows of where cambodia is located on the map 🙂
Hi Claire & Jeremy. Great breakdown Claire. Cheers for making the time.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Excellent video! Thank you!!!
Cheers Frederick! 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thanks for the information, I appreciate your time putting it together
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you for your effort here. It’s really helpful.
Glad it was helpful! Appreciate you watching!😊
Very informative and well-researched. Great work!
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
the best information , thanks Claire and Jeremy
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching! 💰🙂🙏
What a great video! Really covers what people can reasonably expect.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the positivity. 😁
Hi Claire and Jeremy, nicely done! Great work thank you.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
All good information,great help for many..
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Nicely done. Thanks again
Thanks 😊
Thank you = so informative! Hard work but the excellence shows in your video!!!❤❤❤
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thank you so much for the relocation summary. !!!!
You really broke in down very well.
❤❤❤❤❤love to you guys. Oh yes love your news reports on the motorbike.
Thanks so much 🙏 💓. It's actually great to track your budget to see how much and where you spend your money.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Really good budget breakdown! Looking forward to the apartment tour video. 😊
It won't be a long one as it's super small, but we may do a before and after Vlog as we are going to give it a makeover.
What an awesome presentation, thank you for the detailed info
Thanks for watching, and I'm happy it was helpful.
Always a wealth of practical info. Thanks much.
Cheers, Bruce!
This is wonderful, thank you so much.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thanks for all that info, you provide the best cost of living videos for cambodia....well done and thanks again!
Glad you like them! Thanks so much for watching.
Really enjoyed your video. The most informative I have seen for information on staying for a few months in any country. Thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful!
A+ Info really enjoyed it and was very helpful. Shalom.
Glad it was helpful, and thanks so much for watching!
Excellent video Claire! I'd say you hit the single living cost spot-on! Well done, thanks for sharing with us. 😎🙏
Thanks so much for watching, Ed! Glad you agree about the cost for a single person.
Thanks for this video, I need to apply this information to my budgeting style in about 2 months. This is a good baseline reference.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thank you again Claire! You do a great break down on costs. I hope I can meet you someday in Siem Reap. Take care!
Thanks so much, Robert. It would be great to see you in Siem Reap.
Thank you very much vert for a very detailed video with real life on the ground cost and expenses. This is the kind of information that is very helpful to me for sure and I am sure it also is very helpful for others. Your videos are always very informative and fun. Thank you again.
Thanks so much, Michael. I'm really pleased you enjoyed it. I'd been thinking about making it for a while and finally got around to it.
Awesome. Thank you 🙏🏻
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thank you for your well detailed and informative videos. Much appreciated. I am heading there in June after a five year hiatus
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Very informative. Your detail is spot on for what I'm trying to research out regrading the actual costs of this area. Will be there Tuesday to scout out possible homes. Thanks for all the info.
Nice one, John! Thanks so much for watching.
Amazing info and top quality presentation as usual, Claire! Haven't watched you in a while, as I decided on an education visa in Hua Hin since I last watched you during the big C19! But still thinking about Cambodia soon and appreciate your videos again :)
Nice! How's it going in Hua Hin? Cambodia is a great option now that travel has opened up again. It's very easy for us to fly to Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur these days, and it's getting cheaper, too.
Thanks very much , very informative
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thankyou this is such great information!
Glad it was helpful!
This video is very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
The best imparting of facts on living in a country I’ve ever come across.
Kudos
Mark, that is very kind of you! Thanks for watching.
One of , if not the best, in-depth video I have seen on the subjects you covered . Kudos
Thanks so much, they do take a long time to do so thanks for watching and commenting 😇
Thank You for the invaluable information.
Appreciate you watching!
Gday mate. Exellent vids n' very informative. Thank you
Cheers, mate! Glad you liked it. 😁🙏🎉🎯🍺
Thank you for the informative content!
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you; Very useful for people like me who plan to retire in southeast asia
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Good job! Very thorough and useful video. Went to Siem Reap about 15 years ago. Enjoyed it a lot. Thinking about spending some time there again.
Thanks so much for watching. The living is good and easy in Siem Reap.
Thank You for review & recommendation❤
My pleasure 😊
I really appreciate all the videos you do. This one was very helpful because it allows me to start planning for when I retire and the plan is to retire jn Cambodia
Thank you, Buell! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Great information Claire. Thank you so much. Some of these things I already knew from living there in Siem Reap before. But seeing new information from a different perspective is always welcome and useful.
I’m afraid that at my age now, ( 72 later this year). And pre-existing conditions….quadruple cardiac artery bypass…. That any insurance I might find would cost so much, that I would have to be independently wealthy.
I may have to just do without health insurance. I AM covered for six months out of country by my Greenshield from my previous 30 years with my employer. Excellent coverage. But after six months, or 180 days…..I would be on my own.
Thank you Claire and Jeremy. Best wishes to you both. 👏🏼🙏🏼☸️🙂🌴🌴🌴✈️
I think if you have some funds behind you, it's almost like self-insurance. It really does become more difficult with age and pre-existing issues, but in some ways, those two factors make a person more determined to get the most out of whatever time they have. I guess you have to weigh up the risk vs the reward. All the best. 😊
Great information! Thankyou somuch. I have plans to go there
Most welcome 😊
I've been watching your channel for a while in quiet admiration. What great work that you are doing in every regard. Cool, funny, informative, enlightening! Thank you so much for your efforts, you are doing great work!
"Add your light to the sum of light"
🙂
Thank you so much, Alan, that's very kind of you to say. We try to be honest in the things we do without taking ourselves too seriously. Best wishes to you.
Great Video, very informative.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
So good we watched it again....
That makes it all worthwhile! Thank you so much.
Excellent. Very informative. I'm missing Cambodia already.
Yes, it has a way of drawing you back in! Thanks for watching. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thanks for your time and efforts.
You're welcome, Mike.
So much detail - Amazing value - incl. extrapolation 😃 Thanks so much Claire & Jeremy
Very well done 👍 👋🙏
I love a good extrapolation! Thanks so much for watching - glad it was useful. 💰🙂🙏
Thank you for another great video Claire.
I have been in Cambodia and frankly cannot see my wife driving a car, or riding a motorbike in that traffic madness ...way too stressful or dangerous! I am sure that there must be others in our situation. Love to read on how they get around to shop and sightsee?
When in Siem Reap I used the Tuk Tuks which I found incredibly efficient, value for money, and great to see the world go by without a worry ...used the motorbike-taxi service once and needed a few Valiums to recover from the experience!
It's very easy to get around using a ride share app such as Grab or PassApp. You can choose whether you want a big, traditional tuk tuk or a smaller 3-wheel one. Very cheap at around $1 for the average journey in town.
Wow’s pretty amazing life style there, in a future I will be retiring in Cambodia.
Fantastic 😍😊 see you soon!
One of the best quick informative video for cost of living in Cambodia . Smartly and professionally done , greatly appreciated . Just as a note , you’ve sounded like those airlines cabin attendant making announcements , meaningful information, zero bullshit . Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for the lovely comments! I'm really pleased you found the video helpful.
Nicely done. Thanks.
Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for sharing this information.. (Very helpful) I'm definitely thinking of moving to the kingdom in the near future 👍🏾🇰🇭🛴🦽🦼🛵
Wonderful! Will be great to see you back in the Kingdom soon. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
These numbers are nice to know. Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Very helpful, thank you!
No worries! 😇
Thanks for the budget breakdown. It is very useful.
Thanks to you for watching. Glad it was useful.
Very informative video, great work Claire and Jeremy. Maybe do a video on vehicle options? Renting vs buying, engine size, used vs new, etc etc.
Thanks so much, James. We could to a video on motos for sure!
Thank you very much for the detail
You're welcome. Glad it was useful.
Welcome back to Cambodia. I love your video and thanks for staying in our country.
Thank you so much! 🥳🇰🇭🎉
Very well done thank you.
Our pleasure! 😀
Five weeks and six days to go. The information is invaluable along with a great presentation. Thank you.
Yay, counting the days, I bet! Wonderful to have this adventure just around the corner.
Very nice and detailed explained for a Bosnian guy in Germany! I wish you both the best. Thanks for your work and enjoy your stay in Cambodia :) !
You are welcome 😊
Very good video thx👍🙏
So nice of you 🥰
Arriving in SR next month. Great info. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful! See you in SR!
great video. thanks
Glad you liked it! 👍
Good video guys, and yeah we need Aircon but going to by a fan next week. Very happy where we are with a pool being built for $200 for our detached unit 😊
Yes, we like the air con at night for sleeping. I think the quality of sleep you get with air con justifies the cost! Your apartment sounds great. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Hi. Can you share where.
Great information claire
Cheers, Mike! 🙏🇰🇭🍺🥳
Very informative excellent video, thank you very much Claire...‼️🍺👍🍻🙏🍻🍹💐👌🌷🤝🥂.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Great overview, thank you!
After not being there for 3 years, good to know that it's still extremely cheap. Wish I could work remotely from Cambodia.
Yes, the value is still amazingly good. I’m pleased you found the video useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Very helpful thank you
Really pleased you found value in it. Thanks for watching.
@@ForRiel Indeed, this information greatly benefits someone planning to move to Siem Reap from Vancouver, Canada. I was there in 2017 for only two weeks and fell in love with life, so I look forward to joining this chill ex-pat community as a Tesol teacher. Your channel is just the right place to get updated. Thank you so much for your time and contribution in this regard.
Great budget breakdown. Happens to nicely complement a recent one done by @andrew Taylor for KL and Penang.
Also a great contrast to the one done by Dave - for living on the smell of an oily rag.
Keep up the great work - Mark and Kim
As it happens, we met up with Andrew Taylor in KL last week! Lovely guy. He's going to interview us next time we are there. Small world, it is. Thanks so much for watching.
@For Riel That's great. We plan to live in the same condo block in Penang as he did when we are there soon. Eventually plan to move to Siem Reap.....
Very helpful. With that information, I have a lot more confidence for Cambodia being a viable choice.
Glad to hear it. Cambodia is a great place.
5:30 ... Sorry to interrupt BUT ... don't worry about ceilings having much, if any, effect on your AC bill. If you're a baby boomer then you'll likely remember when supermarket freezers had no top on them. You reached into them and grabbed your ice cream with no door or lid to open. that's cause cold air falls and hot air rises. If your refrigerator at home had no top of any kind, you'd be shocked at how little effect this would be on your bill.
Thanks for sharing. The cost of electricity is very high here, so it's good to know.
excellent thankyou
Cheers, Michael!
Thanks so much for the excellent & detailed video. I'm seriously thinking about moving to Siem Reap with my teenage daughter in a couple of months. We have been living in Bali for the past 2 years & I've met quite a few people recently who have had amazing things to say about Cambodia. This was a super helpful place to start my research. I'm sure I'll probably go through all of the rest of your videos now...lol! 😁
Are you feeling like it's time to move on from Bali? Cambodia is great and we love it here, but it isn't for everyone. I'd suggest coming for a visit if you can first. 🍍🙏😁
I've lived in Bali for 6.5 yrs all together but it's become so busy, overbuilt & overpriced. The vibe has changed so much & it's really hard to meet people and build community. Cambodia is looking like it's much more our speed. Also, the visa situation in Bali is constantly changing and it's a really expensive visa if you want to stay longer. What is the long term expat community like there?
🎉🎉🎉🎉 my husband & I have been between Malaysia & Cambodia. We are so happy to have found your channel!! You explain things so calmly & clearly unlike other videos on UA-cam. Thank you for your hard work with these videos! We have a lot of your videos to catch up on. 😊 would you mind sharing if Cambodia was always the choice to move to first ? Thank you
Awesome! Thank you! We had 4 countries we were looking at Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam or Taiwan.
I also live in Siem Reap. Your videos are marvelous.
Thanks so much! Let's have a 🍺 one day.
Great video Claire thanks for the tip on insurance can be very hard to decide on a company not knowing how trustworthy they are in covering the costs if needed.
Thanks so much for watching, Graham! I was glad to find that insurance so that we could stop looking - not my favourite thing to do. :)
Only just found your channel. Planning to retire over there in coming years. Your info is amazing!! 👍🏻😁
That's great! Happy to have you on board and maybe see you in the Kingdom one day. :)
Thanks
No problem 😊
such a good video, highly informative, I am deciding between The Philippines and Cambodia for retirement, knowing these numbers certainly helps a lot with the decision. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you found it useful. I hope you can arrive at a decision soon - if you have the funds, the best way is to visit both and stay for a month or so. Thank you for watching!
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Good vid!
Thank you!
Thank for share
Thank you for watching!
Very good vlog
Thank you 😊
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thank you !! I was wondering how much to bring !! I was thinking somewhere about 3k so I was right there!
Glad I could help!
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Thanks for sharing the detailed cost, I’ve been living in Chiang Mai since June 2022, Plan on visiting Siem Reap within the next month to visit and see if I may want to move there. Your cost of living will be helpful in me making a decision
That's great, thanks for watching. There are a lot of parallels between Chiang Mai and Siem Reap, so you will prove it here!
Thank you for this very interesting video, living in Siem Reap.. Living in Siem reap, those numbers are a good representation of the living cost.. thank you for sharing ..
Cost of living is extremely hard to judge, but we think that's a good amount to live comfortably here.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
@@ForRiel Yes, but your numbers give a good idea of the monthly costs (some will have more beer costs, others more rental costs like me, but it is a choice.... i didn't see the work permit cost? (yearly)
Thank you so much for the information on the living costs in Cambodia. It's so affordable to live over there than in USA. I really appreciate your video and thanks again. ❤😊
Glad it was helpful! Living here is very affordable 👌
Wow! Brilliant! God bless.💐👨👩👧👦🏆🥇🤝👍🏿👏👏👏
😇😍😀😎
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Thanks for the information! I will contact you when travel there.
Thank you!
@@ForRiel maybe live there one day!
I hate The Stereotype but I'm quite pleased this woman is a teacher she looks like a teacher she sounds like a teacher like this is what you expect like they say stereotype but very nice easy-to-follow video but go figure it's made by a teacher so. Excellent excellent video very helpful and straightforward and not an hour long
That's very kind of you! Appreciate you watching. 🎉🇰🇭🙏😁
What a fantastic video! Very informative and a great personality/ presentation. Do you have a similar video for Phnom Penh?
That's very kind of you! We don't have a cost of living video for Phnom Penh, but there is an apartment tour video from our place there. I think Ryan over at Itchy Feet (see description of this video for a link to his channel) has a very thorough cost of living video for Phnom Penh.
@@ForRiel thanks so much - I appreciate that 🙏🏻