With a dog or a cat: where to live in Thailand

1 of 8 · Together

One home in five opens its door to pets

Moving to Thailand often means moving with a four-legged companion. Of the 65,802 units for sale whose listing states the rule, 20.4% accept pets. Yet the map changes colour from city to city: 71.4% in Samui, 40.3% in Hua Hin, 38.7% in Chiang Mai, 32.7% in Phuket, and 12.8% in Bangkok, 10.2% in Pattaya. One question explains almost everything: house or flat?

• Pets allowed
• No pets

Rule as declared by the listing, on 26 September 2026.

2 of 8 · The house

With a garden, the answer is almost always yes

In houses the answer is almost always yes: 83.8% of houses for sale accept pets, 83.6% of villas, 81.9% of townhouses. In condominiums the rule flips: only 6.7% of condo units. East of Bangkok, where housing estates take over from towers, the districts of Saphan Sung and Khlong Sam Wa show 89.5% and 82.8% yes. A lawn, a fence, and the question no longer arises.

• Pets allowed
• No pets

Rule as declared by the listing, on 26 September 2026.

3 of 8 · Bangkok

In Bangkok, the towers that say yes cluster along Sukhumvit

In the capital, 6.1% of condo units accept pets. Counted by building, 112 of the 1,850 towers we track say yes for most of their flats. They are not scattered at random: 33 stand in the single district of Watthana, between Phrom Phong, Thonglor and Ekkamai. For an indoor cat or a small dog, this is where the search begins.

Rule as declared by the listing, on 26 September 2026.

4 of 8 · The high end

The higher the standing, the more welcome the dog

The rule follows the price. Among Bangkok condominiums whose median price stays under a hundred thousand baht per square metre, 3.1% say yes. Between one and two hundred thousand, 7.1%. Between two and three hundred thousand, 13.3%. Above three hundred thousand baht per square metre, 20.7%, one building in five. The great addresses are among them: 98 Wireless, the Four Seasons Private Residences by the river, the Ritz-Carlton Residences at MahaNakhon, Muniq Langsuan.

Rule as declared by most of the building's listings, on 26 September 2026.

5 of 8 · Lumphini and Benjakitti

In the heart of the city, two great parks have opened a space for dogs

At Benjakitti, Asok's urban forest, the City of Bangkok has laid out a dog park of more than 10 rai near the Ratchadaphisek entrance, where dogs are walked on a lead. On 7 February 2026, Lumphini followed on the Wireless Road side: more than 2 rai, one enclosure for large dogs and another for small ones, the city's 9th dog park. Within a kilometre and a half of these two spaces, 16 condominiums say yes to pets; Muniq Langsuan is just 188 metres from Lumphini's.

Straight-line distances.

6 of 8 · Phuket

In Phuket, even flats open up more

On the island, 32.7% of units for sale accept pets, and flats are part of the trend too: 15% of condo units, 2.5 times Bangkok's share. The Choeng Thale shoreline, from Bang Tao to Laguna, sets the tone: 19.5% of its flats say yes, across 15 developments. In denser Patong the share falls back to 0.2%. For a sunrise walk on the sand, look to the north-west coast.

• Pets allowed
• No pets

Rule as declared by the listing, on 26 September 2026.

7 of 8 · Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Samui

Where houses dominate, pets are at home

Around Chiang Mai, the housing estates of Hang Dong to the south and San Sai to the north say yes at 73.9% and 73.4%, while the denser centre stays at 14.6%. In Hua Hin, in the Hin Lek Fai sub-district west of town, 91%. In Samui, where the villa reigns, 85.7% in Maenam and 73.4% in Bo Phut. On the Eastern Seaboard, Pattaya is the exception: only 1.4% of its condo units are open to pets.

• Pets allowed
• No pets

Rule as declared by the listing, on 26 September 2026.

8 of 8 · The price

In the same neighbourhood, a yes costs next to nothing

On the Bangkok map, towers that accept pets ask a median THB 135,662/m² (€3,535), against THB 100,094/m² (€2,608) for the others: a 35.5% gap. It is address and standing that speak first. Compared within the same sub-district and with the same number of bedrooms, pet-friendly flats ask only 4.2% more in Bangkok, 0.2% in Phuket, and 2.1% for the island's villas and houses. Choose the neighbourhood: the yes follows, often at the same price.

• Pets allowed
• No pets

Asking prices on 26 September 2026, not transaction prices; rule as declared by the listing.