Condos for Rent in Rawai

What it costs to rent a condo in Rawai

Rawai lists 167 of the island's condos for long-term rent, priced third-highest of any zone with real inventory. Entry rate: ฿12,000 a month. Median across all bedrooms: ฿39,000 — 56% above the island-wide condo median of ฿25,000, behind only Bang Tao's ฿48,000 and Surin's ฿45,000 among the eight zones with 100 or more active condo rentals. Kamala and Patong both median ฿35,000 for a condo — meaningfully below Rawai despite a similar south-coast resort profile, which points to Rawai's premium being about supply, not just proximity to the sea.

The mix is small-format: average bedroom count is 1.1. One-bedroom condos are the core of the market — 100 listings, median ฿35,000 from ฿12,000 — and 43 two-bedroom condos median ฿55,000. Studios (24 listings) median ฿30,000. Unlike Bang Tao, there's no meaningful three-bedroom tier in Rawai's condo stock at all — that format simply doesn't exist here in numbers.

What the rent includes, and what costs extra

The standard: a twelve-month lease, a two-month deposit, first month at signing. Electricity and water are metered and billed separately — daily air conditioning is usually the largest variable line for a one-bedroom unit.

165 of the 167 listed condos — 99% — are fully furnished, among the highest furnished share of any zone in this comparison. Pool access is almost always communal rather than private: 151 condos sit in a project with a shared pool, and only 4 have a private pool in the unit. The building's service fee for that pool, plus security and lifts, is normally the owner's cost — confirm it in writing rather than assume it.

Who Rawai actually suits for a long lease

Rawai's condo rents run high for a structural reason, not a location premium alone: the zone's long-term rental stock is villa-led, not condo-led. Rawai counts 401 villas for rent against just 167 condos — condo listings make up only 26% of the zone's combined condo-villa-house stock, versus roughly half in Bang Tao. Rawai and neighbouring Thalang Inner are the island's two largest villa rental markets (401 and 405 listings), and that villa-first profile leaves condo supply comparatively thin.

Among the 119 condos with project-level coordinates, the average distance to the beach is 1.4 km, with the closest at 0.3 km — Rawai's condo clusters sit close to the coast, in a district known for long-stay tenants and digital nomads rather than short hotel stays. Browse the full rental catalogue for every other zone and type on the island.

What the numbers say about the choice

One-bedroom units dominate: 100 of 167 listings, 60% of the market, against 43 two-bedroom condos and 24 studios. A tenant shopping for a couple's condo in Rawai is shopping a specific 43-unit tier, not the wider catalogue.

26 of the 167 listings — 16% — are dual-listed for both rent and sale, close to the zone's villa share. The catalogue refreshes daily. Condos for sale in Rawai cover the purchase side; our renting-versus-buying guide runs that comparison, the Rawai district guide covers infrastructure, and villas for rent in the same zone cover the format that actually dominates the zone.