If you enjoy this blog post, consider subscribing to get my newsletter. Comments are always welcome and appreciated. Asia can be cheap, wildly expensive, or somewhere in the middle, sometimes inside the same country. A beach town in Vietnam might cost less than a studio in Seoul. A “budget” month in Singapore can look like a luxury month in Chiang Mai. The trick is knowing where the real costs hide. This guide compares popular Asian countries for expats across the daily stuff