What is the current 2025 Cost of a Cremation in Thailand?

[AngryMan]

I am curiouse as to what is the general cot of a Creamation for a None Thai in Thailand?

Sorry if this info is posted elsewhere but I could not find it.

[AngryMan]

Woops Cost!

[IvorBiggun2]

 

[billd766]

I think that the cremation ceremony would depend on the wat itself, rural;, urban or big city wat, the number of monks needed/asked for, how many days the body is lying there. For the cremation itself, AFAIK the body is either soaked in oil, or a gas burner is used and would be relatively cheap. It is all the add ons that cost.

 

Food etc for X number of people for X number of days, Water, beer, whiskey, ice. soda for the kids are usually on a sale or return basis.

 

Gifts will be required for all the guests.

 

If the wives or the family do the cooking they will rent the stuff from the temple or elsewhere.

 

TBH brutally honest, asking for a figure is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string.

 

The overall cost depends on how much face the family wants.

 

It can be relatively cheap or eye wateringly expensive. The choice, as always, will be the choice of the family.

[hotandsticky]

27 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I think that the cremation ceremony would depend on the wat itself, rural;, urban or big city wat, the number of monks needed/asked for, how many days the body is lying there. For the cremation itself, AFAIK the body is either soaked in oil, or a gas burner is used and would be relatively cheap. It is all the add ons that cost.

 

Food etc for X number of people for X number of days, Water, beer, whiskey, ice. soda for the kids are usually on a sale or return basis.

 

Gifts will be required for all the guests.

 

If the wives or the family do the cooking they will rent the stuff from the temple or elsewhere.

 

TBH brutally honest, asking for a figure is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string.

 

The overall cost depends on how much face the family wants.

 

It can be relatively cheap or eye wateringly expensive. The choice, as always, will be the choice of the family.

 

 

Whilst your list of expenses is perfectly valid, the net cost could be much less...... you omitted the pink envelope factor which could significantly reduce the figure.

 

30,000 Baht is the lowest figure I have seen for a local wat just to do an unattended burn. Most are just as likely to refuse because a 'direct cremation' does not sit well with Buddhist beliefs and practices.