Bangkok to Cairns runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €516.39, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 13h 52m over 7,073 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €516.39, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026
€516.39
- 226%Moves across the booking window
226%When it runs, leaving Bangkok
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,681.64Thu24
- about €1,511.13Fri25
- about €1,443.28Sat26
- about €1,123.50Sun27
- about €926.44Mon28
- about €862.13Tue29
- about €1,002.55Wed30
- about €960.66Thu1
- about €783.07Fri2
- about €892.81Sat3
- about €809.03Sun4
- about €679.82Mon5
- about €672.74Tue6
- about €708.73Wed7
- about €724.07Thu8
- about €661.53Fri9
- about €703.42Sat10
- about €606.07Sun11
- about €634.39Mon12
- about €557.10Tue13
- about €516.39Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Cairns. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Cairns for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Bangkok to Cairns
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €613.1590 days
- €547.0760 days
- €564.1845 days
- €582.4730 days
- €516.3921 days
- €708.7314 days
- €1,002.557 days
- €1,443.283 days
- €1,681.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €516.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 226 percent. The dearest point is €1,681.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bangkok to Cairns and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
3 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
7,073 km
6,028 km as the crow flies, 17% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
5,104,476 → 153,075
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 7,073 km against 6,028 km in a straight line, a detour of 17 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Singapore, Hong Kong. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Cairns railway station
Most of the points near Cairns railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bangkok to Cairns
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Bangkok to Cairns?
The fastest journey from Bangkok to Cairns takes 13h 52m door to door, of which 9h 48m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 15h 8m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bangkok to Cairns?
The cheapest fare from Bangkok to Cairns is €516.39, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €835.58. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bangkok to Cairns?
The cheapest way from Bangkok to Cairns is by flight, at €516.39 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 14h 19m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Bangkok to Cairns?
Fares from Bangkok to Cairns bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €516.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 226 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bangkok to Cairns?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bangkok to Cairns, at €672.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bangkok to Cairns?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bangkok to Cairns, at €463.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Bangkok to Cairns?
4 operators sell services from Bangkok to Cairns across 1 mode: Cathay Pacific, Jetstar Asia Airways, K-Mile Air, Singapore Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bangkok to Cairns?
0 percent of the services we sell from Bangkok to Cairns are direct. The rest connect at Singapore, Hong Kong, with about 81 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bangkok to Cairns use?
Services from Bangkok to Cairns by flight leave from Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK and arrive at Cairns International Airport CNS. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bangkok to Cairns?
0 of the 4 operators we sell from Bangkok to Cairns allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bangkok to Cairns on 23 September 2026: 7073 km of route against 6028 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €516.39, and 13h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Cairns a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Cairns and across Australia
Day trips that leave Cairns in the morning and cover a good part of Australia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bangkok reaches 337 places in 74 countries on services we hold, over distances from 12 to 15,367 km. Cairns reaches 29 places in 10 countries, from 273 to 7,639 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bangkok
- 337Places you can leave for
- 74Countries
- 129Operators
74
129Arriving in Cairns
Leaving Cairns
- 29Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 12Operators