The temple roof and skyline. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Bengaluru to Chiang Mai

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai. From €267.41, fastest 10h 41m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bengaluru to Chiang Mai runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €267.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 10h 41m over 3,136 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €267.41, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€267.41

  • 217%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Bengaluru

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €891.04Thu24
  2. about €745.31Fri25
  3. about €833.81Sat26
  4. about €542.94Sun27
  5. about €544.12Mon28
  6. about €536.45Tue29
  7. about €459.16Wed30
  8. about €561.82Thu1
  9. about €411.96Fri2
  10. about €519.34Sat3
  11. about €415.50Sun4
  12. about €403.11Mon5
  13. about €349.42Tue6
  14. about €369.48Wed7
  15. about €359.45Thu8
  16. about €405.47Fri9
  17. about €380.10Sat10
  18. about €421.40Sun11
  19. about €338.80Mon12
  20. about €267.41Tue13
  21. about €350.01Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Chiang Mai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Chiang Mai for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Chiang Mai Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bengaluru to Chiang Mai

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €348.2490 days
  2. €298.0960 days
  3. €280.9845 days
  4. €319.3330 days
  5. €350.0121 days
  6. €369.4814 days
  7. €459.167 days
  8. €833.813 days
  9. €891.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €280.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 217 percent. The dearest point is €891.04, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€891.04€280.98137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bengaluru to Chiang Mai and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

3,136 km

2,375 km as the crow flies, 32% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

8,495,492127,240

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

IndiaChinaMyanmar (Burma)ThailandLaosCambodiaArabian SeaGuangzhouGuangzhouHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityMumbaiMumbaiKarachiKarachiDhakaDhakaHanoiHanoiHyderabadHyderabadAhmedabadAhmedabadNanningNanningKunmingKunmingBangkokBangkokKolkataKolkataSuratSuratHaikouHaikouVadodaraVadodaraBhopalBhopalBengaluruBengaluruChiang MaiChiang MaiMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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 3,136 km against 2,375 km in a straight line, a detour of 32 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

The fare from CNX into Chiang Mai is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Chiang Mai

Settled in advance, so the ride into Chiang Mai costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Chiang Mai Railway Station

Most of the points near Chiang Mai Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Bengaluru to Chiang Mai

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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

The fastest journey from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai takes 10h 41m door to door, of which 8h 24m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 11h 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

The cheapest fare from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai is €267.41, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €415.50. 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

The cheapest way from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai is by flight, at €267.41 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 27m 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

Fares from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €280.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 217 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai, at €349.42. 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai, at €269.77 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

2 operators sell services from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai across 1 mode: IndiGo Airlines, การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย. 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai are direct. The rest connect at Bangkok, with about 66 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai use?

Services from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai by flight leave from Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru BLR and arrive at Chiang Mai Railway Station. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Bengaluru to Chiang Mai 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 Bengaluru to Chiang Mai on 23 September 2026: 3136 km of route against 2375 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €267.41, and 10h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chiang Mai is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chiang Mai and across Thailand

Day trips that leave Chiang Mai in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Bengaluru reaches 353 places in 40 countries on services we hold, over distances from 37 to 15,025 km. Chiang Mai reaches 125 places in 23 countries, from 20 to 13,358 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bengaluru

  • 353Places you can leave for
  • 40Countries
  • 37Operators

Arriving in Chiang Mai

Leaving Chiang Mai

  • 125Places you can leave for
  • 23Countries
  • 28Operators

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