Sai Mai to Surat Thani runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €29.33 and €33.73, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 1m over 633 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€29.33 to €33.73
- 159%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sai Mai
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:09First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Sai Mai to Surat Thani on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €61.78Fri18
- about €83.78Sat19
- about €49.13Sun20
- about €42.53Mon21
- about €48.58Tue22
- about €43.63Wed23
- about €49.13Thu24
- about €48.58Fri25
- about €43.63Sat26
- about €42.53Sun27
- about €38.68Mon28
- about €40.88Tue29
- about €39.23Wed30
- about €35.93Thu1
- about €41.43Fri2
- about €34.28Sat3
- about €30.98Sun4
- about €29.88Mon5
- about €34.28Tue6
- about €29.33Wed7
- about €34.83Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Surat Thani. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Surat Thani for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Maluan and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Sai Mai to Surat Thani
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.2890 days
- €23.8360 days
- €27.1345 days
- €35.3830 days
- €34.8321 days
- €35.9314 days
- €49.137 days
- €49.133 days
- €61.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 159 percent. The dearest point is €61.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sai Mai to Surat Thani and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
633 km
550 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
188,123 → 132,040
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 633 km against 550 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Si Racha, Hat Yai, Chon Buri, Kabin Buri. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 URT into Surat Thani is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Surat Thani
Settled in advance, so the ride into Surat Thani costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Maluan
Most of the points near Maluan open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sai Mai to Surat Thani
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 Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
The fastest journey from Sai Mai to Surat Thani takes 9h 1m door to door, of which 8h 28m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 9h 41m, 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 Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
The cheapest fare from Sai Mai to Surat Thani is €29.33, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €43.08. 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 Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
The cheapest way from Sai Mai to Surat Thani is by coach, at €29.33 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 9h 12m 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 Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
Fares from Sai Mai to Surat Thani bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €23.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 159 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
Thursday is the cheapest day to depart from Sai Mai to Surat Thani, at €35.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sai Mai to Surat Thani, at €24.93 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 Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
No operator record names Sai Mai to Surat Thani directly. Green Bus Thailand, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
33 percent of the services we sell from Sai Mai to Surat Thani are direct. The rest connect at Si Racha, Hat Yai, Chon Buri, Kabin Buri, with about 57 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 Sai Mai to Surat Thani use?
Services from Sai Mai to Surat Thani by coach leave from อู่รังสิต and arrive at Surat Thani (new) Bus Terminal. Allow about 44m 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 Sai Mai to Surat Thani?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Sai Mai to Surat Thani 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sai Mai to Surat Thani on 17 September 2026: 633 km of route against 550 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €29.33, and 9h 1m 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 Surat Thani a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Surat Thani and across Thailand
Day trips that leave Surat Thani in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sai Mai reaches 8 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 72 to 769 km. Surat Thani reaches 33 places in 2 countries, from 268 to 1,074 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sai Mai
- 8Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Surat Thani
Leaving Surat Thani
- 33Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 9Operators