Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai bus

Buses from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai start at €30.97 and take 9h 5m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai starts at €30.97 and takes 9h 5m door to door, run by 2 operators over 544 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 9h 5mDoor to door
  • 7h 6mMoving
  • €40.88 to €88.73From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 18.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€40.88 to €88.73 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Mueang Samut Prakan and Nong Khai.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €88.73Thu24
  2. about €73.88Fri25
  3. about €86.53Sat26
  4. about €62.88Sun27
  5. about €41.97Mon28
  6. about €53.52Tue29
  7. about €56.83Wed30
  8. about €51.88Thu1
  9. about €47.48Fri2
  10. about €46.93Sat3
  11. about €49.68Sun4
  12. about €40.88Mon5
  13. about €43.62Tue6
  14. about €44.17Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€30.97
  1. Green Bus Thailand GB985207:306h 33m14:03Phreak Sa Bodin Bus DepotUdon Thani Bus Terminal 1
  2. การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย S-654415:1833m15:51Udon Thani Railway StationNong Khai railway station

Changes at Udon Thani, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 9h 5mCO2 18.4 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Green Bus Thailand72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Nong Khai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Nong Khai for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai

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

  1. €36.4790 days
  2. €35.3760 days
  3. €35.3745 days
  4. €38.1230 days
  5. €37.0221 days
  6. €44.1714 days
  7. €56.837 days
  8. €86.533 days
  9. €88.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.37.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €88.73, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €49.68Sun
  2. €40.88Mon
  3. €43.62Tue
  4. €44.17Wed
  5. €51.88Thu
  6. €47.48Fri
  7. €46.93Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Samut Prakan

Bus
  • Phreak Sa Bodin Bus Depot
  • กลุ่มปฏิบัติการเดินรถที่ 3 เขตการเดินรถที่ 3

Nong Khai

Bus
  • Nongkhai Bus Terminal
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 544 km against 528 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Udon Thani. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Mueang Samut Prakan at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai take?

The Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai takes 9h 5m door to door, of which 7h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 544 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai cost?

The Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai starts at €30.97 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €30.97. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai?

2 operators run the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai: Green Bus Thailand, การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai use?

The Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai leaves from Phreak Sa Bodin Bus Depot and arrives at Nong Khai railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai?

Fares for the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.37. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai produce?

The Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai produces about 18.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 544 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai?

Operators on the Coach from Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 5m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Mueang Samut Prakan to Nong Khai on September 23, 2026: 544 km of route against 528 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €30.97, and 9h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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