Ko Samui to Chiang Rai flight

Flights from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai start at €104.57 and take 6h 48m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai starts at €104.57 and takes 6h 48m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,196 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 48mDoor to door
  • 2h 28mMoving
  • €125.22 to €314.61From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 250.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€125.22 to €314.61 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.

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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 €314.61Thu24
  2. about €281.57Fri25
  3. about €291.01Sat26
  4. about €207.82Sun27
  5. about €211.95Mon28
  6. about €157.08Tue29
  7. about €169.47Wed30
  8. about €191.30Thu1
  9. about €158.85Fri2
  10. about €155.31Sat3
  11. about €158.85Sun4
  12. about €150.00Mon5
  13. about €125.22Tue6
  14. about €138.79Wed7

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 14, 2026

Cheapest€104.57
  1. Bangkok Airways BA674607:301h 6m08:36Samui International Airport USMSuvarnabhumi Airport BKK
  2. Nok Air NA416409:461h 22m11:08Suvarnabhumi Airport BKKMae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport CEI

Changes at Bangkok, with 70 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 48mCO2 250.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

  • Bangkok Airways
  • Nok Air

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

A hotel room

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

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Booking window

When to book Ko Samui to Chiang Rai

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

  1. €111.6590 days
  2. €95.7260 days
  3. €121.6845 days
  4. €111.0630 days
  5. €104.5721 days
  6. €138.7914 days
  7. €169.477 days
  8. €291.013 days
  9. €314.611 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €95.72.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 229 percent. The most expensive point is €314.61, 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. €158.85Sun
  2. €150.00Mon
  3. €125.22Tue
  4. €138.79Wed
  5. €191.30Thu
  6. €158.85Fri
  7. €155.31Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ko Samui

Air
  • USM

Chiang Rai

Air
  • CEI
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 1,196 km against 1,153 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 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 70 minutes, of which about 5 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ko Samui 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 Ko Samui to Chiang Rai

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 Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai take?

The Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai takes 6h 48m door to door, of which 2h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 1,196 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 Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai cost?

The Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai starts at €104.57 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €104.57. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai?

2 operators run the Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai: Bangkok Airways, Nok Air. 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 Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai use?

The Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai leaves from Samui International Airport USM and arrives at Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport CEI. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai?

Fares for the Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €95.72. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 229 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai produce?

The Flight from Ko Samui to Chiang Rai produces about 250.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1196 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

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 Ko Samui to Chiang Rai on September 23, 2026: 1196 km of route against 1153 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €104.57, and 6h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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