Bangkok to Chiang Mai runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 20:48. One passenger pays between €50.29 and €57.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 20m over 597 km, on services run by 7 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 7 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€50.29 to €57.54
- 220%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Bangkok
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.
- 06:15First departure
- 20:48Last departure
- 48Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €134.66Sat19
- about €108.70Sun20
- about €94.54Mon21
- about €76.84Tue22
- about €82.15Wed23
- about €100.44Thu24
- about €92.77Fri25
- about €78.61Sat26
- about €73.30Sun27
- about €64.45Mon28
- about €65.63Tue29
- about €67.40Wed30
- about €78.02Thu1
- about €70.94Fri2
- about €62.09Sat3
- about €59.73Sun4
- about €51.47Mon5
- about €50.29Tue6
- about €53.24Wed7
- about €65.04Thu8
- about €60.32Fri9
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 flight gets you into Chiang Mai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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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When to book Bangkok to Chiang Mai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €67.4090 days
- €42.0360 days
- €43.2145 days
- €51.4730 days
- €60.3221 days
- €70.9414 days
- €92.777 days
- €94.543 days
- €134.661 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 220 percent. The most expensive point is €134.66, 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 Bangkok to Chiang Mai 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
597 km
583 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
5,104,476 → 127,240
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 597 km against 583 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from CNX into Chiang Mai is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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 cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Chiang Mai Railway Station
Most of the points near Chiang Mai Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Bangkok to Chiang Mai
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 it take to get from Bangkok to Chiang Mai?
The fastest journey from Bangkok to Chiang Mai takes 4h 20m door to door, of which 1h 10m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 31m, 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 Chiang Mai?
The cheapest fare from Bangkok to Chiang Mai is €50.29, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €88.64. 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 Chiang Mai?
The cheapest way from Bangkok to Chiang Mai is by flight, at €50.29 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 20m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Bangkok to Chiang Mai?
The fastest way from Bangkok to Chiang Mai is by flight, at 4h 20m door to door. Only 1h 10m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €50.29.
When should I book Bangkok to Chiang Mai?
Fares from Bangkok to Chiang Mai bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €42.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 220 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bangkok to Chiang Mai?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, at €64.45. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 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 Chiang Mai?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, at €44.98 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 service from Bangkok to Chiang Mai?
No operator record names Bangkok to Chiang Mai directly. Bangkok Airways, Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, Thai Airways International, Thai Lion Air, Thai Vietjet Air 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 Bangkok to Chiang Mai?
Every service we sell from Bangkok to Chiang Mai is direct, with around 60 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 20m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Bangkok to Chiang Mai produce?
Traveling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai by train produces about 19.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 147.6 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Bangkok to Chiang Mai use?
Services from Bangkok to Chiang Mai by flight leave from Bangkok BKK and arrive at Chiang Mai CNX. 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 Chiang Mai?
1 of the 7 operators we sell from Bangkok 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.
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 Bangkok to Chiang Mai on September 18, 2026: 597 km of route against 583 km in a straight line, 60 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €50.29, and 4h 20m 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 catalog.
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
Bangkok reaches 176 places in 62 countries on services we hold, over distances from 18 to 11,957 km. Chiang Mai reaches 42 places in 11 countries, from 77 to 4,920 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bangkok
- 176Places you can leave for
- 62Countries
- 130Operators
Arriving in Chiang Mai
Leaving Chiang Mai
- 42Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 28Operators