Bangkok to Luang Prabang

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bangkok to Luang Prabang. From €62.68, fastest 4h 30m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bangkok to Luang Prabang runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 14:53. One passenger pays between €62.68 and €68.58, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 30m over 726 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 October 7, 2026

€62.68 to €68.58

  • 185%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.

  • 06:05First departure
  • 14:53Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 80%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €165.34Fri18
  2. about €145.87Sat19
  3. about €142.33Sun20
  4. about €93.36Mon21
  5. about €100.44Tue22
  6. about €99.85Wed23
  7. about €145.87Thu24
  8. about €99.26Fri25
  9. about €95.13Sat26
  10. about €88.64Sun27
  11. about €89.82Mon28
  12. about €76.25Tue29
  13. about €83.92Wed30
  14. about €114.01Thu1
  15. about €72.71Fri2
  16. about €80.38Sat3
  17. about €72.71Sun4
  18. about €76.25Mon5
  19. about €64.45Tue6
  20. about €62.68Wed7
  21. about €81.56Thu8

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 Luang Prabang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Luang Prabang for the night the flight gets in

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

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Booking window

When to book Bangkok to Luang Prabang

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

  1. €72.7190 days
  2. €57.9660 days
  3. €63.2745 days
  4. €72.7130 days
  5. €81.5621 days
  6. €114.0114 days
  7. €145.877 days
  8. €142.333 days
  9. €165.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €57.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €165.34, 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.
€165.34€57.96137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bangkok to Luang Prabang 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

726 km

705 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

5,104,47655,027

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

BangkokBangkokLuang PrabangLuang Prabang
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
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 726 km against 705 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 Vientiane, Chiang Mai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 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 LPQ into Luang Prabang is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Luang Prabang

Settled in advance, so the ride into Luang Prabang costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

Luang Prabang is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Luang Prabang Railway Station

Most of the points near Luang Prabang Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Bangkok to Luang Prabang

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 Luang Prabang?

The fastest journey from Bangkok to Luang Prabang takes 4h 30m door to door, of which 1h 22m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 34m, 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 Luang Prabang?

The cheapest fare from Bangkok to Luang Prabang is €62.68, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €103.39. 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 Luang Prabang?

The cheapest way from Bangkok to Luang Prabang is by flight, at €62.68 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 4h 32m 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 Bangkok to Luang Prabang?

Fares from Bangkok to Luang Prabang bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €57.96. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 185 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bangkok to Luang Prabang?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bangkok to Luang Prabang, at €76.25. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 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 Luang Prabang?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bangkok to Luang Prabang, at €60.32 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 Luang Prabang?

No operator record names Bangkok to Luang Prabang directly. Bangkok Airways, Thai AirAsia 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 Luang Prabang?

67 percent of the services we sell from Bangkok to Luang Prabang are direct. The rest connect at Vientiane, Chiang Mai, 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 Bangkok to Luang Prabang use?

Services from Bangkok to Luang Prabang by flight leave from Bangkok BKK and arrive at Luang Prabang LPQ. 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 Luang Prabang?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Bangkok to Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang on September 17, 2026: 726 km of route against 705 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €62.68, and 4h 30m 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 Luang Prabang a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Luang Prabang and across Laos

Day trips that leave Luang Prabang in the morning and cover a good part of Laos by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Bangkok reaches 176 places in 62 countries on services we hold, over distances from 18 to 11,957 km. Luang Prabang reaches 6 places in 4 countries, from 219 to 705 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bangkok

  • 176Places you can leave for
  • 62Countries
  • 130Operators

Arriving in Luang Prabang

Leaving Luang Prabang

  • 6Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 4Operators

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