Capture of Makassar's Floating Mosque at sunset reflecting over calm waters.

Bangkok to Makassar

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bangkok to Makassar. From €277.44, fastest 9h 24m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bangkok to Makassar runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €277.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 9h 24m over 3,534 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €277.44, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€277.44

  • 189%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Bangkok

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €801.36Thu24
  2. about €698.70Fri25
  3. about €577.75Sat26
  4. about €561.23Sun27
  5. about €442.64Mon28
  6. about €429.66Tue29
  7. about €402.52Wed30
  8. about €495.15Thu1
  9. about €436.74Fri2
  10. about €406.06Sat3
  11. about €415.50Sun4
  12. about €324.05Mon5
  13. about €360.63Tue6
  14. about €277.44Wed7
  15. about €348.83Thu8
  16. about €367.71Fri9
  17. about €398.39Sat10
  18. about €313.43Sun11
  19. about €288.65Mon12
  20. about €294.55Tue13
  21. about €323.46Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Makassar for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Maros railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bangkok to Makassar

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

  1. €325.8290 days
  2. €296.3260 days
  3. €314.0245 days
  4. €298.6830 days
  5. €323.4621 days
  6. €277.4414 days
  7. €402.527 days
  8. €577.753 days
  9. €801.361 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €277.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 189 percent. The most expensive point is €801.36, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€801.36€277.44137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bangkok to Makassar and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

3,534 km

2,964 km as the crow flies, 19% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

5,104,4761,474,393

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

IndiaIndian OceanGuangzhouGuangzhouHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityMumbaiMumbaiKarachiKarachiDhakaDhakaJakartaJakartaBengaluruBengaluruHanoiHanoiTaipeiTaipeiHyderabadHyderabadAhmedabadAhmedabadNanningNanningKunmingKunmingSingaporeSingaporeSuratSuratYangonYangonBangkokBangkokMakassarMakassarMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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
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 3,534 km against 2,964 km in a straight line, a detour of 19 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Singapore, Surabaya, Kuala Lumpur, Denpasar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.

Makassar is large, and the road in from UPG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Makassar

Settled in advance, so the ride into Makassar 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Maros railway station

Most of the points near Maros railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Bangkok to Makassar

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 Makassar?

The fastest journey from Bangkok to Makassar takes 9h 24m door to door, of which 5h 24m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 10h 1m, 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 Makassar?

The cheapest fare from Bangkok to Makassar is €277.44, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €434.68. 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 Makassar?

The cheapest way from Bangkok to Makassar is by flight, at €277.44 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 9h 50m 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 Makassar?

Fares from Bangkok to Makassar bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €277.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 189 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bangkok to Makassar?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bangkok to Makassar, at €323.46. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 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 Makassar?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bangkok to Makassar, at €242.63 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 Makassar?

5 operators sell services from Bangkok to Makassar across 1 mode: AirAsia, Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia, Jetstar Asia Airways, Thai AirAsia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Bangkok to Makassar?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bangkok to Makassar are direct. The rest connect at Singapore, Surabaya, Kuala Lumpur, Denpasar, with about 60 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 Makassar use?

Services from Bangkok to Makassar by flight leave from Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK and arrive at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport UPG. 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 Makassar?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Bangkok to Makassar 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.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bangkok to Makassar on September 23, 2026: 3534 km of route against 2964 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €277.44, and 9h 24m 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 Makassar a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Makassar and across Indonesia

Day trips that leave Makassar in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Bangkok reaches 337 places in 74 countries on services we hold, over distances from 12 to 15,367 km. Makassar reaches 37 places in 6 countries, from 128 to 9,215 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bangkok

  • 337Places you can leave for
  • 74Countries
  • 129Operators

Arriving in Makassar

Leaving Makassar

  • 37Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 12Operators

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