Chiang Mai to Rayong runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 06:07. One passenger pays between €66.22 and €78.02, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 31m over 743 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
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
€66.22 to €78.02
- 196%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chiang Mai
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.
- 06:04First departure
- 06:07Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €157.67Mon14
- about €126.99Tue15
- about €134.07Wed16
- about €158.85Thu17
- about €129.35Fri18
- about €152.95Sat19
- about €108.70Sun20
- about €78.02Mon21
- about €83.92Tue22
- about €99.85Wed23
- about €112.83Thu24
- about €112.83Fri25
- about €106.93Sat26
- about €90.41Sun27
- about €70.35Mon28
- about €66.22Tue29
- about €72.71Wed30
- about €95.13Thu1
- about €74.48Fri2
- about €78.02Sat3
- about €95.72Sun4
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 Rayong. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rayong for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Rayong Bus Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Chiang Mai to Rayong
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €87.4690 days
- €83.9460 days
- €78.6145 days
- €53.2430 days
- €95.7221 days
- €90.4114 days
- €108.707 days
- €134.073 days
- €157.671 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €53.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 196 percent. The most expensive point is €157.67, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chiang Mai to Rayong 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
743 km
722 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
127,240 → 106,737
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually 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 743 km against 722 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 Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 97 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 UTP into Rayong is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Rayong
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rayong costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Rayong is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Rayong Bus Terminal
Most of the points near Rayong Bus Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Chiang Mai to Rayong
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 Chiang Mai to Rayong?
The fastest journey from Chiang Mai to Rayong takes 4h 31m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 35m, 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 Chiang Mai to Rayong?
The cheapest fare from Chiang Mai to Rayong is €66.22, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €108.41. 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 Chiang Mai to Rayong?
The cheapest way from Chiang Mai to Rayong is by flight, at €78.02 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 34m 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 Chiang Mai to Rayong?
Fares from Chiang Mai to Rayong bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €53.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 196 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chiang Mai to Rayong?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Chiang Mai to Rayong, at €78.02. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chiang Mai to Rayong?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chiang Mai to Rayong, at €58.55 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 Chiang Mai to Rayong?
2 operators sell services from Chiang Mai to Rayong across 1 mode: Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air. 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 Chiang Mai to Rayong?
67 percent of the services we sell from Chiang Mai to Rayong are direct. The rest connect at Bangkok, with about 97 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 Chiang Mai to Rayong use?
Services from Chiang Mai to Rayong by flight leave from Chiang Mai CNX and arrive at Rayong UTP. 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 Chiang Mai to Rayong?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Chiang Mai to Rayong 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Chiang Mai to Rayong on September 13, 2026: 743 km of route against 722 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €66.22, and 4h 31m 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 Rayong is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Rayong and across Thailand
Day trips that leave Rayong in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chiang Mai reaches 42 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 77 to 4,920 km. Rayong reaches 10 places in 3 countries, from 145 to 7,209 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chiang Mai
- 42Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 28Operators
Arriving in Rayong
Leaving Rayong
- 10Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators