The temple roof and skyline. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai. From €76.23, fastest 6h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €76.23, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h over 636 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €76.23, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€76.23

  • 270%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Nakhon Pathom

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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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 €259.94Thu24
  2. about €203.29Fri25
  3. about €209.89Sat26
  4. about €142.24Sun27
  5. about €100.98Mon28
  6. about €102.08Tue29
  7. about €123.54Wed30
  8. about €130.69Thu1
  9. about €115.83Fri2
  10. about €127.39Sat3
  11. about €111.99Sun4
  12. about €107.03Mon5
  13. about €92.18Tue6
  14. about €88.33Wed7
  15. about €102.64Thu8
  16. about €92.18Fri9
  17. about €100.43Sat10
  18. about €100.98Sun11
  19. about €76.23Mon12
  20. about €87.23Tue13
  21. about €93.83Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Chiang Mai for the night the train 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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Booking window

When to book Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai

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

  1. €70.1890 days
  2. €85.0360 days
  3. €71.2845 days
  4. €79.5330 days
  5. €93.8321 days
  6. €88.3314 days
  7. €123.547 days
  8. €209.893 days
  9. €259.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €70.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 270 percent. The most expensive point is €259.94, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€259.94€70.18137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Nakhon Pathom 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

636 km

564 km as the crow flies, 13% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

117,927127,240

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

The route

Myanmar (Burma)ThailandLaosIndiaCambodiaBay of BengalSouth China SeaHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityHanoiHanoiYangonYangonHaikouHaikouPhnom PenhPhnom PenhZhanjiangZhanjiangHuếHuếLianjiangLianjiangMandalayMandalaySanyaSanyaBhubaneswarBhubaneswarThanh HóaThanh HóaTakeoTakeoVientianeVientianeVinhVinhNha TrangNha TrangNakhon PathomNakhon PathomChiang MaiChiang MaiMap 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 636 km against 564 km in a straight line, a detour of 13 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bangkok, Mueang Nonthaburi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from CNX into Chiang Mai is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

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 train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

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 Nakhon Pathom 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

The fastest journey from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai takes 6h door to door, of which 4h 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 20m, 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

The cheapest fare from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai is €76.23, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €104.01. 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

The cheapest way from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai is by train, at €76.23 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 6h 2m 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

Fares from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €70.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 270 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai, at €92.18. 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai, at €69.08 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

1 operators sell services from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai across 1 mode: การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย. 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

0 percent of the services we sell from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai are direct. The rest connect at Bangkok, Mueang Nonthaburi, with about 48 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai use?

Services from Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai by train leave from Nakhon Pathom Station and arrive at Chiang Mai Railway Station. Allow about 44m 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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Nakhon Pathom 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.

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 Nakhon Pathom to Chiang Mai on September 23, 2026: 636 km of route against 564 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €76.23, and 6h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chiang Mai is somebody else's catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Nakhon Pathom reaches 39 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 3,346 km. Chiang Mai reaches 125 places in 23 countries, from 20 to 13,358 km.

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Leaving Nakhon Pathom

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  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Chiang Mai

Leaving Chiang Mai

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  • 23Countries
  • 28Operators

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