Travel to Thimphu

Every way to reach Thimphu: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Thimphu is reachable from 7 places across 4 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €31.41 and the fastest takes 3h 46m door to door. The nearest origin is 147 km away.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Thimphu

Every mode that actually calls at Thimphu, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Flight14€31.413h 46m1,896 km2
  • 7Places you can arrive from
  • 7Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 2Operators

The flight gets you into Thimphu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Thimphu

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km214%Siliguri, 147 km
200 to 600 km857%Guwahati, 253 km
600 to 1,500 km214%Delhi, 1224 km
Over 1,500 km214%Bangkok, 1896 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Thimphu that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
India857%
Bangladesh214%
Nepal214%
Thailand214%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Thimphu

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Thimphu

Bus
  • Thimphu Inter District Bus Terminal
  • Ngabiphu Terminal
Air
  • PBH

The fare from PBH into Thimphu is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from PBH into Thimphu?

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

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Thimphu

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Thimphu, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Siliguri to Thimphu flight€31.413h 46m147 km
Guwahati to Thimphu flight€33.773h 57m253 km
Dhaka to Thimphu flight€50.884h 9m425 km
Kathmandu to Thimphu flight€51.474h 12m427 km
Kolkata to Thimphu flight€64.454h 20m560 km
Delhi to Thimphu flight€122.275h 13m1,224 km
Bangkok to Thimphu flight€197.206h 16m1,896 km

We cannot promise Thimphu Inter District Bus Terminal still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Thimphu?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Thimphu

Common questions about Travel to Thimphu

How can I get to Thimphu?

Thimphu is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 7 places, across 4 countries, on services run by 2 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Thimphu?

The cheapest way into Thimphu is by Flight, from €31.41 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 7 origins we sell into Thimphu over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Thimphu?

The fastest journey into Thimphu is by Flight, at 3h 46m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 147 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Thimphu have?

Thimphu has 3 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are PBH. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Thimphu from within 200 km?

2 of the routes we sell into Thimphu start within 200 km. The nearest is Siliguri, 147 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Thimphu in Bhutan?

Thimphu connects to 7 places on our network across 4 countries, the furthest of them 1,896 km away in a straight line. Bhutan routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Bhutan

The wider region

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Thimphu is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Thimphu

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

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