Bangkok to Surat Thani runs about 40 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 20:42. One passenger pays between £19.94 and £46.00, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 537 km and are run by 8 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 19 October 2026
£19.94 to £46.00
- 140%Moves across the booking window
140%When it runs, leaving Bangkok
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:11First departure
- 20:42Last departure
- 40Services per day
- 100%Run direct
06:11
20:42
40
100%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Bangkok to Surat Thani and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Bangkok to Surat Thani and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £38.80Mon5
- about £33.61Tue6
- about £35.49Wed7
- about £35.97Thu8
- about £34.08Fri9
- about £34.55Sat10
- about £32.19Sun11
- about £23.24Mon12
- about £22.77Tue13
- about £24.19Wed14
- about £29.84Thu15
- about £28.43Fri16
- about £27.95Sat17
- about £26.07Sun18
- about £19.94Mon19
- about £19.94Tue20
- about £20.41Wed21
- about £25.13Thu22
- about £23.72Fri23
- about £24.19Sat24
- about £22.30Sun25
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Surat Thani. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Surat Thani for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Bangkok to Surat Thani
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £19.9490 days
- £24.1960 days
- £17.1145 days
- £16.1830 days
- £22.3021 days
- £26.0714 days
- £32.197 days
- £35.493 days
- £38.801 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £16.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is £38.80, 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 Bangkok to Surat Thani 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
537 km
529 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
5,104,476 → 132,040
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 537 km against 529 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from URT into Surat Thani is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Surat Thani
Settled in advance, so the ride into Surat Thani costs what it said it would rather than what the rank 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 near Maluan
Most of the points near Maluan open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bangkok to Surat Thani
The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 Surat Thani?
Bangkok to Surat Thani covers 537 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Bangkok to Surat Thani?
The cheapest fare from Bangkok to Surat Thani is £19.94, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £57.28. 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 Surat Thani?
The cheapest way from Bangkok to Surat Thani is by coach, at £19.94 for one passenger on 19 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Bangkok to Surat Thani?
Fares from Bangkok to Surat Thani bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £16.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 140 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bangkok to Surat Thani?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bangkok to Surat Thani, at £22.77. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 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 Surat Thani?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bangkok to Surat Thani, at £17.11 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 services from Bangkok to Surat Thani?
8 operators sell services from Bangkok to Surat Thani across 3 modes: Green Bus Thailand, Nok Air, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, Thai AirAsia, Thai Airways International, 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 Bangkok to Surat Thani?
Every service we sell from Bangkok to Surat Thani is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Bangkok to Surat Thani produce?
Travelling from Bangkok to Surat Thani by train produces about 17.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 113.7 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Bangkok to Surat Thani use?
Services from Bangkok to Surat Thani by flight leave from Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK and arrive at Surat Thani Airport URT. 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 Surat Thani?
3 of the 8 operators we sell from Bangkok to Surat Thani allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 labelled 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 Surat Thani on 4 October 2026: 537 km of route against 529 km in a straight line, 76 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of £19.94, and 4h 16m 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 Surat Thani a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Surat Thani and across Thailand
Day trips that leave Surat Thani in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand 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. Surat Thani reaches 70 places in 3 countries, from 38 to 1,494 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bangkok
- 337Places you can leave for
- 74Countries
- 129Operators
74
129Arriving in Surat Thani
Leaving Surat Thani
- 70Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 9Operators