Qué hay en Bangkok (Krung Thep), Tailandia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Norma

  Dry days on Buddhist holy days

  1 Ene – 31 DicCierres

  Shops, convenience stores and ordinary restaurants stop selling alcohol on the five Buddhist holy days and on election days. Since 2025 licensed hotels, international airport terminals and venues in designated tourist zones are exempt. The dates move with the lunar calendar. Fuente ↗

• Norma

  Grand Palace dress code and closures

  1 Ene – 31 DicCierres

  Shoulders and knees covered, no exceptions at the gate, and the complex shuts at short notice for royal ceremonies several times a year. Sarongs are lent out, but the queue for them is its own hour. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

  17 FebAño Nuevo LunarMucha gente

  Chinatown closes Yaowarat Road for two nights of lion dances, shrine queues and food stalls, and half the city's Thai-Chinese families are in it. Many Chinatown shops shut for the days either side. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Upcountry burning haze

  25 Ene – 15 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de humo

  Agricultural fires north and west of the city put a lid of smoke over Bangkok through the late dry season. It is nothing like as bad as Chiang Mai, but March is the month the schools start sending children home with masks. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Chinese New Year in Yaowarat (17 Feb), Upcountry burning haze (25 Ene – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Upcountry burning haze (25 Ene – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Songkran

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 AbrAño Nuevo del aguaMucha genteCierres

  Three days of a city-wide water fight, with Silom and Khao San closed to traffic. Much of Bangkok travels home to the provinces, so shops and offices shut and the roads out are jammed for a week. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Upcountry burning haze (25 Ene – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Bangkok Pride

• Temporada

  Southwest monsoon

  15 May – 15 Oct · normalmente

  Rain in heavy late-afternoon bursts that clear as fast as they arrive, rather than all-day weather — except in September, when it does settle in and the low-lying streets stand in water. Low season, and priced like it.

• Festival

  Bangkok Pride

  28 May – 10 Jun · normalmenteMucha gente

  Since equal marriage passed, the parade down Rama I has become one of the largest in Asia and the hotels round Siam fill for the weekend it lands on. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Bangkok Pride

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Southwest monsoon (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Bangkok Pride (28 May – 10 Jun (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  29–30 JulFiesta religiosaCierres

  Two consecutive public holidays that open the Buddhist rains retreat, with candlelit processions round the temples in the evening. Alcohol sales stop for both days, bars included. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Southwest monsoon (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Southwest monsoon (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (29–30 Jul)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Chao Phraya flood season

  15 Sep – 15 Nov · normalmente

  The upstream runoff peaks after the monsoon has moved on, and a high tide on top of it puts the riverside walkways and the low sois behind them under water for a few days at a time. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Vegetarian Festival

  10–18 OctFestival gastronómico

  Nine days when Yaowarat turns yellow with flags and every other stall sells jay food — no meat, no dairy, no garlic or onion. The best eating week of the year in Chinatown, and cheap. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Southwest monsoon (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, October semester break en Tailandia

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Southwest monsoon (15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Chao Phraya flood season (15 Sep – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Vegetarian Festival (10–18 Oct)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Loy Krathong

• Festival

  Loy Krathong

  24 NovLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Candles and banana-leaf floats go onto every canal and onto the Chao Phraya on the November full moon. The riverside restaurants and the bridges are the crowded places; a neighbourhood khlong is the better one. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Chao Phraya flood season (15 Sep – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 Ene – 31 Dic)