Cosa c'è in programma a Bangkok (Krung Thep) (Thailandia) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Regola

  Dry days on Buddhist holy days

  1 gen – 31 dicChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Regola

  Grand Palace dress code and closures

  1 gen – 31 dicChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

  17 febCapodanno lunareAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Upcountry burning haze

  25 gen – 15 apr · di solitoStagione del fumo

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Chinese New Year in Yaowarat (17 feb), Upcountry burning haze (25 gen – 15 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Upcountry burning haze (25 gen – 15 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Songkran

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 aprCapodanno dell'acquaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Upcountry burning haze (25 gen – 15 apr (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Bangkok Pride

• Stagione

  Southwest monsoon

  15 mag – 15 ott · di solito

  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 mag – 10 giu · di solitoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Bangkok Pride

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Southwest monsoon (15 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Bangkok Pride (28 mag – 10 giu (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  29–30 lugFesta religiosaChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Southwest monsoon (15 mag – 15 ott (di solito))

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Southwest monsoon (15 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (29–30 lug)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Chao Phraya flood season

  15 set – 15 nov · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Vegetarian Festival

  10–18 ottFestival enogastronomico

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Southwest monsoon (15 mag – 15 ott (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, October semester break in Thailandia

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Southwest monsoon (15 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Chao Phraya flood season (15 set – 15 nov (di solito)), Vegetarian Festival (10–18 ott)

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Loy Krathong

• Festival

  Loy Krathong

  24 novLuci e fuochiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic), Chao Phraya flood season (15 set – 15 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 gen – 31 dic)