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Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Regel

  Dry days on Buddhist holy days

  1. jan – 31. desStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Grand Palace dress code and closures

  1. jan – 31. desStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

  17. febKinesisk nyttårMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Upcountry burning haze

  25. jan – 15. apr · vanligvisRøyksesong

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Chinese New Year in Yaowarat (17. feb), Upcountry burning haze (25. jan – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Upcountry burning haze (25. jan – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Songkran

• Festival

  Songkran

  13.–15. aprVannfestival-nyttårMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Upcountry burning haze (25. jan – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Bangkok Pride

• Sesong

  Southwest monsoon

  15. mai – 15. okt · vanligvis

  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. mai – 10. jun · vanligvisMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Bangkok Pride

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Bangkok Pride (28. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  29.–30. julReligiøs høytidStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (29.–30. jul)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Chao Phraya flood season

  15. sep – 15. nov · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Vegetarian Festival

  10.–18. oktMat- og drikkefestival

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, October semester break i Thailand

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Southwest monsoon (15. mai – 15. okt (vanligvis)), Chao Phraya flood season (15. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Vegetarian Festival (10.–18. okt)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Loy Krathong

• Festival

  Loy Krathong

  24. novLys og ildMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des), Chao Phraya flood season (15. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1. jan – 31. des), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1. jan – 31. des)