Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Bangkok (Krung Thep), Thailand

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Dry days on Buddhist holy days

  1 jan – 31 decSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Regel

  Grand Palace dress code and closures

  1 jan – 31 decSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

  17 febChinees nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Upcountry burning haze

  25 jan – 15 apr · meestalRookseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Chinese New Year in Yaowarat (17 feb), Upcountry burning haze (25 jan – 15 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Upcountry burning haze (25 jan – 15 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Songkran

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 aprWaternieuwjaarDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Upcountry burning haze (25 jan – 15 apr (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Bangkok Pride

• Seizoen

  Southwest monsoon

  15 mei – 15 okt · meestal

  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 mei – 10 jun · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Bangkok Pride

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Bangkok Pride (28 mei – 10 jun (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  29–30 julReligieus feestSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (29–30 jul)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Chao Phraya flood season

  15 sep – 15 nov · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Vegetarian Festival

  10–18 oktEet- & drinkfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, October semester break in Thailand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Chao Phraya flood season (15 sep – 15 nov (meestal)), Vegetarian Festival (10–18 okt)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Loy Krathong

• Festival

  Loy Krathong

  24 novLicht & vuurDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Chao Phraya flood season (15 sep – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec)