På gång i Bangkok (Krung Thep), Thailand under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Dry days on Buddhist holy days

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Regel

  Grand Palace dress code and closures

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

  17 febKinesiskt nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Upcountry burning haze

  25 jan – 15 apr · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Chinese New Year in Yaowarat

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: 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 (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: 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 (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Songkran

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 aprVattenfestivalernas nyårTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: 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 (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Bangkok Pride

• Säsong

  Southwest monsoon

  15 maj – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  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 maj – 10 jun · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Bangkok Pride

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Bangkok Pride (28 maj – 10 jun (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  29–30 julReligiös högtidStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (29–30 jul)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Chao Phraya flood season

  15 sep – 15 nov · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Vegetarian Festival

  10–18 oktMat- & dryckesfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, October semester break i Thailand

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Dry days on Buddhist holy days (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Palace dress code and closures (1 jan – 31 dec), Southwest monsoon (15 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Chao Phraya flood season (15 sep – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Vegetarian Festival (10–18 okt)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Loy Krathong

• Festival

  Loy Krathong

  24 novLjus & eldTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: 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 (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

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