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Thailand, month by month

Where in Thailand is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Thailand in January

Plan January

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Koh Tao.

Can fall this month

  • Chinese New Year in Yaowarat (dates shift yearly)
  • Christmas and New Year peak

Thailand in February

Plan February

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Koh Tao.

Can fall this month

  • Chinese New Year in Yaowarat (dates shift yearly)
  • Chiang Mai Flower Festival
  • Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in March

Plan March

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Khao Yai National Park, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) (dates shift yearly)
  • Poy Sang Long (Shan novice ordination) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in April

Plan April

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Khao Yai National Park, Pattaya, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Songkran (Thai New Year water festival)
  • Poy Sang Long (Shan novice ordination) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi, Khao Sok, Khao Yai National Park, Koh Chang, Koh Lipe, Koh Mook (Koh Muk), Mae Hong Son, Pai, Pattaya, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

  • Khao Lak · Similan & Surin Close Mid-May, Reopen Mid-October; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Lanta · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Phi Phi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Yao Noi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Phuket · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags; No Similan Day Trips from Phuket

Can fall this month

  • Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in June

Plan June

At their best

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi, Khao Sok, Khao Yai National Park, Koh Lipe, Koh Mook (Koh Muk), Koh Samet, Mae Hong Son, Pai, Pattaya, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

  • Khao Lak · Similan & Surin Islands Closed; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Chang · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Kood (Koh Kut) · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Lanta · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Phi Phi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Yao Noi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Phuket · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags; No Similan Day Trips from Phuket

Can fall this month

  • Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in July

Plan July

At their best

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi, Khao Sok, Khao Yai National Park, Koh Lipe, Koh Mook (Koh Muk), Koh Samet, Mae Hong Son, Pai, Pattaya, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

  • Khao Lak · Similan & Surin Islands Closed; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Chang · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Kood (Koh Kut) · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Lanta · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Phi Phi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Yao Noi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Phuket · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags; No Similan Day Trips from Phuket

Can fall this month

  • Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in August

Plan August

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi, Khao Sok, Khao Yai National Park, Koh Lipe, Koh Mook (Koh Muk), Koh Samet, Mae Hong Son, Pai, Pattaya, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

  • Khao Lak · Similan & Surin Islands Closed; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Chang · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Kood (Koh Kut) · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Lanta · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Phi Phi · Maya Bay Closed to Landings; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Yao Noi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Phuket · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags; No Similan Day Trips from Phuket; Maya Bay Closed to Landings

Thailand in September

Plan September

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi, Khao Sok, Khao Yai National Park, Koh Lipe, Koh Mook (Koh Muk), Koh Phangan, Koh Samet, Koh Samui, Mae Hong Son, Pai, Pattaya, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

  • Khao Lak · Similan & Surin Islands Closed; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Chang · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Kood (Koh Kut) · Eastern Islands Monsoon
  • Koh Lanta · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Phi Phi · Maya Bay Closed to Landings; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Yao Noi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Phuket · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags; No Similan Day Trips from Phuket; Maya Bay Closed to Landings

Can fall this month

  • Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in October

Plan October

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi, Khao Sok, Khao Yai National Park, Koh Chang, Koh Kood (Koh Kut), Koh Lipe, Koh Mook (Koh Muk), Koh Samet, Mae Hong Son, Pai, Pattaya, Sukhothai, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

  • Khao Lak · Similan & Surin Close Mid-May, Reopen Mid-October; Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Lanta · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Phangan · Gulf Islands Rainy Season
  • Koh Phi Phi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Koh Samui · Gulf Islands Rainy Season
  • Koh Tao · Gulf Islands Rainy Season
  • Koh Yao Noi · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags
  • Phuket · Andaman Monsoon: Rough Seas and Red Flags; No Similan Day Trips from Phuket

Can fall this month

  • Loy Krathong (dates shift yearly)
  • Yi Peng lantern festival (dates shift yearly)
  • Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods) (dates shift yearly)

Thailand in November

Plan November

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Khao Sok, Udon Thani.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Loy Krathong (dates shift yearly)
  • Yi Peng lantern festival (dates shift yearly)
  • Bua Tong (Mexican sunflower) bloom, Doi Mae U Kho

Thailand in December

Plan December

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Christmas and New Year peak
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