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Bangkok in April
Mixed month: April is outside the recommended season (November – February). Plan around: Songkran Week. Songkran (Thai New Year water festival) can fall this month.
The season opens in November, 7 months away.
3 days in Bangkok in April · from ₹19,502 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
Before you book April
Closures, crowds and rules at Bangkok this month.
Heads up
Songkran Week
Around 13–15 April, Bangkok empties of residents but Silom and Khao San Road become water-fight zones, and every bus, train and domestic flight out of the city is full. Book onward travel two months ahead.
What’s on in April
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Songkran (Thai New Year water festival)2027: 13–15 Apr
Three days of nationwide water fights, biggest around Chiang Mai's old-city moat, Bangkok's Silom and Khao San Road, and Pattaya, where it runs on to about 19 April. Expect to be soaked anywhere outdoors: carry phones and passports in a dry bag. Buses, trains and flights sell out as Thais travel home; book two months ahead.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 3 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹19,502 for two
- Room a night₹2,530
- Food a day, each₹1,456
- Main sight entry, each₹1,410
Mid-range
₹44,638 for two
- Room a night₹7,030
- Food a day, each₹3,360
- Main sight entry, each₹1,410
Luxury
₹1,11,900 for two
- Room a night₹22,480
- Food a day, each₹7,840
- Main sight entry, each₹1,410
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Thailand yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Bangkok (BKK)
Flights from India: from 16 cities, one way from ₹8,600
Fly into Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) (KBV), 663 km away
Then: Flight · 4h 18m (Thai AirAsia / Thai Lion / Thai Airways to Krabi)
Flights from India: from 2 cities, one way from ₹11,500
Routes compared
Entry rules
No visa needed for up to 30 days
- Within 72 hours before landing, fill in the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) at tdac.immigration.go.th. It is free; save the QR code it gives you. Do one card per traveller, children included.
- At the immigration counter, show your passport, the TDAC QR code and, if asked, your return ticket, hotel booking and cash.
- You are stamped in for up to 30 days. To stay longer, apply once at a Thai immigration office before the stamp runs out: up to 30 more days, ฿1,900.
Carry: Passport valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive, with a blank page; Confirmed return or onward ticket leaving Thailand within 30 days; Hotel bookings (or a host's address) for the whole stay; Cash or equivalent of ฿20,000 per person (฿40,000 per family), about ₹56,000 per person; TDAC confirmation QR code (screenshot or printout).
India's visa-free stay was cut from 60 to 30 days from 15 September 2026, after a May 2026 plan to move Indians to a 15-day visa on arrival was reversed. Rules have changed three times this year, so confirm on the Royal Thai Embassy, New Delhi site before you fly. A 300-baht tourism fee for air arrivals is still proposed, not collected.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Thailand in April
Instead in season this month.
- Koh Phangan · great month
- Koh Samui · great month
- Koh Kood (Koh Kut) · great month
- Koh Samet · great month
- Koh Tao · great month
- Hua Hin · good month
- Khao Lak · good month
- Khao Sok · good month
Nearby in Bangkok & Central Thailand:
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Bangkok in April, day by day, priced for your group.