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Chiang Mai in February
Good month: February is at the end of the recommended season (November – February). Against it: Haze Starting. Chiang Mai Flower Festival and Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) can fall this month.
The season ends with February. Burning Season Smoke usually starts in March, next month.
3 days in Chiang Mai in February · from ₹15,973 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
The weather in February
What the season does to Chiang Mai this month.
Heads up
Haze Starting
Smoke from crop burning usually begins in February. Early in the month is usually fine; by the end, check the daily AQI.
What’s on in February
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Chiang Mai Flower Festival
First weekend of February: a parade of flower-covered floats from Nawarat Bridge to Suan Buak Haad park, in the cool, clear end of the season before the smoke months.
Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha)dates shift yearly
Candle-lit processions round the temples at dusk, worth seeing in Chiang Mai and Ayutthaya. Alcohol may not be sold anywhere, bars included, for 24-48 hours (hotels and airport duty free excepted); the Full Moon Party moves a night.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 3 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹15,973 for two
- Room a night₹1,970
- Food a day, each₹1,274
- Main sight entry, each₹840
Mid-range
₹36,521 for two
- Room a night₹5,060
- Food a day, each₹2,940
- Main sight entry, each₹840
Luxury
₹92,270 for two
- Room a night₹16,860
- Food a day, each₹6,860
- Main sight entry, each₹840
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), 582 km away
Then: Flight · 4h (Thai AirAsia / Nok Air / Thai Lion / Thai Airways)
Flights from India: from 16 cities, one way from ₹8,600
Fly into Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) (KBV), 1196 km away
Then: Flight · 5h (Thai AirAsia nonstop)
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 February
Also in season this month.
- Hua Hin · great month
- Khao Lak · great month
- Khao Sok · great month
- Koh Chang · great month
- Koh Kood (Koh Kut) · great month
- Koh Lanta · great month
- Koh Lipe · great month
- Koh Mook (Koh Muk) · great month
Nearby in Northern Thailand:
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Chiang Mai in February, day by day, priced for your group.