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Mae Hong Son in April
Better avoided: April is outside the recommended season (November – February). Against it: Burning Season Smoke. Poy Sang Long (Shan novice ordination) can fall this month.
The season opens in November, 7 months away. Burning Season Smoke: usually over after April.
2 days in Mae Hong Son in April · from ₹8,291 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
The weather in April
What the season does to Mae Hong Son this month.
Worth knowing
Burning Season Smoke
⚠️ Crop and forest burning fills the northern valleys with smoke from February to April, worst in March: PM2.5 often reaches several times the safe level and mountain views disappear. Not a good time for children, the elderly or anyone with asthma. Check AQI before booking, carry N95 masks, or move this leg to November–January.
What’s on in April
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
Poy Sang Long (Shan novice ordination)dates shift yearly
Three days when Shan boys about to become novice monks are dressed as princes, in silk, flowers and make-up, and carried on their relatives' shoulders round the temples of Mae Hong Son town with music and offerings. The dates are set by the temples each year, usually late March or early April; it falls in the smoky season, so check the air quality too.
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹8,291 for two
- Room a night₹1,690
- Food a day, each₹1,092
- Main sight entry, each₹280
Mid-range
₹18,931 for two
- Room a night₹3,930
- Food a day, each₹2,520
- Main sight entry, each₹280
Luxury
₹43,069 for two
- Room a night₹9,840
- Food a day, each₹5,880
- Main sight entry, each₹280
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), 673 km away
Then: Flight · 11h (Fly to Chiang Mai + minivan via Pai)
Flights from India: from 16 cities, one way from ₹8,600
Fly into Krabi (Ao Nang & Railay) (KBV), 1257 km away
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 Northern Thailand:
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