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Mae Hong Son in May
Mixed month: May is outside the recommended season (November – February). Buddhist holy days (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha) can fall this month. Nothing in our data flags May as a problem, but it isn't the season the place is best in.
The season opens in November, 6 months away. Burning Season Smoke usually starts in March, 10 months away.
2 days in Mae Hong Son in May · from ₹8,291 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
What’s on in May
Timing a trip around these changes what you pay and what you can book.
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; 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 May
Instead in season this month.
- Koh Phangan · great month
- Koh Samui · great month
- Koh Tao · great month
- Koh Kood (Koh Kut) · good month
- Koh Samet · good month
Nearby in Northern Thailand:
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