Estimate Your Thailand Trip Budget
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These are mid-range estimates drawn from Wherebest's per-city budget pages (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket). Your actual cost can vary ±15-20% based on: hotel picks (guesthouse vs hotel) · season (high season and New Year cost more) · personal style (lots of shopping or multiple tours). Use it as a planning starting point, not a fixed quote.

Backpacker = hostels and guesthouses around 500-900 baht a night, street food, public transport · Mid-range = 3-star hotels around 1,200-2,500 baht a night, a mix of sit-down and street eats, the odd Grab · Comfort = 4-5 star hotels from about 4,500 baht a night, Grab everywhere, more activities.

Toggle it on and we use round-trip-per-person estimates for popular routes (Bangkok to Phuket or Chiang Mai) across three tiers: LCC around 2,400 baht · full-service around 4,200 baht · peak (Songkran/New Year) around 6,500 baht · If you have a real fare, type it into the "Or enter your own" box and we use that instead.

Picking "multi-region" adds roughly 1,500-3,000 baht per trip for inter-city transport (train, coach, or a domestic flight) and uses country-average hotel and food rates · plan a 10-15% buffer for switching-region logistics.

The rainy season (June-September) brings the lowest hotel and tour prices, especially on the Andaman coast · high season (November-February) has the best weather but the highest prices · New Year and Songkran are peak periods when prices spike and rooms fill fast, so book ahead.

Usually activities and tours (island trips, elephant sanctuaries, shows) and souvenirs, which people under-budget · Phuket island tours start around 1,000-2,500 baht per person and it's tempting to do several · set an activities budget and pick the ones you really want.

Enter 4 travellers and we cost the hotel as 2 rooms (or a family room) · young children often stay free · pick "mid-range" and add the activities you want · a child's share of the budget is usually 30-40% lower than an adult's (cheaper tickets, fewer souvenirs).

This tool gives a quick overview · for a deeper per-city breakdown see our Bangkok budget, Chiang Mai budget and Phuket budget pages, which itemise daily costs with real-world examples · the links are in the result buttons and the cards below.