Side by side
Bangkok vs Chiang Mai
Northern calm vs capital chaos.
Daily cost, live hotel + flight pricing, 90-day price path, and which city fits your trip.
Bangkok
Thailand
- Daily cost (mid-range)
- $90/day
- Daily cost (budget)
- $35/day
- Hotel / night (live avg)
- $56
- Flight / pax (live avg)
- $467
- Best months
- November to February (cool, dry season)
90-day path↓ 10%
Chiang Mai
Thailand
- Daily cost (mid-range)
- $75/day
- Daily cost (budget)
- $30/day
- Hotel / night (live avg)
- $33
- Flight / pax (live avg)
- $1,259
- Best months
- November to February
90-day path↑ 9%
Which one to pick?
- Budget:Chiang Mai is roughly 17% cheaper on mid-range daily cost.
- Timing:Bangkok pricing is down 10% over the last 4 weeks — favorable booking window.
- Style:The two cities feel meaningfully different — see each guide above for the on-the-ground details that matter.
Trends are vs ~4 weeks ago. Hotel + flight pricing is the latest snapshot from our 3×/week pricing cron; flight is city-average, not origin-specific.