🎏 Seasonal events

Some of Thailand's best experiences last only a few weeks a year. Here's what's worth planning a trip around.

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Songkran (Thai New Year)

For three days every April, the whole country turns into the world's biggest water fight — Thai New Year, where soaking strangers with buckets and hoses is both a blessing and a national pastime.

📍 Bangkok, Bangkok 🆓 Free ⏱ Full day 🗓 Apr 13 – Apr 15

🌞 Hot Season

🎉 Festival Seasonal event

Yi Peng & Loi Krathong

On the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, Chiang Mai releases thousands of glowing paper lanterns into the night sky while rivers fill with candle-lit floats — Thailand's most luminous festival, doubled.

📍 Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 🆓 Free ⏱ Half day 🗓 Nov 24 – Nov 25

🌤️ Cool Season

🎉 Festival Seasonal event

Lopburi Monkey Buffet Festival

Once a year the old town of Lopburi lays out towering pyramids of fruit, vegetables, and sweets on red tablecloths in front of an ancient Khmer shrine — a lavish banquet held entirely for the city's thousands of resident macaques.

📍 Lopburi, Lopburi 🆓 Free ⏱ Half day 🗓 Nov 29

🌤️ Cool Season

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