Two gilded chedis flank the steps up to a hall at Wat Phra Kaew, in Bangkok's Grand Palace, under a pale sky

Bangkok กรุงเทพมหานคร

Street food, river ferries and rail lines.

Areas to stay: Khao San & Old Town, Chinatown & Riverside, Silom & Sathorn, Siam & Pratunam, Sukhumvit and Ari.

Where to stay

Places in Bangkok

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Closest to Siam BTS

How we order

The places nearest Siam BTS come first.

Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap data, not walking routes.

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Villas first, then English names, then closest to Siam BTS

How we order

Villas come before apartments, and places with an English name before those whose name we spelled out from Thai. Within each of those, the places nearest Siam BTS come first.

So a nearer place can sit lower in the list. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap data, not walking routes.

Commission never moves anything. How we compare

All villas & apartments in Bangkok

English names first, then closest to Siam BTS

How we order

Places with an English name come before those whose name we spelled out from Thai. Within each of those, the places nearest Siam BTS come first.

So a nearer place can sit lower in the list. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap data, not walking routes.

Commission never moves anything. How we compare

All cafes in Bangkok

When to go

Best November to January: cool and dry. Rainy from September to October.

Month by month Hide months

Cool and dry: Nov–Jan. Hot: Feb–Apr. Some rain: May–Aug. Rainy: Sep–Oct.

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Climate source

Monthly averages, 2001–2020, from NASA POWER (fetched 13 Oct 2026).

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