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The dazzling white, mirror-studded hall of Wat Rong Khun, the White Temple, reflected in its pond
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Chiang Rai เชียงราย

Contemporary temples, mountain coffee and quiet streets.

Listed here: hostels, villas & apartments and cafes.

Places in Chiang Rai

Villas first, then English names, then closest to the Clock Tower
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 the Clock Tower come first.

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

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All villas & apartments in Chiang Rai
English names first, then closest to the Clock Tower
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 the Clock Tower 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 Chiang Rai

When to go

Best October to March: cool and dry. Smoky from February to April.

Month by month Hide months

Cool and dry: Oct–Mar. Hot: Apr. Some rain: May–Jun. Rainy: Jul–Sep. Often smoky: Feb–Apr.

Cool and dryHotSome rainRainyOften smoky

Climate source

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

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