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Best time to visit Bangkok malls, markets, bars and temples: crowd calendar

The city's places fill up at 18:00 on Saturday (52.2% of peak) and empty out around 09:00 on Sunday (21.3%). Below: the same reading for every hour of the week, then category by category.

Google popular-times data for 473 places, as of 7 September 2026. That is 473 of the 1,312 Bangkok businesses we list, across 12 categories.

Every hour of the week, all categories

Average busyness by day and hour across 473 Bangkok places with Google popular-times data00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00MonMonday 00:00: 114 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 01:00: 88 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 02:00: 69 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 03:00: 65 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 04:00: 56 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 05:00: 76 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 06:00: 5.8% of peak across 449 places, 69 of them openMonday 07:00: 8.5% of peak across 449 places, 99 of them openMonday 08:00: 15.5% of peak across 449 places, 163 of them openMonday 09:00: 22.9% of peak across 449 places, 217 of them openMonday 10:00: 33.7% of peak across 449 places, 311 of them openMonday 11:00: 40.3% of peak across 449 places, 359 of them openMonday 12:00: 42.4% of peak across 449 places, 368 of them openMonday 13:00: 43.4% of peak across 449 places, 371 of them openMonday 14:00: 43.5% of peak across 449 places, 372 of them openMonday 15:00: 44.8% of peak across 449 places, 376 of them openMonday 16:00: 47.8% of peak across 449 places, 384 of them openMonday 17:00: 50.3% of peak across 449 places, 380 of them openMonday 18:00: 50.8% of peak across 449 places, 373 of them openMonday 19:00: 47.9% of peak across 449 places, 358 of them openMonday 20:00: 40% of peak across 448 places, 306 of them openMonday 21:00: 30.4% of peak across 447 places, 236 of them openMonday 22:00: 21.9% of peak across 443 places, 172 of them openMonday 23:00: 17.7% of peak across 426 places, 139 of them openTueTuesday 00:00: 114 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 01:00: 88 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 02:00: 68 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 03:00: 64 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 04:00: 55 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 05:00: 76 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 06:00: 5.6% of peak across 468 places, 69 of them openTuesday 07:00: 8.9% of peak across 468 places, 98 of them openTuesday 08:00: 15.5% of peak across 468 places, 163 of them openTuesday 09:00: 22.3% of peak across 468 places, 222 of them openTuesday 10:00: 32.7% of peak across 468 places, 320 of them openTuesday 11:00: 39.2% of peak across 468 places, 371 of them openTuesday 12:00: 42.3% of peak across 468 places, 382 of them openTuesday 13:00: 43.3% of peak across 468 places, 386 of them openTuesday 14:00: 43.2% of peak across 468 places, 387 of them openTuesday 15:00: 43.2% of peak across 468 places, 389 of them openTuesday 16:00: 45.7% of peak across 468 places, 400 of them openTuesday 17:00: 48.5% of peak across 468 places, 395 of them openTuesday 18:00: 50.6% of peak across 468 places, 389 of them openTuesday 19:00: 48.1% of peak across 468 places, 371 of them openTuesday 20:00: 40.6% of peak across 468 places, 317 of them openTuesday 21:00: 31% of peak across 467 places, 245 of them openTuesday 22:00: 22.7% of peak across 463 places, 179 of them openTuesday 23:00: 18.1% of peak across 445 places, 145 of them openWedWednesday 00:00: 114 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 01:00: 88 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 02:00: 68 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 03:00: 64 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 04:00: 55 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 05:00: 76 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 06:00: 5.9% of peak across 457 places, 69 of them openWednesday 07:00: 9.4% of peak across 457 places, 99 of them openWednesday 08:00: 15.7% of peak across 457 places, 160 of them openWednesday 09:00: 22.2% of peak across 457 places, 212 of them openWednesday 10:00: 32.7% of peak across 457 places, 311 of them openWednesday 11:00: 39.3% of peak across 457 places, 361 of them openWednesday 12:00: 42.1% of peak across 457 places, 372 of them openWednesday 13:00: 43.5% of peak across 457 places, 376 of them openWednesday 14:00: 43.2% of peak across 457 places, 376 of them openWednesday 15:00: 43.1% of peak across 457 places, 376 of them openWednesday 16:00: 45.5% of peak across 457 places, 389 of them openWednesday 17:00: 48.5% of peak across 457 places, 384 of them openWednesday 18:00: 49.7% of peak across 457 places, 379 of them openWednesday 19:00: 48.2% of peak across 457 places, 363 of them openWednesday 20:00: 41.7% of peak across 457 places, 314 of them openWednesday 21:00: 32.4% of peak across 456 places, 246 of them openWednesday 22:00: 23.2% of peak across 452 places, 178 of them openWednesday 23:00: 19% of peak across 434 places, 145 of them openThuThursday 00:00: 117 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 01:00: 90 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 02:00: 70 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 03:00: 66 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 04:00: 56 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 05:00: 76 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 06:00: 5.3% of peak across 471 places, 69 of them openThursday 07:00: 8.8% of peak across 471 places, 99 of them openThursday 08:00: 15.3% of peak across 471 places, 162 of them openThursday 09:00: 22% of peak across 471 places, 222 of them openThursday 10:00: 33.3% of peak across 471 places, 321 of them openThursday 11:00: 40.1% of peak across 471 places, 373 of them openThursday 12:00: 42.5% of peak across 471 places, 383 of them openThursday 13:00: 43% of peak across 471 places, 387 of them openThursday 14:00: 42.9% of peak across 471 places, 387 of them openThursday 15:00: 43.5% of peak across 471 places, 389 of them openThursday 16:00: 46.4% of peak across 471 places, 402 of them openThursday 17:00: 48.9% of peak across 471 places, 399 of them openThursday 18:00: 50% of peak across 471 places, 392 of them openThursday 19:00: 48.4% of peak across 471 places, 374 of them openThursday 20:00: 40.9% of peak across 471 places, 320 of them openThursday 21:00: 30.6% of peak across 470 places, 247 of them openThursday 22:00: 21.9% of peak across 466 places, 180 of them openThursday 23:00: 18% of peak across 448 places, 146 of them openFriFriday 00:00: 117 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 01:00: 91 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 02:00: 69 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 03:00: 65 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 04:00: 55 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 05:00: 76 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 06:00: 5.7% of peak across 471 places, 69 of them openFriday 07:00: 8.6% of peak across 471 places, 99 of them openFriday 08:00: 15.5% of peak across 471 places, 163 of them openFriday 09:00: 21.7% of peak across 471 places, 221 of them openFriday 10:00: 33.2% of peak across 471 places, 321 of them openFriday 11:00: 39.8% of peak across 471 places, 372 of them openFriday 12:00: 42.7% of peak across 471 places, 383 of them openFriday 13:00: 43.5% of peak across 471 places, 387 of them openFriday 14:00: 43.4% of peak across 471 places, 388 of them openFriday 15:00: 43.7% of peak across 471 places, 390 of them openFriday 16:00: 46.4% of peak across 471 places, 401 of them openFriday 17:00: 50% of peak across 471 places, 398 of them openFriday 18:00: 51.6% of peak across 471 places, 391 of them openFriday 19:00: 49.7% of peak across 471 places, 372 of them openFriday 20:00: 42.8% of peak across 471 places, 317 of them openFriday 21:00: 33.8% of peak across 470 places, 251 of them openFriday 22:00: 26.1% of peak across 466 places, 183 of them openFriday 23:00: 21.7% of peak across 448 places, 149 of them openSatSaturday 00:00: 117 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 01:00: 91 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 02:00: 70 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 03:00: 64 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 04:00: 55 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 05:00: 73 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 06:00: 4.9% of peak across 469 places, 66 of them openSaturday 07:00: 8.1% of peak across 469 places, 90 of them openSaturday 08:00: 15.8% of peak across 469 places, 156 of them openSaturday 09:00: 23% of peak across 469 places, 218 of them openSaturday 10:00: 35.4% of peak across 469 places, 325 of them openSaturday 11:00: 42.3% of peak across 469 places, 374 of them openSaturday 12:00: 44.9% of peak across 469 places, 384 of them openSaturday 13:00: 45.5% of peak across 469 places, 386 of them openSaturday 14:00: 45.3% of peak across 469 places, 387 of them openSaturday 15:00: 45.5% of peak across 469 places, 388 of them openSaturday 16:00: 47.8% of peak across 469 places, 398 of them openSaturday 17:00: 51% of peak across 469 places, 391 of them openSaturday 18:00: 52.2% of peak across 469 places, 386 of them openSaturday 19:00: 49.8% of peak across 469 places, 360 of them openSaturday 20:00: 42.6% of peak across 469 places, 306 of them openSaturday 21:00: 34.7% of peak across 468 places, 249 of them openSaturday 22:00: 26.1% of peak across 464 places, 184 of them openSaturday 23:00: 21.2% of peak across 449 places, 149 of them openSunSunday 00:00: 114 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 01:00: 88 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 02:00: 67 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 03:00: 63 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 04:00: 54 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 05:00: 72 of 471 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 06:00: 5.4% of peak across 454 places, 65 of them openSunday 07:00: 7.7% of peak across 454 places, 86 of them openSunday 08:00: 14.2% of peak across 454 places, 148 of them openSunday 09:00: 21.3% of peak across 454 places, 209 of them openSunday 10:00: 33.7% of peak across 454 places, 317 of them openSunday 11:00: 40.8% of peak across 454 places, 362 of them openSunday 12:00: 44% of peak across 454 places, 374 of them openSunday 13:00: 45.3% of peak across 454 places, 375 of them openSunday 14:00: 46% of peak across 454 places, 376 of them openSunday 15:00: 46.3% of peak across 454 places, 378 of them openSunday 16:00: 47.9% of peak across 454 places, 387 of them openSunday 17:00: 49.9% of peak across 454 places, 382 of them openSunday 18:00: 49.7% of peak across 454 places, 374 of them openSunday 19:00: 46.7% of peak across 454 places, 348 of them openSunday 20:00: 38.1% of peak across 454 places, 296 of them openSunday 21:00: 29.9% of peak across 453 places, 239 of them openSunday 22:00: 21.6% of peak across 449 places, 177 of them openSunday 23:00: 17.5% of peak across 434 places, 144 of them open
0% of peak100%Too few places reporting that hour
Quietest window and busiest hour for each day of the week, Bangkok-wide
DayPlaces with dataQuietest windowBusiest hour
Monday44909:00–11:00 (28.3%)18:00 (50.8%)
Tuesday46809:00–11:00 (27.5%)18:00 (50.6%)
Wednesday45709:00–11:00 (27.5%)18:00 (49.7%)
Thursday47109:00–11:00 (27.7%)18:00 (50%)
Friday47109:00–11:00 (27.5%)18:00 (51.6%)
Saturday46909:00–11:00 (29.2%)18:00 (52.2%)
Sunday45409:00–11:00 (27.5%)17:00 (49.9%)

Quietest and busiest by category

Categories with at least 10 places carrying popular-times data. Percentages are the average across those places at that hour, on their own 0-100 scale.

Quietest and busiest hours by category, weekdays compared with weekends
CategoryPlacesMon–Fri quietestMon–Fri busiestSat–Sun quietestSat–Sun busiest
Wellness & Spa5610:00–12:0018:00 (56.1%)10:00–12:0017:00 (60.1%)
Restaurants5411:00–13:0019:00 (56.5%)11:00–13:0018:00 (65.8%)
Rooftop Bars5023:00–01:0021:00 (61.9%)16:00–18:0021:00 (64.7%)
Shopping4609:00–11:0018:00 (70.8%)09:00–11:0018:00 (66.3%)
Cafés & Coffee4208:00–10:0013:00 (56.8%)08:00–10:0013:00 (69.5%)
Nightlife & Clubs3416:00–18:0022:00 (60.2%)17:00–19:0023:00 (64.4%)
Street Food3214:00–16:0019:00 (55.8%)14:00–16:0019:00 (60.4%)
Fitness & Gyms3109:00–11:0017:00 (62.7%)09:00–11:0017:00 (51.3%)
Transport & Rentals2708:00–10:0013:00 (54.5%)20:00–22:0012:00 (51.9%)
Beauty & Hair2309:00–11:0017:00 (59.2%)09:00–11:0017:00 (64.1%)
Health & Doctors2308:00–10:0017:00 (61.1%)09:00–11:0014:00 (53.9%)
Markets & Food Courts2306:00–08:0017:00 (58.5%)06:00–08:0017:00 (55.3%)

Quiet right now

It is 19:00 on Monday in Bangkok. These are the highest-rated places we track that are open and reading at or below 30% of their own peak for this hour. The page is rebuilt at most once an hour, so a reading can be up to an hour behind Google's.

  1. 1. บ้านนวด Thai Massage

    Wellness & Spa · Thonburi · 5.0 from 2 reviews

    25% of peak
  2. 2. P'Ann

    Restaurants · Nong Khaem & Bang Bon · 5.0 from 1 reviews

    26% of peak
  3. 3. Asawamongkol Muay Thai Gym Rama 2

    Fitness & Gyms · Bang Khun Thian & Chom Thong · 5.0 from 53 reviews

    30% of peak
  4. 4. ร้านอาหารเลดี้นัวล์

    Restaurants · Nong Khaem & Bang Bon · 5.0 from 3 reviews

    15% of peak
  5. 5. Yanisa MuayThai

    Fitness & Gyms · Bang Khun Thian & Chom Thong · 5.0 from 15 reviews

    22% of peak
  6. 6. PHETSIAM MUAY THAI GYM

    Fitness & Gyms · Sathorn · 5.0 from 47 reviews

    16% of peak
  7. 7. Pro Visa Bangkok

    Legal & Visa Services · Phra Khanong & On Nut · 5.0 from 14 reviews

    18% of peak
  8. 8. Open Bar

    Rooftop Bars · Sukhumvit · 5.0 from 4 reviews

    17% of peak
  9. 9. SELEN BEAUTY CO.LTD

    Wellness & Spa · Thawi Watthana · 4.9 from 41 reviews

    19% of peak
  10. 10. ปาริณ นวดเพื่อสุขภาพ

    Wellness & Spa · Phasi Charoen · 4.9 from 17 reviews

    12% of peak

To narrow this to what you can walk to, Bangkok by rail station lists every place within 800 metres of each BTS, MRT, Airport Rail Link and SRT stop.

How this is measured

  • Source. Google Maps' popular-times histogram, collected with the Apify Google Maps actor. A value is a percent of that one place's historic peak: a mall and a rooftop bar both reading 60% are each at 60% of their own busiest hour, not at the same headcount.
  • Averaging. Every figure here is a mean across places. Hours with no reading are skipped, not counted as zero.
  • Minimum sample. An hour needs 3 places with a reading, and at least 25% as many as the day's fullest hour, before we draw or quote it. Google only holds overnight readings for places that trade overnight, so 02:00 city-wide is an average of the bars still open at 02:00 — left blank here rather than drawn as if it spoke for the city. A category needs 10 places with any popular-times data before it gets a row above or a page of its own.
  • Open hours only. Google reports a value for hours a place is shut, usually 0. A quietest window is only picked from hours when at least 50% as many places are open as at that day's peak for opening hours. Without that rule the answer for every category would be 04:00.
  • Quiet and busy labels. A single place reads quiet at or below 30% of its own peak and busy at or above 70%. Anything between gets no label.
  • What is missing. Google holds no popular-times histogram for 839 of the places we list — small shops and offices mostly — so they appear nowhere on this page. Coverage by day runs from 449 places on the thinnest weekday to 471 on the fullest.

Questions

How many Bangkok places does this crowd calendar cover?

473 of the 1,312 Bangkok businesses we list carry Google popular-times data. 12 categories clear the 10-place minimum for their own figures; the rest are counted in the total but not broken out, because under 10 places one venue's Saturday would set the whole category's curve.

What is the busiest hour in Bangkok?

Saturday at 18:00, averaging 52.2% of peak across the 469 places with a reading for that hour. The daily peak lands between 17:00 and 18:00 on all seven days, not only at weekends.

What is the quietest hour to go out in Bangkok?

Sunday at 09:00, averaging 21.3% of peak across 454 places. It only counts hours when at least half as many places are open as at that day's peak for opening hours, so 04:00 — emptier still, and useless as advice — is left out.

Which Bangkok category fills up hardest at weekends?

Cafés & Coffee: 69.5% of peak at 13:00 on Saturday and Sunday, across 42 places with data. The same places average 36.8% between 08:00–10:00 on weekdays.

Do the quiet hours move between weekdays and weekends?

For most categories they hold within an hour or two. Transport & Rentals shift the most in our data: quietest 08:00–10:00 Monday to Friday, 20:00–22:00 on Saturday and Sunday.

Where does this crowd data come from?

Google Maps publishes a popular-times histogram for many businesses: 24 values a day, each scored 0-100 against that place's own historic peak rather than as a headcount. We collect it with the Apify Google Maps actor and average it across every place in a category and hour, ignoring hours with no reading instead of counting them as empty.

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