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

Cesar RodriguezBy Cesar RodriguezUpdated

Clock tower above a market, half the stalls busy and half quiet
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The city's places fill up at 00:00 on Friday (57.9% of peak) and empty out around 10:00 on Wednesday (21.6%). Below: the same reading for every hour of the week, then category by category.

Google popular-times data for 1044 places, as of 8 September 2026. That is 1044 of the 4,195 Bangkok businesses we list, across 12 categories.

Every hour of the week, all categories

Average busyness by day and hour across 1044 Bangkok places with Google popular-times data00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00MonMonday 00:00: 44.8% of peak across 485 places, 461 of them openMonday 01:00: 38.2% of peak across 398 places, 378 of them openMonday 02:00: 222 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 03:00: 167 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 04:00: 131 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 05:00: 143 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 06:00: 4.5% of peak across 983 places, 114 of them openMonday 07:00: 6.7% of peak across 983 places, 163 of them openMonday 08:00: 11.1% of peak across 983 places, 260 of them openMonday 09:00: 15.2% of peak across 983 places, 337 of them openMonday 10:00: 22.3% of peak across 983 places, 474 of them openMonday 11:00: 28.2% of peak across 983 places, 582 of them openMonday 12:00: 30.7% of peak across 983 places, 619 of them openMonday 13:00: 31.7% of peak across 983 places, 630 of them openMonday 14:00: 32.2% of peak across 983 places, 643 of them openMonday 15:00: 33.5% of peak across 983 places, 667 of them openMonday 16:00: 36.8% of peak across 983 places, 705 of them openMonday 17:00: 41.1% of peak across 983 places, 766 of them openMonday 18:00: 44.5% of peak across 982 places, 818 of them openMonday 19:00: 45.9% of peak across 982 places, 847 of them openMonday 20:00: 44.1% of peak across 981 places, 806 of them openMonday 21:00: 41.7% of peak across 980 places, 737 of them openMonday 22:00: 38.4% of peak across 976 places, 661 of them openMonday 23:00: 34.8% of peak across 954 places, 593 of them openTueTuesday 00:00: 44.1% of peak across 501 places, 475 of them openTuesday 01:00: 37.7% of peak across 412 places, 389 of them openTuesday 02:00: 227 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 03:00: 173 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 04:00: 134 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 05:00: 147 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 06:00: 4.6% of peak across 1022 places, 116 of them openTuesday 07:00: 7% of peak across 1022 places, 164 of them openTuesday 08:00: 11.1% of peak across 1022 places, 262 of them openTuesday 09:00: 15.3% of peak across 1022 places, 347 of them openTuesday 10:00: 22.2% of peak across 1022 places, 487 of them openTuesday 11:00: 28.1% of peak across 1022 places, 599 of them openTuesday 12:00: 30.8% of peak across 1022 places, 641 of them openTuesday 13:00: 31.9% of peak across 1022 places, 653 of them openTuesday 14:00: 32.1% of peak across 1022 places, 668 of them openTuesday 15:00: 33.2% of peak across 1022 places, 689 of them openTuesday 16:00: 35.7% of peak across 1022 places, 733 of them openTuesday 17:00: 39.8% of peak across 1022 places, 795 of them openTuesday 18:00: 44% of peak across 1021 places, 851 of them openTuesday 19:00: 46.3% of peak across 1021 places, 878 of them openTuesday 20:00: 45.1% of peak across 1021 places, 835 of them openTuesday 21:00: 42.5% of peak across 1020 places, 763 of them openTuesday 22:00: 38.8% of peak across 1016 places, 687 of them openTuesday 23:00: 34.5% of peak across 993 places, 618 of them openWedWednesday 00:00: 44.5% of peak across 513 places, 488 of them openWednesday 01:00: 38.5% of peak across 420 places, 398 of them openWednesday 02:00: 230 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 03:00: 175 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 04:00: 133 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 05:00: 146 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 06:00: 4.7% of peak across 1022 places, 116 of them openWednesday 07:00: 7% of peak across 1022 places, 165 of them openWednesday 08:00: 11.3% of peak across 1022 places, 259 of them openWednesday 09:00: 15% of peak across 1022 places, 336 of them openWednesday 10:00: 21.6% of peak across 1022 places, 479 of them openWednesday 11:00: 26.8% of peak across 1022 places, 588 of them openWednesday 12:00: 29.7% of peak across 1022 places, 630 of them openWednesday 13:00: 31% of peak across 1022 places, 642 of them openWednesday 14:00: 31.7% of peak across 1022 places, 656 of them openWednesday 15:00: 32.4% of peak across 1022 places, 676 of them openWednesday 16:00: 35.1% of peak across 1022 places, 720 of them openWednesday 17:00: 39.7% of peak across 1022 places, 785 of them openWednesday 18:00: 44% of peak across 1021 places, 846 of them openWednesday 19:00: 46.4% of peak across 1021 places, 878 of them openWednesday 20:00: 45.6% of peak across 1021 places, 840 of them openWednesday 21:00: 43.5% of peak across 1020 places, 776 of them openWednesday 22:00: 39.9% of peak across 1016 places, 699 of them openWednesday 23:00: 36% of peak across 993 places, 631 of them openThuThursday 00:00: 45% of peak across 519 places, 492 of them openThursday 01:00: 38% of peak across 424 places, 401 of them openThursday 02:00: 233 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 03:00: 178 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 04:00: 136 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 05:00: 147 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 06:00: 4.3% of peak across 1040 places, 116 of them openThursday 07:00: 6.8% of peak across 1040 places, 165 of them openThursday 08:00: 10.9% of peak across 1040 places, 261 of them openThursday 09:00: 15% of peak across 1040 places, 346 of them openThursday 10:00: 21.9% of peak across 1040 places, 489 of them openThursday 11:00: 27.6% of peak across 1040 places, 602 of them openThursday 12:00: 30.3% of peak across 1040 places, 641 of them openThursday 13:00: 30.8% of peak across 1040 places, 653 of them openThursday 14:00: 31.3% of peak across 1040 places, 667 of them openThursday 15:00: 32.6% of peak across 1040 places, 689 of them openThursday 16:00: 35.6% of peak across 1040 places, 735 of them openThursday 17:00: 40.2% of peak across 1040 places, 802 of them openThursday 18:00: 44% of peak across 1039 places, 863 of them openThursday 19:00: 46.8% of peak across 1039 places, 893 of them openThursday 20:00: 46.1% of peak across 1039 places, 850 of them openThursday 21:00: 44% of peak across 1038 places, 781 of them openThursday 22:00: 40.7% of peak across 1034 places, 704 of them openThursday 23:00: 36.7% of peak across 1011 places, 635 of them openFriFriday 00:00: 57.9% of peak across 530 places, 509 of them openFriday 01:00: 47.2% of peak across 436 places, 413 of them openFriday 02:00: 241 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 03:00: 180 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 04:00: 138 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 05:00: 148 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 06:00: 4.4% of peak across 1041 places, 116 of them openFriday 07:00: 6.6% of peak across 1041 places, 165 of them openFriday 08:00: 10.9% of peak across 1041 places, 263 of them openFriday 09:00: 14.8% of peak across 1041 places, 345 of them openFriday 10:00: 21.8% of peak across 1041 places, 489 of them openFriday 11:00: 27.5% of peak across 1041 places, 602 of them openFriday 12:00: 30.3% of peak across 1041 places, 643 of them openFriday 13:00: 31.5% of peak across 1041 places, 655 of them openFriday 14:00: 32% of peak across 1041 places, 670 of them openFriday 15:00: 33% of peak across 1041 places, 691 of them openFriday 16:00: 35.9% of peak across 1041 places, 734 of them openFriday 17:00: 41% of peak across 1041 places, 803 of them openFriday 18:00: 46.1% of peak across 1040 places, 862 of them openFriday 19:00: 49.7% of peak across 1040 places, 891 of them openFriday 20:00: 50.6% of peak across 1040 places, 848 of them openFriday 21:00: 50.9% of peak across 1039 places, 785 of them openFriday 22:00: 50% of peak across 1035 places, 708 of them openFriday 23:00: 46.4% of peak across 1012 places, 641 of them openSatSaturday 00:00: 56.8% of peak across 525 places, 504 of them openSaturday 01:00: 47.8% of peak across 431 places, 409 of them openSaturday 02:00: 237 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 03:00: 176 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 04:00: 135 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 05:00: 143 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 06:00: 4% of peak across 1037 places, 111 of them openSaturday 07:00: 6.4% of peak across 1037 places, 154 of them openSaturday 08:00: 11.1% of peak across 1037 places, 252 of them openSaturday 09:00: 15.5% of peak across 1037 places, 341 of them openSaturday 10:00: 23.1% of peak across 1037 places, 492 of them openSaturday 11:00: 28.9% of peak across 1037 places, 603 of them openSaturday 12:00: 31.4% of peak across 1037 places, 644 of them openSaturday 13:00: 32.6% of peak across 1037 places, 655 of them openSaturday 14:00: 33.1% of peak across 1037 places, 670 of them openSaturday 15:00: 34.1% of peak across 1037 places, 687 of them openSaturday 16:00: 36.9% of peak across 1037 places, 729 of them openSaturday 17:00: 41.6% of peak across 1037 places, 795 of them openSaturday 18:00: 45.7% of peak across 1036 places, 857 of them openSaturday 19:00: 48.7% of peak across 1036 places, 877 of them openSaturday 20:00: 49.6% of peak across 1036 places, 836 of them openSaturday 21:00: 50.5% of peak across 1035 places, 782 of them openSaturday 22:00: 48.8% of peak across 1031 places, 707 of them openSaturday 23:00: 45.3% of peak across 1011 places, 639 of them openSunSunday 00:00: 45.5% of peak across 501 places, 476 of them openSunday 01:00: 39.1% of peak across 412 places, 390 of them openSunday 02:00: 224 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 03:00: 167 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 04:00: 128 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 05:00: 138 of 1041 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 06:00: 4.1% of peak across 1005 places, 107 of them openSunday 07:00: 6% of peak across 1005 places, 148 of them openSunday 08:00: 10.2% of peak across 1005 places, 241 of them openSunday 09:00: 14.5% of peak across 1005 places, 328 of them openSunday 10:00: 22.1% of peak across 1005 places, 480 of them openSunday 11:00: 27.9% of peak across 1005 places, 587 of them openSunday 12:00: 30.6% of peak across 1005 places, 628 of them openSunday 13:00: 32% of peak across 1005 places, 640 of them openSunday 14:00: 32.9% of peak across 1005 places, 652 of them openSunday 15:00: 34.2% of peak across 1005 places, 670 of them openSunday 16:00: 36.3% of peak across 1005 places, 711 of them openSunday 17:00: 40.1% of peak across 1005 places, 773 of them openSunday 18:00: 43.1% of peak across 1004 places, 831 of them openSunday 19:00: 44.7% of peak across 1004 places, 851 of them openSunday 20:00: 42.9% of peak across 1004 places, 810 of them openSunday 21:00: 41.6% of peak across 1003 places, 755 of them openSunday 22:00: 39.2% of peak across 999 places, 685 of them openSunday 23:00: 35.7% of peak across 979 places, 619 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
Monday98310:00–12:00 (25.3%)19:00 (45.9%)
Tuesday102210:00–12:00 (25.2%)19:00 (46.3%)
Wednesday102210:00–12:00 (24.2%)19:00 (46.4%)
Thursday104010:00–12:00 (24.8%)19:00 (46.8%)
Friday104110:00–12:00 (24.7%)00:00 (57.9%)
Saturday103710:00–12:00 (26%)00:00 (56.8%)
Sunday100510:00–12:00 (25%)00:00 (45.5%)

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
Nightlife & Clubs53813:00–15:0022:00 (56.7%)13:00–15:0022:00 (60.6%)
Rooftop Bars11716:00–18:0021:00 (60.6%)16:00–18:0021:00 (62.5%)
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%)
Shopping4809:00–11:0018:00 (70%)09:00–11:0018:00 (65.5%)
Cafés & Coffee4208:00–10:0013:00 (56.8%)08:00–10:0013:00 (69.5%)
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%)
Chart of average Google popular times by hour for eight kinds of Bangkok place, with the busiest hour of the week for each: Nightlife & Clubs Friday 22:00; Rooftop Bars Friday 21:00; Wellness & Spa Sunday 17:00; Restaurants Saturday 18:00; Shopping Tuesday 18:00; Cafés & Coffee Saturday 13:00; Street Food Sunday 19:00; Markets & Food Courts Monday 17:00.
The same popular-times readings as the table, one column per hour averaged over all seven days, for eight of the categories above. Gold marks each one's busiest hour of the week.

Quiet right now

It is 19:00 on Thursday 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. การเกด นวดแผนไทยสปา

    Wellness & Spa · Thawi Watthana · 5.0 from 11 reviews

    28% of peak
  2. 2. บ้านนวด Thai Massage

    Wellness & Spa · Thonburi · 5.0 from 2 reviews

    18% of peak
  3. 3. EDIMAX Official Store

    Shopping · Thonburi · 5.0 from 3 reviews

    26% of peak
  4. 4. Siam Drive Car Rental

    Transport & Rentals · Chatuchak · 5.0 from 11 reviews

    10% of peak
  5. 5. PHETSIAM MUAY THAI GYM

    Fitness & Gyms · Sathorn · 5.0 from 47 reviews

    17% of peak
  6. 6. CYBERIA BANGKOK

    Nightlife & Clubs · Phra Khanong & On Nut · 5.0 from 187 reviews

    9% of peak
  7. 7. Open Bar

    Rooftop Bars · Sukhumvit · 5.0 from 4 reviews

    29% of peak
  8. 8. The Gift Khaosan

    Nightlife & Clubs · Khao San · 5.0 from 2 reviews

    7% of peak
  9. 9. Good Trouble Bar

    Nightlife & Clubs · Sathorn · 5.0 from 391 reviews

    22% of peak
  10. 10. ยุ้งเล่า

    Nightlife & Clubs · Khao San · 5.0 from 1 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 3,151 of the places we list — small shops and offices mostly — so they appear nowhere on this page. Coverage by day runs from 983 places on the thinnest weekday to 1041 on the fullest.

Questions

How many Bangkok places does this crowd calendar cover?

1044 of the 4,195 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?

Friday at 00:00, averaging 57.9% of peak across the 530 places with a reading for that hour. The daily peak lands between 00:00 and 19:00 on all seven days, not only at weekends.

What is the quietest hour to go out in Bangkok?

Wednesday at 10:00, averaging 21.6% of peak across 1022 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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