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Best time to visit markets & food courts in Bangkok: crowd calendar

Bangkok markets & food courts run fullest at 17:00 on Monday (65% of peak) and thinnest at 06:00 on Tuesday (18.5%). Day by day, and the ten that stay calm on a Saturday, below.

Google popular-times data for 23 places, as of 7 September 2026. That is 23 of the 63 markets & food courts we list, across 5 districts. See all 63 markets & food courts we list or the city-wide crowd calendar.

Markets & Food Courts: every hour of the week

Average busyness by day and hour across 23 Bangkok markets & food courts with Google popular-times data00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00MonMonday 00:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 01:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 02:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 03:00: 4 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageMonday 04:00: 15.6% of peak across 7 places, 2 of them openMonday 05:00: 15.5% of peak across 13 places, 5 of them openMonday 06:00: 20.1% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openMonday 07:00: 22% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openMonday 08:00: 36.6% of peak across 23 places, 16 of them openMonday 09:00: 43.8% of peak across 23 places, 18 of them openMonday 10:00: 48.7% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openMonday 11:00: 51.3% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openMonday 12:00: 52.1% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openMonday 13:00: 50.1% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openMonday 14:00: 47.2% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openMonday 15:00: 50.7% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openMonday 16:00: 59% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openMonday 17:00: 65% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openMonday 18:00: 59.8% of peak across 23 places, 19 of them openMonday 19:00: 44.9% of peak across 23 places, 15 of them openMonday 20:00: 26.4% of peak across 23 places, 10 of them openMonday 21:00: 17.1% of peak across 22 places, 6 of them openMonday 22:00: 10.5% of peak across 19 places, 3 of them openMonday 23:00: 12.1% of peak across 13 places, 2 of them openTueTuesday 00:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 01:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 02:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 03:00: 4 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageTuesday 04:00: 18.9% of peak across 7 places, 2 of them openTuesday 05:00: 17.8% of peak across 13 places, 5 of them openTuesday 06:00: 18.5% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openTuesday 07:00: 22.2% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openTuesday 08:00: 35.7% of peak across 23 places, 16 of them openTuesday 09:00: 44.3% of peak across 23 places, 18 of them openTuesday 10:00: 52.7% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openTuesday 11:00: 51% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openTuesday 12:00: 51.3% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openTuesday 13:00: 48.3% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openTuesday 14:00: 46.7% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openTuesday 15:00: 44.1% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openTuesday 16:00: 47.5% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openTuesday 17:00: 55.8% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openTuesday 18:00: 54.8% of peak across 23 places, 19 of them openTuesday 19:00: 43.6% of peak across 23 places, 15 of them openTuesday 20:00: 22.9% of peak across 23 places, 10 of them openTuesday 21:00: 12.7% of peak across 22 places, 6 of them openTuesday 22:00: 8.3% of peak across 19 places, 3 of them openTuesday 23:00: 11.3% of peak across 13 places, 2 of them openWedWednesday 00:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 01:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 02:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 03:00: 4 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageWednesday 04:00: 13.6% of peak across 7 places, 2 of them openWednesday 05:00: 15.9% of peak across 13 places, 5 of them openWednesday 06:00: 21.9% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openWednesday 07:00: 24.7% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openWednesday 08:00: 40.5% of peak across 23 places, 16 of them openWednesday 09:00: 46.9% of peak across 23 places, 18 of them openWednesday 10:00: 53% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openWednesday 11:00: 53.5% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openWednesday 12:00: 52.3% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openWednesday 13:00: 49% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openWednesday 14:00: 47.3% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openWednesday 15:00: 47.2% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openWednesday 16:00: 53.2% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openWednesday 17:00: 54.6% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openWednesday 18:00: 53.3% of peak across 23 places, 19 of them openWednesday 19:00: 43% of peak across 23 places, 15 of them openWednesday 20:00: 27.4% of peak across 23 places, 10 of them openWednesday 21:00: 16.4% of peak across 22 places, 6 of them openWednesday 22:00: 8.6% of peak across 19 places, 3 of them openWednesday 23:00: 9.5% of peak across 13 places, 2 of them openThuThursday 00:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 01:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 02:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 03:00: 4 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageThursday 04:00: 20.9% of peak across 7 places, 2 of them openThursday 05:00: 16.1% of peak across 13 places, 5 of them openThursday 06:00: 20.1% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openThursday 07:00: 22% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openThursday 08:00: 33.4% of peak across 23 places, 16 of them openThursday 09:00: 36.3% of peak across 23 places, 18 of them openThursday 10:00: 47.6% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openThursday 11:00: 47.7% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openThursday 12:00: 46.3% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openThursday 13:00: 45.8% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openThursday 14:00: 44.2% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openThursday 15:00: 48% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openThursday 16:00: 54% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openThursday 17:00: 59.9% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openThursday 18:00: 55.5% of peak across 23 places, 19 of them openThursday 19:00: 45.6% of peak across 23 places, 15 of them openThursday 20:00: 27.2% of peak across 23 places, 10 of them openThursday 21:00: 19.7% of peak across 22 places, 6 of them openThursday 22:00: 12% of peak across 19 places, 3 of them openThursday 23:00: 17.5% of peak across 13 places, 2 of them openFriFriday 00:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 01:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 02:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 03:00: 4 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageFriday 04:00: 20.6% of peak across 7 places, 2 of them openFriday 05:00: 15.9% of peak across 13 places, 5 of them openFriday 06:00: 19.3% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openFriday 07:00: 22.3% of peak across 23 places, 11 of them openFriday 08:00: 40.3% of peak across 23 places, 16 of them openFriday 09:00: 41.5% of peak across 23 places, 18 of them openFriday 10:00: 46% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openFriday 11:00: 44.5% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openFriday 12:00: 43.8% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openFriday 13:00: 47.7% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openFriday 14:00: 50.3% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openFriday 15:00: 55.6% of peak across 23 places, 20 of them openFriday 16:00: 57.3% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openFriday 17:00: 57.2% of peak across 23 places, 21 of them openFriday 18:00: 50.9% of peak across 23 places, 19 of them openFriday 19:00: 40.9% of peak across 23 places, 15 of them openFriday 20:00: 27.5% of peak across 23 places, 10 of them openFriday 21:00: 20.9% of peak across 22 places, 6 of them openFriday 22:00: 11% of peak across 19 places, 3 of them openFriday 23:00: 11.8% of peak across 13 places, 2 of them openSatSaturday 00:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 01:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 02:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 03:00: 4 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSaturday 04:00: 12.9% of peak across 7 places, 2 of them openSaturday 05:00: 15.3% of peak across 13 places, 5 of them openSaturday 06:00: 19% of peak across 22 places, 11 of them openSaturday 07:00: 25.3% of peak across 22 places, 11 of them openSaturday 08:00: 41.6% of peak across 22 places, 16 of them openSaturday 09:00: 45.1% of peak across 22 places, 17 of them openSaturday 10:00: 49.4% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSaturday 11:00: 47.4% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSaturday 12:00: 45.9% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSaturday 13:00: 46.3% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSaturday 14:00: 50.1% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSaturday 15:00: 51% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSaturday 16:00: 57.4% of peak across 22 places, 20 of them openSaturday 17:00: 57.6% of peak across 22 places, 20 of them openSaturday 18:00: 59.9% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSaturday 19:00: 44.9% of peak across 22 places, 15 of them openSaturday 20:00: 23.9% of peak across 22 places, 10 of them openSaturday 21:00: 18.2% of peak across 21 places, 6 of them openSaturday 22:00: 8.9% of peak across 18 places, 3 of them openSaturday 23:00: 11.3% of peak across 12 places, 2 of them openSunSunday 00:00: 2 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 01:00: 2 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 02:00: 2 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 03:00: 3 of 23 places report this hour, too few to averageSunday 04:00: 12.7% of peak across 6 places, 1 of them openSunday 05:00: 13.7% of peak across 13 places, 4 of them openSunday 06:00: 21.4% of peak across 22 places, 11 of them openSunday 07:00: 24.5% of peak across 22 places, 11 of them openSunday 08:00: 39.2% of peak across 22 places, 16 of them openSunday 09:00: 41.3% of peak across 22 places, 17 of them openSunday 10:00: 48.5% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSunday 11:00: 49% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSunday 12:00: 48.6% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSunday 13:00: 44.5% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSunday 14:00: 44.5% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSunday 15:00: 45.8% of peak across 22 places, 19 of them openSunday 16:00: 51.4% of peak across 22 places, 20 of them openSunday 17:00: 53% of peak across 22 places, 20 of them openSunday 18:00: 50.1% of peak across 22 places, 18 of them openSunday 19:00: 39.1% of peak across 22 places, 14 of them openSunday 20:00: 21.8% of peak across 22 places, 9 of them openSunday 21:00: 15.8% of peak across 21 places, 5 of them openSunday 22:00: 8.4% of peak across 18 places, 2 of them openSunday 23:00: 9.6% of peak across 11 places, 1 of them open
0% of peak100%Too few places reporting that hour

Day by day

Quietest window and busiest hour for Bangkok markets & food courts, by day of the week
DayPlaces with dataQuietest windowBusiest hour
Monday2306:00–08:00 (21.1%)17:00 (65%)
Tuesday2306:00–08:00 (20.4%)17:00 (55.8%)
Wednesday2306:00–08:00 (23.3%)17:00 (54.6%)
Thursday2306:00–08:00 (21.1%)17:00 (59.9%)
Friday2306:00–08:00 (20.8%)16:00 (57.3%)
Saturday2206:00–08:00 (22.2%)18:00 (59.9%)
Sunday2206:00–08:00 (23%)17:00 (53%)

Grouped rather than day by day: Monday to Friday quietest 06:00–08:00 at 21.3%, busiest 17:00 at 58.5%; Saturday and Sunday quietest 06:00–08:00 at 22.5%, busiest 17:00 at 55.3%.

10 markets & food courts that stay quiet at the weekend

Ranked by each place's own quietest two hours on a Saturday or Sunday, taken only from hours it is open.

  1. 1. Wongcharoen Market

    Thawi Watthana · 4.5 from 474 reviews

    Sunday 05:00–07:00 · 3.5% of its own peak

  2. 2. CJ Supermarket, Bhornthawi Market

    Thawi Watthana · 4.3 from 50 reviews

    Saturday 06:00–08:00 · 4.5% of its own peak

  3. 3. TFG Bangwaek

    Bang Khae · 4.3 from 46 reviews

    Saturday 04:00–06:00 · 5.5% of its own peak

  4. 4. ร้านหมูบุน

    Thawi Watthana · 5.0 from 3 reviews

    Sunday 13:00–15:00 · 12% of its own peak

  5. 5. ร้านหมวยปลาสลิดแดดเดียว

    Thawi Watthana

    Sunday 13:00–15:00 · 15% of its own peak

  6. 6. ผลไม้ผักอาหารทะเล

    Thonburi

    Saturday 14:00–16:00 · 16% of its own peak

  7. 7. GAGA (กาก้า) - Thonburi Market Place ธนบุรีมาร์เก็ตเพลส

    Thawi Watthana · 4.7 from 48 reviews

    Sunday 17:00–19:00 · 17% of its own peak

  8. 8. Thotsakan Intersection Fresh Market

    Bang Khae · 4.1 from 2,407 reviews

    Sunday 13:00–15:00 · 22% of its own peak

  9. 9. มาดามเชง ซีฟู๊ด By วรา 鄭太太海鮮 Madame Cheng Seafood

    Thawi Watthana · 3.2 from 5 reviews

    Sunday 09:00–11:00 · 23% of its own peak

  10. 10. Baimiang Healthy Shop ใบเมี่ยง - เดอะเซอร์เคิล ราชพฤกษ์

    Taling Chan · 4.9 from 27 reviews

    Saturday 17:00–19:00 · 24.5% of its own peak

How this is measured

Figures here average Google's popular-times histogram — 0-100 against each place's own historic peak, never a headcount — across the 23 Bangkok markets & food courts that carry it, skipping hours with no reading. An hour is published once 3 places have a value for it and at least 25% as many as the day's fullest hour, and 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. A category needs 10 places with data before it gets a page at all. The city-wide crowd calendar carries the full method, including how the quiet and busy labels are set.

Questions

How many Bangkok markets & food courts does this cover?

23 of the 63 markets & food courts we list in Bangkok carry Google popular-times data, spread across 5 districts. The other 40 have no histogram on Google Maps, so they are not in any figure on this page.

When are Bangkok markets & food courts busiest?

Monday at 17:00, averaging 65% of peak across the 23 markets & food courts with a reading for that hour. Sunday is the calmest day of the week, peaking at 53%.

When are Bangkok markets & food courts quietest?

Tuesday at 06:00, averaging 18.5% of peak across 23 markets & food courts. Only hours when at least half as many markets & food courts are open as at that day's peak count towards it, so it is a time you can turn up to rather than an empty slot on the chart.

Are Bangkok markets & food courts quieter on a weekday?

Quietest window Monday to Friday is 06:00–08:00 at 21.3% of peak; on Saturday and Sunday it is 06:00–08:00 at 22.5%. The peaks differ more than the troughs: 58.5% at 17:00 on weekdays against 55.3% at 17:00 at weekends.

Which Bangkok markets & food courts stay quiet at the weekend?

Wongcharoen Market (Sunday 05:00–07:00, 3.5% of peak); CJ Supermarket, Bhornthawi Market (Saturday 06:00–08:00, 4.5% of peak); TFG Bangwaek (Saturday 04:00–06:00, 5.5% of peak). All 10, each with its own window, are listed above.

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