--- title: "Best time to visit Bangkok malls, markets, bars and temples: crowd calendar" description: "Google popular-times data for 473 Bangkok malls, markets, bars, spas and temples: the quietest and busiest hours of each day, by category." url: https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar locale: en --- # 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 0% of peak100%Too few places reporting that hour **Quietest window and busiest hour for each day of the week, Bangkok-wide** | Day | Places with data | Quietest window | Busiest hour | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Monday | 449 | 09:00–11:00 (28.3%) | 18:00 (50.8%) | | Tuesday | 468 | 09:00–11:00 (27.5%) | 18:00 (50.6%) | | Wednesday | 457 | 09:00–11:00 (27.5%) | 18:00 (49.7%) | | Thursday | 471 | 09:00–11:00 (27.7%) | 18:00 (50%) | | Friday | 471 | 09:00–11:00 (27.5%) | 18:00 (51.6%) | | Saturday | 469 | 09:00–11:00 (29.2%) | 18:00 (52.2%) | | Sunday | 454 | 09:00–11:00 (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** | Category | Places | Mon–Fri quietest | Mon–Fri busiest | Sat–Sun quietest | Sat–Sun busiest | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wellness & Spa](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/wellness-spa) | 56 | 10:00–12:00 | 18:00 (56.1%) | 10:00–12:00 | 17:00 (60.1%) | | [Restaurants](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/restaurants) | 54 | 11:00–13:00 | 19:00 (56.5%) | 11:00–13:00 | 18:00 (65.8%) | | [Rooftop Bars](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/rooftop-bars) | 50 | 23:00–01:00 | 21:00 (61.9%) | 16:00–18:00 | 21:00 (64.7%) | | [Shopping](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/shopping) | 46 | 09:00–11:00 | 18:00 (70.8%) | 09:00–11:00 | 18:00 (66.3%) | | [Cafés & Coffee](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/cafes-coffee) | 42 | 08:00–10:00 | 13:00 (56.8%) | 08:00–10:00 | 13:00 (69.5%) | | [Nightlife & Clubs](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/nightlife-clubs) | 34 | 16:00–18:00 | 22:00 (60.2%) | 17:00–19:00 | 23:00 (64.4%) | | [Street Food](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/street-food) | 32 | 14:00–16:00 | 19:00 (55.8%) | 14:00–16:00 | 19:00 (60.4%) | | [Fitness & Gyms](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/fitness-gyms) | 31 | 09:00–11:00 | 17:00 (62.7%) | 09:00–11:00 | 17:00 (51.3%) | | [Transport & Rentals](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/transport-rentals) | 27 | 08:00–10:00 | 13:00 (54.5%) | 20:00–22:00 | 12:00 (51.9%) | | [Beauty & Hair](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/beauty-hair) | 23 | 09:00–11:00 | 17:00 (59.2%) | 09:00–11:00 | 17:00 (64.1%) | | [Health & Doctors](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/health-doctors) | 23 | 08:00–10:00 | 17:00 (61.1%) | 09:00–11:00 | 14:00 (53.9%) | | [Markets & Food Courts](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/markets-food-courts) | 23 | 06:00–08:00 | 17:00 (58.5%) | 06:00–08:00 | 17:00 (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](https://bestofthailand.org/place/thai-massage-thonburi) Wellness & Spa · Thonburi · 5.0 from 2 reviews 25% of peak 2. [2. P'Ann](https://bestofthailand.org/place/p-ann-nong-khaem) Restaurants · Nong Khaem & Bang Bon · 5.0 from 1 reviews 26% of peak 3. [3. Asawamongkol Muay Thai Gym Rama 2](https://bestofthailand.org/place/asawamongkol-muay-thai-gym-rama-2-bang-khun-thian) Fitness & Gyms · Bang Khun Thian & Chom Thong · 5.0 from 53 reviews 30% of peak 4. [4. ร้านอาหารเลดี้นัวล์](https://bestofthailand.org/place/restaurants-2e130d) Restaurants · Nong Khaem & Bang Bon · 5.0 from 3 reviews 15% of peak 5. [5. Yanisa MuayThai](https://bestofthailand.org/place/yanisa-muaythai-bang-khun-thian) Fitness & Gyms · Bang Khun Thian & Chom Thong · 5.0 from 15 reviews 22% of peak 6. [6. PHETSIAM MUAY THAI GYM](https://bestofthailand.org/place/phetsiam-muay-thai-gym-sathorn) Fitness & Gyms · Sathorn · 5.0 from 47 reviews 16% of peak 7. [7. Pro Visa Bangkok](https://bestofthailand.org/place/pro-visa-bangkok-phra-khanong) Legal & Visa Services · Phra Khanong & On Nut · 5.0 from 14 reviews 18% of peak 8. [8. Open Bar](https://bestofthailand.org/place/open-bar-sukhumvit) Rooftop Bars · Sukhumvit · 5.0 from 4 reviews 17% of peak 9. [9. SELEN BEAUTY CO.LTD](https://bestofthailand.org/place/selen-beauty-co-ltd-thawi-watthana) Wellness & Spa · Thawi Watthana · 4.9 from 41 reviews 19% of peak 10. [10. ปาริณ นวดเพื่อสุขภาพ](https://bestofthailand.org/place/wellness-spa-a56506) 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](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/near) 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. Best of Thailand https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar Scan or type the address for opening hours, phone numbers and the map.