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title: "Best time to visit markets & food courts in Bangkok: crowd calendar"
description: "Google popular-times data for 23 Bangkok markets & food courts: quietest and busiest hours, weekdays against weekends, and the markets & food courts that…"
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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](https://bestofthailand.org/eat-drink/markets-food-courts) or the [city-wide crowd calendar](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar).

## Markets & Food Courts: every hour of the week

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**

| Day | Places with data | Quietest window | Busiest hour |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monday | 23 | 06:00–08:00 (21.1%) | 17:00 (65%) |
| Tuesday | 23 | 06:00–08:00 (20.4%) | 17:00 (55.8%) |
| Wednesday | 23 | 06:00–08:00 (23.3%) | 17:00 (54.6%) |
| Thursday | 23 | 06:00–08:00 (21.1%) | 17:00 (59.9%) |
| Friday | 23 | 06:00–08:00 (20.8%) | 16:00 (57.3%) |
| Saturday | 22 | 06:00–08:00 (22.2%) | 18:00 (59.9%) |
| Sunday | 22 | 06:00–08:00 (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](https://bestofthailand.org/place/wongcharoen-market-thawi-watthana)

   Thawi Watthana · 4.5 from 474 reviews

   Sunday 05:00–07:00 · 3.5% of its own peak
2. [2. CJ Supermarket, Bhornthawi Market](https://bestofthailand.org/place/cj-supermarket-bhornthawi-market-thawi-watthana)

   Thawi Watthana · 4.3 from 50 reviews

   Saturday 06:00–08:00 · 4.5% of its own peak
3. [3. TFG Bangwaek](https://bestofthailand.org/place/tfg-bangwaek-bang-khae)

   Bang Khae · 4.3 from 46 reviews

   Saturday 04:00–06:00 · 5.5% of its own peak
4. [4. ร้านหมูบุน](https://bestofthailand.org/place/markets-food-courts-586853)

   Thawi Watthana · 5.0 from 3 reviews

   Sunday 13:00–15:00 · 12% of its own peak
5. [5. ร้านหมวยปลาสลิดแดดเดียว](https://bestofthailand.org/place/markets-food-courts-2c79bf)

   Thawi Watthana

   Sunday 13:00–15:00 · 15% of its own peak
6. [6. ผลไม้ผักอาหารทะเล](https://bestofthailand.org/place/markets-food-courts-166fdf)

   Thonburi

   Saturday 14:00–16:00 · 16% of its own peak
7. [7. GAGA (กาก้า) - Thonburi Market Place ธนบุรีมาร์เก็ตเพลส](https://bestofthailand.org/place/gaga-thonburi-market-place-thawi-watthana)

   Thawi Watthana · 4.7 from 48 reviews

   Sunday 17:00–19:00 · 17% of its own peak
8. [8. Thotsakan Intersection Fresh Market](https://bestofthailand.org/place/thotsakan-intersection-fresh-market-bang-khae)

   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](https://bestofthailand.org/place/by-madame-cheng-seafood-thawi-watthana)

   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](https://bestofthailand.org/place/baimiang-healthy-shop-taling-chan)

    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](https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/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.

Best of Thailand

https://bestofthailand.org/bangkok/crowd-calendar/markets-food-courts

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