Current time in Chiang Mai, Thailand
The current local time in Chiang Mai is shown below. Chiang Mai observes ICT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Chiang Mai does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Chiang Mai?
Near 99 degrees east, Chiang Mai sits slightly west of the central meridian for the regional offset, so civil noon runs around 20 minutes ahead of the sun. Before Thailand adopted a single national clock in 1920, replacing locally varying solar time, the northern Lanna region kept calendar and timekeeping traditions of its own, distinct from those of Bangkok. The mountainous corner where Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos meet brings three countries together on the same UTC+7 offset.
What are the working hours in Chiang Mai?
Chiang Mai has become one of Asia's principal hubs for remote workers and digital nomads, drawn by low costs, a cooler upland climate, and a dense network of co-working spaces, which layers Western-timezone working hours on top of the local day. Thai offices and government keep 08:30 to 17:30. Tourism and traditional handicrafts are mainstays. The Yi Peng lantern festival in November, distinct to the north, is the city's signature event, while a dry-season agricultural smoke haze settles over March and April.
Where is Chiang Mai?
Chiang Mai lies in a mountain valley in northern Thailand, on the Ping River around 700 kilometres north of Bangkok and close to the borders with Myanmar and Laos. Roughly a million people live across the metropolitan area, set among the highest terrain in the country. Founded in 1296 as the capital of the Lanna kingdom, it held a separate political, linguistic, and cultural identity from central Thailand for centuries before being absorbed, and the old walled city still sits at its core.