Current time in Thailand
The current local time across Thailand is shown below. The country observes ICT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Bangkok does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today in Bangkok?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Bangkok
- Standard abbreviation
- ICT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country code
- TH
What are the major cities in Thailand?
How does Thailand handle time?
Thailand adopted Indochina Time at UTC+7 in 1920, replacing locally varying solar time and aligning with the wider French colonial timezone applied across what became Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The single zone covers the whole country and has not changed since adoption. Thailand has never observed daylight saving in modern history. Neighbouring Myanmar uses UTC+6:30 (a 30-minute step at the western border), while Malaysia and Singapore observe UTC+8 (a one-hour step at the southern border), producing distinct timezone transitions at each land border.
What are the working hours in Thailand?
Thai working hours typically run 08:30 to 17:30 in government and 09:00 to 18:00 in private business, with a one-hour lunch break. Hospitality and tourism scheduling extends substantially later, particularly in beach destinations along the Andaman Sea and the Gulf coast. The week runs Monday to Friday. Songkran in mid-April (Thai New Year) is the largest annual closure, with most businesses shutting for three to five days. Buddhist holidays follow the lunar calendar and produce additional alcohol-service restrictions on specific dates at hotels and restaurants.
Where is Thailand?
Thailand sits in mainland south-east Asia between Myanmar to the west, Laos and Cambodia to the east, and Malaysia to the south. The country covers around 513,000 square kilometres with a population of approximately 70 million. The geography splits between the northern mountainous region around Chiang Mai, the central rice-growing plain that anchors Bangkok and the Chao Phraya river delta, the dry north-eastern Isan plateau, and the long peninsular south extending toward the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand. The country borders the Strait of Malacca's strategic shipping corridor.