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Bangkok for remote work

UTC+7 Asia/Bangkok · UTC+7 all year

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US Eastern team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 21:00–05:00 here
US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 00:00–08:00 (next day) here
UK team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 16:00–00:00 here
Central Europe team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here
Price level 32 Very low: household prices Thailand-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 0 / 12 None reach Good; best December–January

Your team's working day, on Bangkok's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Bangkok; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 21:00–05:00
0 h
US Pacific 00:00–08:00 (next day)
0 h
UK 16:00–00:00
1 h
Central Europe 15:00–23:00
2 h

Thailand does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h
Feb0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h
Mar0 h awake 1–2 h0 h awake 0–1 h1–2 h awake 6–7 h2–3 h awake 7–8 h
Apr0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
May0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Jun0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Jul0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Aug0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Sep0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Oct0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h1–2 h awake 6–7 h2–3 h awake 7–8 h
Nov0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h
Dec0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Poor (4.1), high 32°C32°JanFebruary: Poor (2.8), high 33°C33°FebMarch: Poor (2.2), high 34°C34°MarApril: Poor (1.3), high 35°C35°AprMay: Poor (0.0), high 35°C35°MayJune: Poor (1.1), high 34°C34°JunJuly: Poor (1.2), high 33°C33°JulAugust: Poor (0.8), high 33°C33°AugSeptember: Poor (0.0), high 33°C33°SepOctober: Poor (0.4), high 33°C33°OctNovember: Poor (2.8), high 33°C33°NovDecember: Poor (4.2), high 32°C32°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan32°C22°C11 mm21°C muggy11.3 h4.1
Feb33°C24°C11 mm22°C oppressive11.6 h2.8
Mar34°C25°C39 mm24°C oppressive11.9 h2.2
Apr35°C26°C70 mm25°C oppressive12.3 h1.3
May35°C26°C174 mm25°C oppressive12.6 h0.0
Jun34°C26°C127 mm24°C oppressive12.8 h1.1
Jul33°C26°C149 mm24°C oppressive12.7 h1.2
Aug33°C26°C176 mm24°C oppressive12.5 h0.8
Sep33°C25°C289 mm24°C oppressive12.1 h0.0
Oct33°C25°C220 mm24°C oppressive11.7 h0.4
Nov33°C24°C37 mm22°C oppressive11.4 h2.8
Dec32°C22°C7 mm20°C muggy11.2 h4.2

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
5,676,648 (2018)
Elevation
2 m
Airports
Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), 28 km
Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), 21 km
Time zone
Asia/Bangkok
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Thailand's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Bangkok on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-12. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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