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Chiang Mai for remote work

UTC+7 Asia/Bangkok · UTC+7 all year

Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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 2 / 12 December–January

Your team's working day, on Chiang Mai's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Chiang Mai; 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: Good (7.3), high 30°C30°JanFebruary: Fair (5.7), high 33°C33°FebMarch: Poor (3.5), high 35°C35°MarApril: Poor (1.2), high 36°C36°AprMay: Poor (0.3), high 34°C34°MayJune: Poor (2.0), high 33°C33°JunJuly: Poor (2.0), high 32°C32°JulAugust: Poor (1.8), high 32°C32°AugSeptember: Poor (1.7), high 32°C32°SepOctober: Poor (3.1), high 32°C32°OctNovember: Fair (5.2), high 31°C31°NovDecember: Good (7.8), high 29°C29°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan30°C14°C3 mm16°C sticky11.0 h7.3
Feb33°C15°C8 mm16°C comfortable11.4 h5.7
Mar35°C19°C21 mm18°C sticky11.9 h3.5
Apr36°C22°C58 mm21°C muggy12.4 h1.2
May34°C24°C154 mm23°C oppressive12.9 h0.3
Jun33°C24°C114 mm23°C oppressive13.1 h2.0
Jul32°C24°C162 mm23°C oppressive13.0 h2.0
Aug32°C24°C199 mm23°C oppressive12.6 h1.8
Sep32°C23°C181 mm24°C oppressive12.1 h1.7
Oct32°C22°C109 mm23°C oppressive11.6 h3.1
Nov31°C19°C33 mm20°C muggy11.1 h5.2
Dec29°C16°C9 mm18°C sticky10.9 h7.8

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

Getting there and settling in

Population
1,198,000 (2022)
Elevation
310 m
Airports
Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX), 3 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
Chiang Mai 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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