How to get from Bangkok to Pattaya?

by Pierre To 28 February 2023

By Pierre To 28 February 2023 2 minutes to read

What is the fastest or cheapest way to get from Bangkok to Pattaya?

There are several ways to go from Bangkok à PattayaThere are some expensive fast ones and some cheap slow ones, but in any case the resort of Pattaya is only 147 km from Bangkok.

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Bangkok to Pattaya from Suvarnabhumi International Airport

Taxi meter from the airport
This is really the fastest way, for about 1100 baht you can reach Pattaya in a little over an hour.
Make sure the meter is running or arrange the price with the driver.
Limousines
As fast but more expensive than a taxi, just a little more comfortable.
The Mini-buses
More expensive than the bus, but they drop you off at your hotel (which one of the bus companies also does).
Buses
It is the cheapest, easiest and just a little slower than a taxi.

Example with the airport bus, the cheapest of the 2 bus companies that leave from Suvarnabhumi airport to Pattaya:

Buses leave every hour, from 5:30am to 10pm, the journey takes 2 hours and costs only 120 baht.

Buses are located on level 1, gate 8 of the arrivals area.

See the website of this company: airportpattayabus.com

The other company is more expensive but can drop you off at your hotel: belltravelservice.com

Getting from Bangkok to Pattaya from other places in Bangkok

Bangkok to Pattaya from Ekkamai

The bus station dedicated to transport to the east of the country is Ekkamai which you can easily reach by aerial metro by getting off at the station of the same name, Ekkamai.

There you will find many buses that leave every 30 minutes from 5.20am to 11.20pm and cost around 117 baht.

Bangkok to Pattaya from Mochit

Air-conditioned buses at similar prices also leave from the Northern Bus Terminal (Mochit) between 5.30am and 8pm.

Bangkok to Pattaya from Sai Tai Mai

If you are in the vicinity of the Southern bus station (Sai Tai Mai) Buses leave at 5:30, 8:30, 10:00, 14:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 18:30.

This is the bus station near Khao San Road, to reach it you can take bus 511 on Rachdamnoen Road.