There are 3 ways to get from Kyoto to Chiang Rai by train or plane
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Kyōto to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane KIX - CEI
12h 10m฿5,775–18,050Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane NGO - CEI
13h 8m฿6,187–19,672Fly from Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane ITM - CEI
14h 2m฿7,091–22,101
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Chiang Rai is to train and fly which costs ฿5500 - ฿18000 and takes 12h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Chiang Rai is to train and fly which takes 12h 10m and costs ฿5500 - ฿18000.
The distance between Kyoto and Chiang Rai is 3930 km.
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Kyoto to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 2h behind Kyoto. It is currently 4:53 AM in Kyoto and 2:53 AM in Chiang Rai.
There are 400+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
All Nippon Airways, Thai Airways International, and three other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿8,000–34,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿8,500–34,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–40,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Fukuoka, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–36,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–34,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿8,000–85,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿8,500–34,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–17,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Okinawa, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–21,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–55,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–18,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿600–900
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ฿750–850
- Reserved Seat
- ฿600–900
- Green Seat
- ฿850–1,200
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿900–1,400
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ฿900–1,200
- Reserved seat
- ฿1,100–1,400
- Green seat
- ฿1,300–1,800
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