There are 6 ways to get from London to Chiang Rai by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly London Heathrow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane LHR - CEI
16h 11m฿19,636–45,595Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane LGW - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai K star Travel to Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1bus
21h 54m฿12,219–38,761Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane LGW - CEI
16h 44m฿16,689–22,271Fly London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane LHR - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai K star Travel to Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1bus
21h 1m฿13,166–28,085Fly London City Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane LCY - CEI
19h 23m฿19,236–70,318Train to Luton Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane LTN - CEI
19h 53m฿15,952–37,302
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from London to Chiang Rai is to fly and bus which costs ฿13000 - ฿29000 and takes 21h 1m.
The fastest way to get from London to Chiang Rai is to fly which takes 16h 11m and costs ฿19000 - ฿46000.
The distance between London and Chiang Rai is 9004 km.
It takes approximately 16h 11m to get from London to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 7h ahead of London. It is currently 4:31 PM in London and 11:31 PM in Chiang Rai.
There are 408+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between London, England and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
Thai Airways International, Lufthansa, and Swiss fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–44,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–39,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–39,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–41,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Islamabad, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–36,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–40,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–47,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿25,000–60,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–41,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–41,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–37,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–37,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–37,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–39,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–41,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–40,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
Flights from London City Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–37,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–41,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–60,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–38,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–36,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–60,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–35,000
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–38,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–39,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–37,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–44,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿550–900
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿550–900
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿750–1,100
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿750–1,100
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿700–900
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿550–850
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +66 2 225 1025
- booking@paifriendlytour.co.th
- Website
- Pai Friendly Tour
Bus from Chiang Mai K star Travel to Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿650
- Website
- Pai Friendly Tour
Bus from Chiang Mai K star Travel to Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿650
- Website
- Pai Friendly Tour
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