There are 6 ways to get from Milan to Chiang Rai by train, plane, 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.
Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
best- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane MXP - CEI
17h 28m฿14,304–33,380Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane MXP - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai K star Travel to Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1bus
21h 13m฿10,334–26,870Fly Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane LIN - CEI
17h 51m฿14,212–41,260Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane ZRH - CEI
19h 36m฿13,401–43,325Fly Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane LIN - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai K star Travel to Chiang Rai Bus Terminal 1bus
22h 16m฿15,742–43,750Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamobus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane BGY - CEI
18h 30m฿11,309–25,456
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Chiang Rai is to bus and fly which costs ฿11000 - ฿26000 and takes 18h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Chiang Rai is to train and fly which takes 17h 28m and costs ฿14000 - ฿34000.
The distance between Milan and Chiang Rai is 8582 km.
It takes approximately 17h 28m to get from Milan to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 6h ahead of Milan. It is currently 6:08 AM in Milan and 12:08 PM in Chiang Rai.
There are 419+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
Lufthansa, Thai Airways International, and eight other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) every 2 hours.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–33,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–34,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–39,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–42,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–40,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–42,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–39,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Brussels, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–42,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–39,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–35,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Rome, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–44,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–43,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–41,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Brussels, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–44,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–45,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Sharjah, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–33,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kuwait, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–25,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–33,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–42,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–39,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–35,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–41,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–45,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Sharjah, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–33,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–50,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Rome, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–42,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–41,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–44,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–55,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–41,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Rome, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–42,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–50,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–55,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–43,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–26,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–45,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–55,000
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿160–200
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿160–200
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿2,100–3,900
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- ฿2,700–3,900
- 2nd Class
- ฿2,100–2,800
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿180–280
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿160–280
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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