There are 5 ways to get from Taipei to Chiang Rai by plane, car ferry, train, ferry, bus, or car
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Fly Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
best- Fly from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane TPE - CEI
8h 50m฿5,258–17,345Fly Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane TPE - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
12h 29m฿3,828–11,835Car ferry, train, ferry, Local Bus
- Take the car ferry from Keelung Port to Xiamen Portcarferry
- Take the train from Xiamen to Kunming South Stationtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Luang Prabang stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xaiferry
- Take the bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Raibus
2d 3h฿9,427–15,674Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Keelung Port to Xiamen Portcarferry
- Drive from Xiamen Port to Chiang Raicar
46h 20m฿12,579–20,814Fly Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Fly from Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane TSA - CEI
10h 40m฿7,604–24,237
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Taipei to Chiang Rai is to fly and bus which costs ฿3800 - ฿12000 and takes 12h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Taipei to Chiang Rai is to fly which takes 8h 50m and costs ฿5000 - ฿18000.
The distance between Taipei and Chiang Rai is 2302 km.
It takes approximately 8h 50m to get from Taipei to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 1h behind Taipei. It is currently 4:48 AM in Taipei and 3:48 AM in Chiang Rai.
There are 400+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between Taipei, Taiwan and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
EVA Air, Thai Airways International, and three other airlines fly from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–19,000
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Fuzhou, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿8,500–28,000
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–16,000
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–30,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–32,000
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Xiamen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–25,000
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–16,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–19,000
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–16,000
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–30,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Xiamen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–25,000
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Tianfu International, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–32,000
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Wuhan, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–30,000
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,600–12,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Chongqing, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–31,000
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–32,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–26,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–28,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,300–11,000
- Website
- facebook.com
Train from Kunming South to Luang Prabang station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–4,500
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿1,600–2,800
- First Class
- ฿2,200–4,500
Bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿65
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿390–650
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
- Website
- coscotw.com.tw
Car ferry from Keelung Port to Xiamen Port
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ฿2,500–4,700
- Website
- http://www.coscotw.com.tw
- Standard
- ฿2,500–3,700
- Lux
- ฿2,800–4,700
- Deluxe
- ฿9,000–19,000
- Website
- asocialnomad.com
Ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿310–800
- Schedules at
- asocialnomad.com
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