There are 7 ways to get from Washington to Ko Samui by plane, subway, train, bus, ferry, or busferry
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane DCA - USM
28h 50m฿47,731–139,930Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Krabi Airport, ferry
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane IAD - KBV
- Take the ferry from Krabi Town Hotel Transfer to Boonsiri Ferry Koh Samuiferry
32h฿14,976–42,496Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane IAD - USM
25h 21m฿22,976–66,346Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane PHL - USM
27h 46m฿20,809–68,160Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane JFK - USM
27h 50m฿18,825–40,077Bus to Richmond International Airport, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Richmondbus
- Fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane RIC - USM
31h 39m฿26,297–77,124Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Phuket International Airport, bus and ferry
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane IAD - HKT
- Take the busferry from Phuket Lomprayah Bus Station to Koh Samui Nathon Pierbusferry
32h 34m฿18,741–28,946
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Ko Samui is to subway and fly and bus and ferry which costs ฿18000 - ฿29000 and takes 32h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Ko Samui is to subway and fly which takes 25h 21m and costs ฿23000 - ฿70000.
The distance between Washington and Ko Samui is 14647 km.
It takes approximately 28h 50m to get from Washington to Ko Samui, including transfers.
Ko Samui is 12h ahead of Washington. It is currently 6:37 AM in Washington and 6:37 PM in Ko Samui.
There are 3006+ hotels available in Ko Samui.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Ko Samui, Thailand?
American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and five other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–180,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿31,000–95,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿29,000–100,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿28,000–85,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿35,000–110,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿35,000–110,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–65,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–180,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Dubai, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–190,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Dubai, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿28,000–90,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Dubai, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿35,000–110,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Krabi Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–65,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Krabi Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–65,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–70,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–180,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Abu Dhabi, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–65,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Abu Dhabi, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿25,000–75,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Krabi Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–41,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Krabi Airport via Abu Dhabi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–42,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–45,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–180,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–75,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Istanbul, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–75,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Krabi Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–48,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–55,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–180,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–75,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–100,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿34,000–100,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿35,000–110,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿47,000–150,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Toronto, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿46,000–140,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–70,000
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 9m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿28,000–90,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–180,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Boston, Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿55,000–180,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–140,000
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿75–250
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- ฿75–79
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- ฿170–250
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿550–8,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- ฿550–8,000
- Business Class
- ฿2,200–9,500
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿950–9,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- ฿950–9,500
- Business Class
- ฿2,900–11,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿950–20,000
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- ฿950–15,000
- First Class
- ฿4,800–20,000
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–22,000
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- ฿1,600–15,000
- First Class
- ฿6,000–22,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿900–2,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,500–3,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿390–700
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +66 89 873 0008
- customercare@lomprayah.com
- Website
- lomprayah.com
Busferry from Phuket Lomprayah Bus Station to Koh Samui Nathon Pier
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600
- Schedules at
- lomprayah.com
- Book at
- lomprayah.com
- Phone
- +66 9 4724 4555
- info@boonsiriferry.com
- Website
- boonsiriferry.com
Ferry from Krabi Town Hotel Transfer to Boonsiri Ferry Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿800–1,200
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/boonsiri-high-speed-ferries
- Website
- https://boonsiriferry.com/en
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