When the cheapest month of the year to Trip to Thailand?
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Thailand is pretty much a must-go at some
point in your life. Whether it's for the rite-of-passage backpacking
trip around South East Asia pre or post university, for a honeymoon trip
of a lifetime, or for a couple of weeks in sunny paradise while it's
raining back home, it suits an array of needs.
But there's a catch; it's quite far away. Which means that while it tends to be cheap as chips once you get there, flights can be fairly pricy. Enter Skyscanner,
who have done some number crunching and have worked out which month in
the year is cheapest to travel from London to Thailand's capital,
Bangkok.
The year-round average price for a flight
from the UK to Bangkok (based on Skyscanner's booking data from January -
December 2016) is £543.25, but if you book to travel in May you could
save yourself a hefty 20% off that, with an average fare of £431.34.
That's a saving of over £110, which would
probably get you about a week's accommodation in the height of luxury
over there. It's amazing.
And the best bit is; Thailand is hottest in May. According to TripAdvisor,
Thailand has three seasons: "hot, cool and wet". Hot is from March
through to June apparently, with April and May making up the hottest
months of the year. June to October tends to be monsoon season when the
rain comes in, and then it cools down from October until March. Having
said that, Thailand's version of cool is basically Britain's version of
blistering hot sunshine, so you shouldn't worry whatever time of year
you go.
The peak time to travel to Thailand is
December, most likely because we're all fed up of the shitty weather
Britain has to offer around that time of year, and we'd all rather spend
Christmas on a beach. But your bank balance wouldn't thank you for
following the crowds and going then; the flights from London are
approximately 22% more expensive in December.
Skyscanner
does clarify along with this information that although their
calculations are based on data they'd collected between 2014 and 2016,
they're obviously unable to predict exactly what 2017 prices
will have in store for us. So it could fluctuate a little, but these
figures should give you a pretty good idea of the rough price patterns.
