The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has announced 18 nationwide holidays for financial institutions in 2027, producing eight long weekends of at least three days.

The longest closure will be from Saturday, May 1, to Tuesday, May 4, combining the weekend, the substitute holiday for National Labour Day and Coronation Day. Songkran bank holidays will run for three consecutive days, April 13-15.

For foreigners living in or visiting Thailand, the calendar is useful for planning branch transactions, bank paperwork, property payments and other tasks requiring in-person service. The announced dates apply to financial institutions; travellers and residents should check directly with their bank for arrangements at individual branches.

Nationwide bank holidays in 2027

Friday, January 1: New Year's Day.

Monday, February 22: Substitute holiday for Makha Bucha Day, which falls on Sunday, February 21.

Tuesday, April 6: Chakri Memorial Day, commemorating King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great and the Chakri dynasty.

Tuesday, April 13: Songkran Day.

Wednesday, April 14: Songkran holiday.

Thursday, April 15: Songkran holiday.

Monday, May 3: Substitute holiday for National Labour Day, which falls on Saturday, May 1.

Tuesday, May 4: Coronation Day.

Thursday, May 20: Visakha Bucha Day.

Thursday, June 3: Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana.

Monday, July 19: Substitute holiday for Asalha Bucha Day, which falls on Sunday, July 18.

Wednesday, July 28: His Majesty the King's Birthday.

Thursday, August 12: Birth anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother and National Mother's Day.

Wednesday, October 13: Navamindra Maharaj Day.

Monday, October 25: Substitute holiday for Chulalongkorn Day, which falls on Saturday, October 23.

Monday, December 6: Substitute holiday for the December 5 observances: the birth anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, Thailand's National Day and National Father's Day.

Friday, December 10: Constitution Day.

Friday, December 31: New Year's Eve.

Eight extended breaks for banks

For institutions on a normal Monday-to-Friday schedule, the long weekends are:

January 1-3: New Year.

February 20-22: Makha Bucha.

May 1-4: National Labour Day and Coronation Day.

July 17-19: Asalha Bucha.

October 23-25: Chulalongkorn Day.

December 4-6: December 5 observances.

December 10-12: Constitution Day.

December 31-January 2, 2028: New Year's Eve and the weekend.

August 12 remains the annual holiday for Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother's birth anniversary and National Mother's Day.

Regional closures and discontinued holidays

Islamic Bank of Thailand will additionally close for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha on dates announced by the Sheikhul Islam Office, where these do not coincide with nationwide holidays or weekends.

Financial-institution branches in Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Satun and Songkhla will also receive holidays for Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Chinese New Year, subject to the same condition.

The BOT said the July 1 half-year closing holiday, abolished in 2019, and the April 1 annual-account closing holiday for the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, abolished in 2022, will not return. Improved accounting systems allow book-closing without disrupting services.

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30 August 2026

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Eight long weekends in a year is pretty good. It conflicts with reports I have read of poor productivity in Thailand though.

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

Bank of Thailand sets 18 bank holidays for 2027

Don't visit banks too often these days with phone app at hand.

I'd like to know immigration holidays, I'd say pretty similar to banks.

What a great way to keep Thai borrowing limits down !

Perhaps the U.S. could follow !

1 minute ago, Jim Blue said:

What a great way to keep Thai borrowing limits down !

Perhaps the U.S. could follow !

Why does a public holiday keep borrowing limits down ?

I can't believe nations persist with this notion of Bank Holidays........a whole nation taking the same days off each year......absolute chaos, ridiculous.

51 minutes ago, MIke B Bad said:

I can't believe nations persist with this notion of Bank Holidays........a whole nation taking the same days off each year......absolute chaos, ridiculous.

It would be a lot more chaotic if each bank and branch took different "Bank Holidays" to each other!

1 hour ago, MIke B Bad said:

I can't believe nations persist with this notion of Bank Holidays........a whole nation taking the same days off each year......absolute chaos, ridiculous.

Ummm? These are also national holidays. Days that banks will be closed on not specific bank holidays.

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Don't visit banks too often these days with phone app at hand.

I'd like to know immigration holidays, I'd say pretty similar to banks.

Immigration is closed on all national holidays. Banks don't close for the The Royal Ploughing Ceremony (a national holiday) hence it is not mentioned in the above list which are all national holidays.

Edited August 30Aug 30 by dinsdale

5 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

4 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Eight long weekends in a year is pretty good. It conflicts with reports I have read of poor productivity in Thailand though.

A Thai colleague once told me the reason they have so many public holidays, and the reason the government is so generous with extending them to allow for long weekends, is because Thais typically have few if any vacation days at their workplace each year. Most work six days a week year-round.

22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Immigration is closed on all national holidays. Banks don't close for the The Royal Ploughing Ceremony (a national holiday) hence it is not mentioned in the above list.

I also found out first hand a few years ago that the Land Transport Dept at Chatujak is open on Labor Day. Maybe other days and government depts too.

1 hour ago, scottiejohn said:

It would be a lot more chaotic if each bank and branch took different "Bank Holidays" to each other!

????......There wouldn't be any Bank Holidays.....that's the point....???????

42 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

I also found out first hand a few years ago that the Land Transport Dept at Chatujak is open on Labor Day. Maybe other days and government depts too.

The Land Transport Dept. is a government dept. Labor Day is for private sector industry mainly the manufacturing sector.

This lookahead calendar is very useful. Thanks.

Does anyone know why there is a public holiday this year on 16 October? BOT 2026 calendar doesn't give it a name.

Edited August 30Aug 30 by ronnie50

1 minute ago, dinsdale said:

The Land Transport Dept. is a government dept. Labor Day is for private sector industry mainly the manufacturing sector.

That is my understanding. But in many countries, everyone gets it (though it's usually 1 May - 'May Day' in most countries)

14 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

This lookahead calendar is very useful. Thanks.

Does anyone know why there is a public holiday this year on 16 October? BOT 2026 calendar doesn't give it a name.

Friday, October 16, 2026, is an additional special bank and public holiday in Bangkok only, to support the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

https://www.thaigov.go.th/en/news/164228

7 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Monday, May 3: Substitute holiday for National Labour Day, which falls on Saturday, May 1.

Tuesday, May 4: Coronation Day.

So a two day delay in getting Social Security from the US.

2 hours ago, ronnie50 said:

A Thai colleague once told me the reason they have so many public holidays, and the reason the government is so generous with extending them to allow for long weekends, is because Thais typically have few if any vacation days at their workplace each year. Most work six days a week year-round.

And do they get paid for the holidays. When I worked at Mahidol, all holidays were unpaid holidays. You had to work extra days if you wanted to get paid for the holidays you were forced to take.

they should abolish the substitution days....It only costs income of those on daily wages, or they have to work no free day for them... It would be better if everybody got a monthly wage instead of day wages.. The free holidays would be covered and the substitution days would be far less.. Only the people with monthly income have a benefit of this outdated idea. In the weekends most people have to work so an extra holiday is no benefit for them, and those who don't work in the weekends, don't need an extra day off as compensation.

I vaguely remember a time when thaivisa.com gave us a bank holiday list each year.

Or did I dream that ?

4 hours ago, ronnie50 said:

A Thai colleague once told me the reason they have so many public holidays, and the reason the government is so generous with extending them to allow for long weekends, is because Thais typically have few if any vacation days at their workplace each year. Most work six days a week year-round.

6 days per year is the minimum as stipulated under Thai Labour Law.

Also minimum 13 public holidays, many employers only allow the minimum.

6 days work week is typical, max 48hrs a week.... 6 x 8hr days.

9 hours ago, ronnie50 said:

This lookahead calendar is very useful. Thanks.

Does anyone know why there is a public holiday this year on 16 October? BOT 2026 calendar doesn't give it a name.

The 16th October on my calendar says it is the Thai Vegetarian Festival; it is always at this time of the year, and not a public holiday.

You also have in October, Sat Thai, another old Thai festival and the end of the Thai Lent, not public holidays.

17 hours ago, FlorC said:

I vaguely remember a time when thaivisa.com gave us a bank holiday list each year.

Or did I dream that ?

In General -

21 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Friday, October 16, 2026, is an additional special bank and public holiday in Bangkok only, to support the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.

https://www.thaigov.go.th/en/news/164228

Thanks again. Here is a bit more on that meeting of IMF/WB (12-18 Oct)

https://www.imf.org/en/news/seminars/campaigns/2026/10/thailand-2026#ComingSoon

22 hours ago, John Drake said:

And do they get paid for the holidays. When I worked at Mahidol, all holidays were unpaid holidays. You had to work extra days if you wanted to get paid for the holidays you were forced to take.

Most of the average Thai workers don’t get half of these days off anyway. It’s mainly for the government and corporate sectors. They may get a day off for some of the big holidays, but the rest they will be working. Not fair, I know, but it’s what happens.