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New Year's Day
Thailand

New Year’s Day 2025, 2026 and 2027 in Thailand

Thailand observes 1 January as New Year’s Day in accordance with the Gregorian Calendar. This is in addition to the traditional Buddhist new year celebration of Songkran in mid-April.

YearDateDayHoliday
20251 JanWedNew Year's Day
31 DecWedNew Year's Eve
20261 JanThuNew Year's Day
2 JanFriNew Year Holiday
31 DecThuNew Year's Eve
20271 JanFriNew Year's Day
2 JanSatNew Year Holiday
31 DecFriNew Year's Eve
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

In Thailand, many who live in the cities or away from their birthplace will make the most of the end-of-year holiday to visit their home town and their parents and family still living there.

There are New Year’s events in the schools, corporate parties, musical concerts, fireworks displays, and “New Year countdown events” throughout Thailand. A particularly large gathering takes place in Bangkok by the Central World mall.

And even though this is not “Buddhist New Year”, many religious Thai will visit local temples to “make merit”, give money or gifts to the monks, hear religious addresses from monks, ceremonially release birds or fish, or go on New Year’s “meditation retreats”.

Previous Years

YearDateDayHoliday
20241 JanMonNew Year's Day
2 JanTueNew Year Holiday
31 DecTueNew Year's Eve
20231 JanSunNew Year's Day
2 JanMonNew Year Holiday
31 DecSunNew Year's Eve