Shop opening hours, Sundays, public holidays and sales in Bangkok

In Bangkok you can shop almost every day of the year and very late: shopping malls open on Sundays and most public holidays, convenience stores never close, and it is mainly banks, government offices and museums that follow a calendar. This guide gives the usual hours, what closes on Sundays and public holidays, alcohol sales, the sales periods and how to check a specific time. The hours given are orders of magnitude noted in October 2026: they vary by brand and by mall, and each place publishes its own.

Opening hours at a glance

Place	Usual hours	Good to know
Shopping malls	Generally 10:00-22:00, every day	Restaurants and cinemas often stay open later in the evening
Convenience stores (7-Eleven, etc.)	Often 24 hours a day	Alcohol only from 11:00 to midnight
Day markets	Morning to afternoon	Stalls close early when it rains
Night markets	Late afternoon to about midnight	Many open only on certain days
Banks	Weekdays, about 8:30-15:30	Closed at weekends and on public holidays; branches in malls often open later
Temples	About 8:00 to 17:00 or 18:00	Variable: see each temple's page
Museums	Often closed on Mondays, sometimes another day too	See the museums guide

The central hall of the Siam Paragon shopping mall

Sundays: open, except banks

There is no Sunday rest in Bangkok. Shopping malls such as Siam Paragon, CentralWorld or MBK, Terminal 21 and Iconsiam open as on other days, and the weekend is even the busiest time. Chatuchak Market runs mainly on Saturdays and Sundays. It is banks, government offices and some small neighbourhood shops that close on Sundays. If you need to change money or withdraw cash, see our guide to money, payment and tipping: cash machines work around the clock.

Public holidays: what changes

Thai public holidays mostly close banks and government offices. Shopping malls stay open, sometimes with slightly reduced hours. Songkran (mid-April) is the special case: many small shops and neighbourhood restaurants close for several days so that their staff can go home to the provinces, and long-distance transport is packed. The same, less markedly, for Chinese New Year in Chinatown: see the festival calendar for this year's dates.

The big Buddhist holidays (Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asalha Bucha) do not close shops but ban alcohol sales all day, except in hotels and certain authorised places; the rule also applies on election days. Sales hours and the next dates are in our guide to the alcohol rules in Bangkok.

Markets and malls: choosing your time

For shopping malls, avoid Saturday afternoon, which is very crowded, and prefer a weekday morning: you arrive at opening time, with calm shops and air-conditioning. Day markets are nicer early, before the heat, and night markets after sunset. For markets, see the guide to Bangkok's markets and the page on Jodd Fairs.

Sales in Bangkok

Shopping malls have small promotions all year and stronger periods in mid-year and at the end of the year; the dates change every year and are announced by the malls themselves. The tourism authority (TAT) also runs, with shopping malls and partners, the Amazing Thailand Grand Sale campaign: in 2026 it ran from 15 June to 15 August, with offers for tourists on its official site, tourismthailand.org. The dates of the next edition had not been announced when we wrote this page. Discounts depend on each shop and do not always stack.

Foreign travellers can also reclaim the 7% VAT in shops displaying "VAT Refund for Tourists": conditions and steps are in our guide to shopping in Bangkok.

Checking hours before you come

Hours change for public holidays, works and events. The most reliable way is to check the official site or page of the mall or venue, or to use a map app, looking at the date of the last update. For museums and cultural venues, see our guides to Bangkok's museums and admission prices in Bangkok, which give the known closing days.