Save this now: The Highway Police have updated traffic avoidance routes for New Year 2026 from Bangkok to various regions during the 5-day long holiday. Plan ahead and allow extra travel time.
Anyone planning to rest or travel during the year-end and New Year 2026 festival will enjoy an extended holiday. This follows the Cabinet meeting decision on 12 Nov 2024, approving “Friday, 2 January 2026” as an additional special public holiday.
This creates a continuous holiday from Wednesday, 31 December 2025 to Sunday, 4 January 2026, totaling 5 days during the New Year festival. The measure aims to stimulate travel and benefit the country’s tourism and overall economy.
For travelers, the Highway Police recommend traffic avoidance routes as options from Bangkok to all regions—North, South, Northeast, and East—to bypass heavy traffic, enabling smoother and safer journeys. They also advise checking routes carefully before departure, allowing extra time, obeying traffic laws, and showing consideration to fellow travelers, as follows.
Route 1: From Bangkok to Rangsit (use Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) – Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province – Ang Thong Province – Sing Buri Province (use Highway 32, Asian Highway) – Manorom District (use Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) then head towards Nakhon Sawan Province.
Route 2: From Bangkok to Nonthaburi Province (use Highway 340, Bang Bua Thong – Suphanburi – Chai Nat) – Chai Nat Province (use Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) then head towards Nakhon Sawan Province.
Route 3: From Bangkok to Rangsit – head towards Ban Klang interchange (Highway 346) to Highway 347 (Pathum Thani – Bang Pahan) – use Highway 32, Asian Highway, then continue northwards.
Route 4: From Bangkok to Rangsit – Wang Noi District – Saraburi Province – Lopburi Province (use Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) – Tak Fa District (Highway 11) then head towards Phitsanulok Province.
Route 5: From Bangkok take Motorway 9 (Bang Pa-in – Bang Phli) – Wang Noi District (use Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) then continue to Highway 32 and head northwards.
Route 1: From Bangkok to Wang Noi District (use Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) – Motorway 6, Bang Pa-in to Nakhon Ratchasima (use Bang Pa-in tollgate, Highway 1 km 55+000) then head towards Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Route 2: From Bangkok to Wang Noi District (Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) – Motorway 6, Bang Pa-in to Nakhon Ratchasima (Saraburi tollgate, Highway 1 km 99+600) then head to Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Route 3: From Bangkok to Wang Noi District (Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) – Highway 33 – Motorway 6, Bang Pa-in to Nakhon Ratchasima (use Hin Kong tollgate, Highway 33 km 82) then head to Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Route 4: From Bangkok to Wang Noi District (Highway 1, Phahonyothin Road) – Saraburi Province – Pak Chong District – Sikhio District (Highway 2, Mittraphap Road) then head towards Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Route 5: From Bangkok to Nakhon Nayok Province (Highway 305) – Ban Na District (Highway 3051) – Kaeng Khoi District (Highway 3222) – Pak Chong District (Highway 2, Mittraphap Road) then head towards Nakhon Ratchasima Province; or from Ban Na use Highway 33 – Kabin Buri District heading to Aranyaprathet District.
Route 6: From Bangkok to Chachoengsao Province (Highway 304) – Phanom Sarakham District – Kabin Buri District – Wang Nam Khiao District – Pak Thong Chai District (Highway 304) then head to Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Route 7: From Bangkok to Kanchanaphisek Road (Highway 9) – Motorway 6, Bang Pa-in to Nakhon Ratchasima (entrance near Highway 9 km 80) then continue to Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Route 1: From Bangkok to Chonburi Province (use Motorway 7, Bangkok – Chonburi – Pattaya route).
Route 2: From Bangkok to Chachoengsao Province (Highway 304) then towards Nong Prue subdistrict, Pattaya City, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province (use Highway 331, Sattahip – Khao Hin Son). Route 3: From Bangkok to Bang Pakong District (use Highway 34, Thepharat Road), then use Highway 3 (Sukhumvit Road) or Burapha Withi Expressway (Bang Na – Chonburi) then head towards Chonburi Province.
Route 1: From Bangkok to Borommaratchachonnani Road (use Highway 338, Arun Amarin – Nakhon Chai Si) – Nakhon Chai Si District – Nakhon Pathom Province – Ratchaburi Province – Wang Manao Junction – Phetchaburi Province (use Highway 4, Phetkasem Road) then head towards the South.
Route 2: From Bangkok to Bang Yai (use Motorway 81, Bang Yai tollgate) – exit at Nakhon Pathom West tollgate – Malaiman Road (Highway 321) – Highway 4, Phetkasem Road – Ratchaburi Province then head towards the South.
Route 3: From Bangkok to Samut Sakhon Province – Samut Songkhram Province (use Highway 35, Rama II Road) – Wang Manao Junction – Phetchaburi Province (use Highway 4, Phetkasem Road) then head towards the South.
Route 4: From Bangkok to Highway 9, Kanchanaphisek Southern Ring Road (Expressway Authority of Thailand) – Motorway 82 (use Bang Khun Thian – Ekachai interchange) – Highway 35, Rama II Road – Wang Manao Junction – Phetchaburi Province (use Highway 4, Phetkasem Road) then head towards the South.