Where to stay in Bangkok
- Districts named
- 33
- Close to the centre
- 9
- Furthest out
- Samut Prakan, 20.2 km
- Largest by population
- Samut Prakan
Bangkok is set out here as 33 districts and neighbouring places, and 9 of them sit within 5 km of the centre. The closest is Bang Yi Khan. The list reaches 20.2 km out, as far as Samut Prakan.
Within 5 km of the middle: Bang Yi Khan, Bangkok Riverside, Sathorn, Arun Amarin, Ban Chang Lo, Bang Khun Si, Wat Tha Phra and Khwaeng Bang Plat. These are the ones a stay can be walked out of.
Further out, between 10 and 20 km, lie Bang O, Chan Kasem, Mueang Nonthaburi, Sena Nikhom, Lat Yao and Bang Khae Nuea. What they give back for the distance is usually space, and sometimes price, although no price figures sit behind this page.
The largest by population is Samut Prakan, with about 388,920 residents.
Each place here is a populated area recorded below city level, attached to Bangkok when it falls within 25 km of the city centre. 33 of them qualified. The order is distance from the centre and nothing else.
This says where the districts are, not which one is better. It is not a list of administrative boundaries either: coverage below city level is uneven between countries, so there may be districts this page cannot name. No rent, noise or safety figures exist in this programme yet, and none are implied here.
Where to stay in Bangkok
| District | From the centre | Direction | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bang Yi Khan | 1.6 km | north west | 24,745 |
| Bangkok Riverside | 1.7 km | east | 48,227 |
| Sathorn | 1.7 km | east | 79,624 |
| Arun Amarin | 2.5 km | north west | 19,882 |
| Ban Chang Lo | 2.7 km | west | 29,122 |
| Bang Khun Si | 3.4 km | west | 31,689 |
| Wat Tha Phra | 3.5 km | south west | 53,111 |
| Khwaeng Bang Plat | 3.8 km | north | 21,953 |
| Makkasan | 4.5 km | east | 15,815 |
| Bang Sue subdistrict | 6.6 km | north east | 79,405 |
| Bang Kho Laem subdistrict | 6.7 km | south | 22,697 |
| Wong Sawang | 7.1 km | north | 43,005 |
| Chomphon | 8.4 km | north east | 33,250 |
| Chong Nonsi | 8.5 km | south east | 48,277 |
| Inner Huai Khwang | 9.4 km | east | 25,879 |
| Khetsamsenok | 9.8 km | north east | 38,204 |
| Bang O | 10.1 km | north west | 24,225 |
| Chan Kasem | 11.5 km | north east | 38,080 |
| Mueang Nonthaburi | 12 km | north | 254,375 |
| Sena Nikhom | 12.3 km | north east | 20,393 |
| Lat Yao | 12.4 km | north east | 41,238 |
| Bang Khae Nuea | 13.3 km | south west | 59,821 |
| Bang Phai | 13.5 km | south west | 40,277 |
| Chorakhe Bua | 15.2 km | north east | 27,465 |
| Huamak | 15.8 km | east | 67,798 |
| Khlong Chan | 15.8 km | east | 76,934 |
| Ban Khlong Bang Phran | 15.9 km | south west | 32,286 |
| Bangbontai | 18.4 km | south west | 24,860 |
| Bang Bon Nuea | 19.1 km | south west | 22,619 |
| Khlong Kum | 19.7 km | east | 69,071 |
| Anusawari | 19.8 km | north east | 94,550 |
| Tha Raeng | 20.1 km | north east | 97,658 |
| Samut Prakan | 20.2 km | south east | 388,920 |
Questions
Which part of Bangkok is most central?
Bang Yi Khan sits closest to the centre of the 33 places named here, and 9 of them are within 5 km. The full distances are in the table, so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust.
Does this say which district is best?
No. It says where each one is and how big it is. Rent, noise and safety are what would decide better, and this programme has no measured source for any of them yet.
Are these all the districts of Bangkok?
Not necessarily. The places come from a global gazetteer whose coverage below city level differs from country to country, so this is what can be named with a source behind it rather than a complete list.
Related pages
Sources
- GeoNames, neighbourhood-facts-verified (CC BY 4.0)