Chatuchak in numbers

10,000 stalls. One weekend market. This is Chatuchak, Bangkok's giant weekend market. A standard stall is just 2 by 2.5 metres, selling crafts, silk, ceramics, baskets and leather from every region. Its 839 plant stalls open midweek, Tuesday to Thursday. At its busiest, it has drawn more than 300,000 people in a day. And from Friday to Sunday, a night market runs until midnight. We tell you everything you need to know about Bangkok. Follow for more!

Chatuchak, Bangkok's giant weekend market, rents out 10,334 stalls, a standard one just 2 by 2.5 metres. Its 839 plant stalls trade midweek, it has drawn more than 300,000 people in a day, and a night market now runs Friday to Sunday.

• Bangkok's city government (BMA) rents out 10,334 stalls at Chatuchak: 8,966 permanent stalls, 529 green-tent stalls and 839 plant stalls (BMA, December 2025). In February 2025, 2,028 of them (20%) stood empty (BMA, via The Standard).
• Its semi-permanent stalls, in 29 numbered sections, each measure 2 by 2.5 metres (BMA, July 2025).
• They sell handicrafts, silk, cotton, ceramics, basketry, jewellery and leather goods from every region (BMA, July 2026).
• The plant stalls (section 31) sell only plants, by day, from Tuesday to Thursday (BMA, February 2025).
• At its peak the market draws more than 300,000 visitors a day (BMA, October 2024); in August 2025 the commerce minister said trade may be slow because tourist numbers had fallen (The Standard).
• As of July 2026, the road from Gate 1 via Gate 3 to Gate 2 becomes a night market every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 18:30–24:00 (BMA).

Walk the Soi · as of October 2026 (city figures 2024–26)
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Sources:
– Bangkok Metropolitan Administration press release (27 December 2025): กทม. ลงพื้นที่ตลาดนัดจตุจักร ติดตามความคืบหน้าการบริหารจัดการแผงค้าและหนี้ค้างชำระ (the BMA follows up stall management and arrears at Chatuchak): https://pr-bangkok.com/?p=561209
– Bangkok Metropolitan Administration press release (22 July 2026): กทม. เร่งกระตุ้นเศรษฐกิจตลาดนัดจตุจักร … (the BMA boosts trade at Chatuchak): https://pr-bangkok.com/?p=631478
– Bangkok Metropolitan Administration press release (24 July 2025): กทม. แจงการบริหารจัดการแผงค้าตลาดนัดจตุจักร-เร่งปรับปรุงห้องน้ำรองรับผู้ใช้บริการ (the BMA explains Chatuchak's stall management): https://pr-bangkok.com/?p=510583
– Bangkok Metropolitan Administration press release (11 February 2025): สำนักงานตลาด กทม. แจงนำเงินค่าเช่าแผงค้าตลาดนัดจตุจักรเข้าบัญชีตามระบบ-ให้สิทธิเอกชนบริหารตลาดนัดกลางคืน (the BMA Markets Office on stall rents and the night market): https://pr-bangkok.com/?p=466059
– Bangkok Metropolitan Administration press release (31 October 2024): กทม. เดินหน้าพัฒนาซอฟต์พาวเวอร์ เล็งตลาดนัดจตุจักรพัฒนาเป็น Thailand Soft Power Gateway: https://pr-bangkok.com/?p=421219
– Wikipedia: Chatuchak Weekend Market: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatuchak_Weekend_Market
– The Standard (19 February 2025): กทม. แจงปมค่าเช่า-ค่าปรับแผง ‘ตลาดนัดจตุจักร’ ยืนยันโปร่งใส … (the BMA explains Chatuchak's rents and fines): https://thestandard.co/bangkok-chatuchak-market-rent-fines/
– The Standard (2 August 2025): รมว.พาณิชย์ ลงพื้นที่ตลาดจตุจักร ชวนไทยช่วยไทยกระตุ้นเศรษฐกิจ (the commerce minister visits Chatuchak): https://thestandard.co/commerce-minister-jatujak-revive/

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