Mirai Cioccio (Staff Writer)

For business professionals or anyone scheduling calls with contacts in Bangkok, understanding the time difference is critical. Thailand's workday typically runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM local time (ICT). This can create a significant challenge for collaboration with North America and Europe due to the opposite working hours. For instance, when it's 9:00 AM in Bangkok, it is 10:00 PM the previous day in New York (EDT) and 3:00 AM in London (BST). This means the overlap for real-time communication is very limited, often only in the very early morning for Bangkok or the very late evening for the US West Coast. Tools like World Time Buddy or the world clock function in your calendar app (Google Calendar, Outlook) are indispensable for finding suitable meeting times and avoiding the mistake of calling someone in the middle of their night.