Prices
How much do taxis, Grab and Bolt cost in Pattaya?
Short answer
The app shows your fare before you book.
Grab and Bolt show the fare in the app before you book; neither publishes a fare table for Pattaya. Cars registered for app hire must charge within a national range set in 2021 (for a small car, 40 to 45 baht for the first 2 km, then 6 to 10 baht a km). The official taxi-meter fare applies to Bangkok-registered taxis; we found no official fare for Pattaya's taxis.
Checked · 6 sources · How we check
Grab and Bolt
Grab lists Pattaya among the areas its car service covers, and prices trips between provinces by distance.1 Bolt's Bangkok page publishes no fare table, and Bolt has no Pattaya page, so check in the app whether it serves your area.2 Cars registered for app hire must charge the fare the app calculates in advance (Ministry of Transport notification, as reported).3
The legal range for app-booked cars
| Car | First 2 km | Then per km |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 40 to 45 baht | 6 to 10 baht |
| Medium | 45 to 50 baht | 7 to 12 baht |
| Large | 100 to 150 baht | 12 to 16 baht |
The same notification sets a booking fee of 20 baht, 2 baht a minute in traffic delays, and a surge of up to the fare again, capped at 200 baht (news report of the notification).3
Metered taxis
The official meter fare, in force since 13 January 2023, is for taxis registered in Bangkok: 35 baht for the first kilometre in a small taxi, 40 baht in a large one, then 6.50 to 10.50 baht a kilometre depending on distance, plus 3 baht a minute in slow traffic and 20 baht for a call-centre or app booking.4 A Bangkok taxi may agree a price instead of using the meter for a trip that ends outside Bangkok and its neighbouring provinces, as a trip to Pattaya does (news).5
We found no official meter fare or fixed-fare table for taxis registered in Pattaya or Chon Buri. Agree the price before you get in, or use an app.
Motorbike taxis
Pattaya Mail reports that fare charts are posted at many motorbike-taxi stands, without giving the amounts (news).6 Ask before you ride.
Questions people ask
Does Bolt work in Pattaya?
Bolt publishes no Pattaya page and no fare table, so check in the app whether it serves your area; Grab lists Pattaya among the areas its car service covers.
Do Pattaya taxis use the meter?
We found no official meter fare for taxis registered in Pattaya or Chon Buri. The official meter fare is for Bangkok-registered taxis. Agree the price first, or book through an app.
How much is a Grab in Pattaya?
Grab shows the price in the app before you book. For cars registered for app hire, a 2021 national rule sets a range of 40 to 45 baht for the first 2 km and 6 to 10 baht a km for a small car, plus fees; we found no published Grab fare table for Pattaya.
Sources
- Grab transport in Thailand (areas served), Grab. Checked 14 October 2026.
- Bolt in Bangkok, Bolt. Checked 14 October 2026.
- Fare ranges for app-booked private hire cars, Ministry of Transport notification of 2021 (news, in Thai), Thairath. Checked 14 October 2026.
- New taxi-meter fares for Bangkok-registered taxis from 13 January 2023 (in Thai), Royal Thai Government (thailand.go.th). Checked 14 October 2026.
- Bangkok taxis may agree a price for trips ending outside Bangkok and nearby provinces (news, June 2022, in Thai), Bangkokbiznews. Checked 14 October 2026.
- Do Pattaya motorbike taxis have standard fares? (news, August 2025), Pattaya Mail. Checked 14 October 2026.
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