Bangkok construction update (2025 edition)

This is the annual Bangkok construction update, where I visit the most prominent construction projects around the city.

Bangkok is my most visited city in Southeast Asia that I don’t base myself in (I spend more time in either Chiang Mai, Saigon, or Da Nang), so I am familiar with most of the big projects.

I was in Bangkok in December, which is the best time of year to visit. It’s the start of the dry season, and there are occasional cool mornings (referred here to as winter, and where you wonder if you should wear jeans in the morning). It’s also a good time of year for air quality.

I returned to Bangkok in January, and I arrived amid an airpocalypse. Schools were closed and the government experimented with free train travel to try and get more cars off the road.

I never check the weather report when living in the tropics (it’s either dry season or rainy season), but now checking the Air Quality Index has become a normal habit. The AQI is also shown on some billboards, such as this one in Benchasiri Park.

I avoid travel to Chiang Mai in March-April, but now I have to consider not visiting Bangkok in January.

This report covers another mall at Siam, the future “Shinjuku of Bangkok”, more classic hotels that have been lost, the South Sukhumvit Innovation District, and a mega project in Chinatown. The photos are from December 2024 and January- February 2025. I usually do metro rail updates in a separate report.

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