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Full Moon Party Thailand 2026: Everything You Need to Know
The next Full Moon Party in Thailand is on 31 July 2026 at Haad Rin Beach, Koh Phangan, and it runs from roughly 9 pm until sunrise. Entry is 200 THB, about 500 rupees, paid in cash at the beach gate on the night. That is the whole answer to the question most people arrive with. What trips up first-timers, especially those flying in from India, is everything around it: which of the twelve-plus parties a month is actually the big one, why some dates jump a day, how you get from a Delhi or Mumbai airport to a beach with no pier of its own, and what the night really costs once ferries, buckets and a party-night room are added up. This guide covers all of it, with the 2026 and 2027 dates up front.
Key takeaways
- Go on 31 July, 28 August, 26 September, 27 October, 24 November or 24 December 2026 for the main Full Moon Party. The 31 December Countdown is the biggest night of the year.
- Pay 200 THB (around 500 rupees) in cash at the Haad Rin gate. There are no online tickets and no advance booking for the beach party itself.
- Fly India to Bangkok or Koh Samui, then take a 30 to 45 minute ferry to Koh Phangan and a short taxi to Haad Rin. Budget 4 to 8 hours of transit from your Thai landing point.
- Indian passport holders get 30-day visa-free entry, and everyone must file the free Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) online before flying.
- Arrive a day early. Rooms in Haad Rin sell out and triple in price on party night, so book ahead and paint on the neon once you are settled.
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Full Moon Party Dates 2026 and 2027
The Full Moon Party runs once a month, on or close to the night of the full moon, at Haad Rin Nok on Koh Phangan. The catch is that it does not always land on the astronomical full moon. When the full moon falls on a major Buddhist holiday, the Haad Rin Business Association moves the party by a day or two out of respect, which is exactly why the 29 July full moon becomes a 31 July party in 2026. Here is the confirmed schedule for the rest of 2026.
2026 dates (remaining)
| Date 2026 | Day | Notes |
| 31 July | Fri | Shifted off the 29 Jul full moon to clear Asalha Bucha and the start of Buddhist Lent |
| 28 August | Fri | Standard full-moon night |
| 26 September | Sat | Standard full-moon night |
| 27 October | Tue | May move a day; Buddhist Lent ends on the 26th |
| 24 November | Tue | Standard full-moon night |
| 24 December | Thu | Christmas Eve party |
| 31 December | Thu | New Year’s Eve Countdown, the single biggest party of the year |
Source for the 2026 dates and holiday shifts: the Haad Rin schedule published by fullmoonparty-thailand.com. If you are pinning non-refundable flights to a date, reconfirm the July and October entries a few weeks out, because those are the two most likely to move.
2027 dates (preliminary)
These are the planning dates for 2027. The first half is published by the island schedules; the back half is projected from the lunar calendar and will firm up closer to each month, so treat July onward as a guide rather than a booking guarantee.
| Month 2027 | Date | Month 2027 | Date |
| January | 22 | July | 18 |
| February | 21 | August | 17 |
| March | 22 | September | 16 |
| April | 21 | October | 15 |
| May | 20 | November | 14 |
| June | 19 | December | 13 and 31 (Countdown) |
If you are already searching for 2027, you are ahead of most people, and it pays off: rooms in Haad Rin for the December Countdown book out months in advance. Start with a Thailand tour package and lock the party night first.
Tickets, Entry Fee and What the Night Really Costs
There is no online ticket for the Full Moon Party. You walk up to the gate at either end of Haad Rin beach, pay 200 THB in cash, and get a neon wristband. That is roughly 500 rupees, and it is the cheapest line item of the night by a wide margin. The real spend is getting there, sleeping somewhere, and the buckets. Here is a realistic per-person breakdown so nobody is caught short at a cash-only counter.
| What | Thai Baht | Indian Rupees (approx) | Note |
| Full Moon Party entry | 200 THB | ~500 | Cash at the Haad Rin gate, no online sale |
| Ferry, Koh Samui to Koh Phangan | 300 to 400 THB | ~750 to 1,000 | One way, 30 to 45 min |
| Ferry, Surat Thani (Donsak) to Thong Sala | 200 to 300 THB | ~500 to 750 | One way, around 2.5 hours, cheaper route |
| Taxi, Thong Sala pier to Haad Rin | 150 to 200 THB | ~400 to 500 | Shared songthaew, per person |
| Bucket drink at the beach | 300 to 400 THB | ~750 to 1,000 | Skip the pre-mixed cheap ones |
| Neon body paint / UV | 50 to 100 THB | ~125 to 250 | Sold all along the beach |
| Party-night room (budget to mid) | 800 to 2,500 THB | ~2,000 to 6,000 | Spikes sharply on the party night |
Two habits save the evening. Carry small cash split across two pockets, because ATMs on the beach run dry and card machines do not exist on the sand. And do not leave your room hunt to the day of the party. Rates on Haad Rin roughly double on full-moon night and the good budget beds go first.
Where It Happens: Haad Rin Nok (Sunrise) vs Haad Rin Nai (Sunset)
Everyone says the party is at Haad Rin, but Haad Rin is really two beaches back to back on a narrow spit at the southern tip of Koh Phangan, and knowing which is which changes your night. Haad Rin Nok, the Sunrise Beach on the east side, is the party. This is the long east-facing curve where the sound systems, fire ropes and 10,000 to 30,000 dancers end up, and where the sky goes pink over the water at about 6 am while the last DJs are still going. Haad Rin Nai, the Sunset Beach on the west side, is a five-minute walk across and a different world: the quieter side with the main pier, calmer water and the places you actually want to sleep in.
The practical read: play on Nok, stay near Nai or just behind the ridge. You get the full wall of sound when you want it and a door to close when you do not.
How to Reach the Full Moon Party from India
Koh Phangan has no airport, so getting there from India is always a flight plus a ferry. There is no single direct route, but the chain is simple once you see it laid out. Here is the way most travellers from Indian metros do it.
- Sort the paperwork first. Indian passport holders currently get 30-day visa-free entry to Thailand, so there is no visa to apply for. Everyone must fill the free Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) online in the 72 hours before departure. Do it before you fly.
- Fly to Bangkok or straight to Koh Samui. Direct flights run from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai to Bangkok in about 4 hours. From Bangkok you can connect on a one-hour flight to Koh Samui (USM), the fastest onward hop.
- Or take the cheaper Surat Thani route. Budget travellers fly Bangkok to Surat Thani, then a bus and ferry combo from Donsak Pier. It is slower, around 2.5 hours on the water, but noticeably cheaper than the Samui path.
- Ferry across to Koh Phangan. From Koh Samui, Lomprayah and Seatran run the 30 to 45 minute crossing to Thong Sala, the main pier on Koh Phangan. From Surat Thani you land at Thong Sala too, just after a longer sail.
- Taxi south to Haad Rin. A shared songthaew from Thong Sala to Haad Rin takes about 30 minutes and costs 150 to 200 THB per person. On party night, extra ferries and taxis run late into the evening.
- Arrive a day early. Check in, scout the two beaches in daylight, get your cash out in Thong Sala, and you are free to enjoy the night instead of dragging a backpack across the sand at midnight.
If juggling flights, ferries and party-night rooms sounds like a lot, that is exactly what a bookable Thailand tour package handles for you, priced in rupees and routed island to island. For the wider picture of getting around the country, our Thailand travel guide has the full breakdown.
Full Moon, Half Moon, Black Moon and the Jungle Parties
The Full Moon Party is the headline, but Koh Phangan throws a party of some kind almost every night of the lunar month, and first-timers often stumble into the wrong one. Here is how the ecosystem fits together so you can plan a run of nights rather than a single one.
| Party | Where | When | Entry | The vibe |
| Full Moon Party | Haad Rin Nok (Sunrise Beach) | On/near the full moon | 200 THB | The big one, 10,000 to 30,000 people, fire ropes and buckets on the sand |
| Half Moon Festival | Ban Tai jungle | About a week either side of the full moon | ~800 to 1,500 THB | Ticketed two-day electronic festival in a forest clearing |
| Black Moon Party | Ban Tai | New-moon night | Ticketed | Smaller, darker jungle counterpart to the Full Moon |
| Jungle Experience | Secret garden, Baan Tai | 1 and 10 days before the full moon | 400 THB | Eco jungle rave with a mountain stream running through the dancefloor |
| Waterfall Festival | Near Phaeng Waterfall | About 2 days before the full moon | ~1,100 to 1,500 THB | Live stages, gates from 9 pm to sunrise |
A common three-night plan: hit the Jungle Experience the night before, save your energy and your money for the Full Moon Party itself, then sleep. If you want the electronic-festival production values rather than the beach chaos, the Half Moon Festival is the one to target.
Where to Stay for the Party
Where you sleep decides how your night ends. Stay on Haad Rin and you can stumble home in two minutes; stay in Thong Sala and you save money but face a late taxi. Match the area to how hard you plan to go.
| Area | Best for | Distance to the party | Indicative room/night |
| Haad Rin Nok (Sunrise) | Being in the thick of it | On the party beach | ₹2,500 to 6,000+ (spikes party night) |
| Haad Rin Nai (Sunset) | Party access plus a chance to sleep | 5 to 10 min walk | ₹2,000 to 4,500 |
| Baan Tai / Thong Sala | Quieter, cheaper, near the ferry | 20 to 30 min taxi | ₹1,200 to 3,000 |
On Haad Rin itself, Sunrise Resort and Family House Resort sit close to the action, while Sea Garden Resort and Cocohut Spa and Resort on the Haad Rin Nai side trade a few minutes’ walk for a quieter morning. Whatever you pick, book party-night rooms weeks ahead. This is the one night a month Haad Rin genuinely fills up.
Safety, What to Pack and First-Timer Tips
The Full Moon Party is a good time and mostly trouble-free, but it is a crowd of thousands on a beach at night with fire, alcohol and the sea, so a little planning keeps it that way.
Stay safe
- Give the fire skipping ropes and fire limbo a wide berth. Burns are the single most common injury of the night, and they are almost always avoidable.
- Do not swim after buckets. The sea looks inviting at 4 am and it is where the worst accidents happen. Save it for daylight.
- Watch your own drink and skip anything offered loose. Buy sealed or watch it poured.
- Solo travellers are common here and the party is broadly safe, but agree a meeting point with anyone you came with, because phone signal and battery both die on the beach.
What to pack
- Cash in two pockets, sealed in a small waterproof pouch. Cards are useless on the sand.
- Old shoes or sturdy flip-flops. The beach is littered with broken glass by midnight and bare feet are a bad idea.
- A power bank and offline maps saved in advance. Signal is patchy and you will want a working phone at sunrise.
- Light, cheap clothes you do not mind covering in neon paint, plus your ID and a photo of your passport.
Plan Your Full Moon Party Trip
The formula is not complicated. Pick a 2026 or 2027 date from the calendar above, get to Haad Rin a day early, carry 200 THB in cash for the gate, and keep the fire ropes and the midnight sea at arm’s length. Do that and you get the sunrise-over-the-water moment that keeps people coming back to Koh Phangan year after year. When you are ready to turn the dates into a real trip, our Thailand tour packages bundle the flights, island ferries and Haad Rin stay into one rupee-priced plan, and if you want to build a whole nightlife run around it, start with our New Year party in Thailand guide.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
The remaining 2026 Full Moon Parties fall on 31 July, 28 August, 26 September, 27 October, 24 November, 24 December and 31 December, with the New Year's Eve Countdown on the 31st being the biggest of the year. For 2027 the published dates run 22 January, 21 February, 22 March, 21 April, 20 May and 19 June, with the rest of the year following the full moon roughly monthly. The July and October dates can shift by a day around Buddhist holidays, so reconfirm before booking non-refundable travel.
Entry is 200 THB, about 500 rupees, paid in cash at the gate on either end of Haad Rin beach. There are no online or advance tickets for the beach party, and you get a neon wristband when you pay. Budget separately for ferries, a party-night room and drinks, which together cost far more than the entry itself.
It takes place on Haad Rin Nok, also called Sunrise Beach, at the southern tip of Koh Phangan island in Thailand. The quieter Haad Rin Nai, or Sunset Beach, is a five-minute walk across the same narrow spit and is where the main pier and most of the calmer accommodation sit.
Fly from an Indian metro to Bangkok in about four hours, then either connect on a one-hour flight to Koh Samui or take the cheaper Surat Thani route. From Koh Samui a 30 to 45 minute ferry reaches Thong Sala on Koh Phangan; from Surat Thani it is a longer crossing from Donsak Pier. A short shared taxi then runs south to Haad Rin. Koh Phangan has no airport of its own, so a flight plus a ferry is always the route.
No. Indian passport holders currently get 30-day visa-free entry to Thailand, so there is no visa to apply for before a full-moon trip. What everyone does need is the Thailand Digital Arrival Card, a free online form filed within 72 hours of departure. Fill it before you fly to avoid a queue on arrival.
Stay on Koh Phangan if the Full Moon Party is your main reason for the trip, ideally on or near Haad Rin so you can walk home. Koh Samui suits travellers who want more restaurants, shopping and a bigger choice of hotels, and who do not mind catching the late ferry back after the party. Many people split the difference by basing on Koh Phangan for the party night and Samui for the rest.
The Full Moon Party is the huge open beach party on Haad Rin on the night of the full moon, with a 200 THB gate fee. The Half Moon Festival is a ticketed two-day electronic music event in the Ban Tai jungle, held roughly a week either side of the full moon. The Black Moon Party is its smaller new-moon counterpart, also in the jungle. There are also the Jungle Experience and Waterfall parties in the days around the full moon, so you can string several nights together.
Broadly yes, and solo travellers are very common here. The real risks are avoidable ones: burns from the fire ropes, accidents from swimming drunk, and lost belongings. Wear shoes, keep your cash split and sealed, do not swim after drinking, and agree a meeting point with your group since phones die fast on the beach. Treat it like any large night-time crowd and you will be fine.
Wear light, cheap clothes you are happy to cover in UV paint, and sturdy flip-flops or old shoes rather than going barefoot, because the sand fills with broken glass by midnight. Bring cash in a small waterproof pouch, a charged power bank, offline maps, and a photo of your passport. Leave anything valuable or irreplaceable in your room safe.
