Cafes to work from in Chiang Mai

By neighbourhood

Nobody wants 286 places at once. Here is Chiang Mai split into the districts we have read, plus the places that stay open into the evening.

Working from cafes in Chiang Mai, answered

How many cafes in Chiang Mai are good for working on a laptop?

155 of the 208 places in Chiang Mai whose reviews say anything about laptops are somewhere you can settle in and work. The other 78 of the 286 we hold are unjudged rather than unwelcoming: nobody who wrote about them mentioned it either way. What we look for is a table you can open a laptop on, a socket within reach and nobody counting the minutes.

Which cafes in Chiang Mai have fast Wi-Fi?

Of the 180 places in Chiang Mai whose Wi-Fi we could judge, 146 hold a video call. The connection is read from what people who sat there wrote, not from what the cafe claims, so a place with no reviews about its Wi-Fi is left out rather than guessed at. The "Fast Wi-Fi" filter on this page shows only those 146.

Can you work all day from a cafe in Chiang Mai?

Yes, in 155 of the 208 judged places in Chiang Mai, where staying past the second coffee is normal rather than tolerated. 68 of the 286 cafes we hold are still open at 9pm or later, so a long day does not have to end mid-afternoon. Kitchens usually stop serving well before closing, so order before the last hour rather than after it.

Are there cafes open late in Chiang Mai?

68 of the 286 cafes we hold in Chiang Mai are open at 9pm or later on at least one day of the week. 4 of them never close at all. Closing times come from each venue's own opening hours rather than an estimate, so a place that shuts at 8:30pm is not on the list.

Is Chiang Mai a good city for working from cafes?

Chiang Mai averages 3.7 out of 5 across 286 places, which puts it among the strongest of the 9 cities we cover. Canggu leads on 3.9. The spread between cities is narrower than the spread between two cafes on the same street, so the city rarely decides your day: the choice of place does.