Hat Yai Airport (HDY): exchange rates today
What the exchange counters at Hat Yai Airport (HDY) pay today compared with Hat Yai, and how much to change before you leave the terminal.
Counters inside the airport
No exchange counter inside this airport publishes its rates online, so we cannot rank them. Use the Hat Yai figure below to judge the board you are shown.
🕑 Rates checked: Nov 8, 05:52 (Thailand time)
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THB per 1 USD · Best rate applies to these banknote denominations
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- 13,308 THB33.08Notes: 100 vs mid-market -1.41%
All rates are for cash, collected from each shop's public rate board. Rates change during the day; the shop's board is final.
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💡 Bring large notes: most shops pay less for small denominations.
How much to change at the airport
Enough for transport and a first meal — roughly 3,000–5,000 THB. Change the rest in the city.
Getting to the city
The airport minibus runs into Hat Yai in about 30 minutes; most arrivals from Malaysia are met by a booked car.
Today's USD market in Hat Yai, in numbers
1 money changers in Hat Yai quote US Dollar (USD) today. The best buying rate is 33.08 THB per 1 USD at Kin Exchange (Hat Yai, Kim Yong Market); the lowest is 33.08 at Kin Exchange (Hat Yai, Kim Yong Market). The gap between them is 0%, which comes to about 0 THB on 100 USD.
The mid-market rate is 33.55. The best shop pays 1.41% below it, which is the margin it keeps on a cash transaction; the lowest-paying shop keeps 1.41%. The top rate today comes from K79 Money Exchange; 1 chains quote USD in Hat Yai. The best-paying counters are in Kim Yong Market.
Kin Exchange (Hat Yai, Kim Yong Market) pays 33.08 for 100 notes but 23.00 for 2 - 1, a difference of 30.47%, which is more than the gap between most shops in town.
0 of the 1 shops with published hours stay open until 20:00 or later; the latest closes at 17:00. 1 of them open on Sunday.
A week ago the best USD rate in Hat Yai was 33.30; thirty days ago it was 33.15. Over the same month the mid-market rate moved from 33.67 to 33.55 (-0.34%).
Changing baht back into USD is cheapest at Kin Exchange (Hat Yai, Kim Yong Market), which sells at 33.57; the round trip through the best buying and the best selling rate costs about 1.46%.
In practice: change at any shop in the top group near you, bring the largest notes you have, and check the board before handing over cash, because the shop's own board is final.
Figures as read at Nov 8, 05:52 (Thailand time); they move during the day.
Changing money in Hat Yai
Hat Yai has one tracked counter, Kin Exchange at Kim Yong Market, which belongs to the K79 Money Exchange group. It is the only shop in the list, so there is no in-town comparison to make; Hat Yai airport is tracked on its own page.
The shop opens early, at 07:00, and closes at 17:00, and it is open on Sunday. The early start suits the market it sits in, but it means the counter is shut by the time most evening arrivals reach town. It quotes 18 currencies.
On 28 September 2026 its best US dollar buying rate was 33.10 baht against a mid-market rate of 33.42. That is 0.41 baht below the best rate tracked in Bangkok the same day, the largest such gap of any city on the site that day, so if you are coming down from Bangkok with dollars there is a case for changing before you travel. The Japanese yen best was 0.207. The live table has today’s figures. If you are crossing from Malaysia with ringgit, the guide to Hat Yai and the Malaysian ringgit corridor is the one to read.
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