U-Tapao Airport (UTP): exchange rates today

Today's USD market in Pattaya, in numbers

61 money changers in Pattaya quote US Dollar (USD) today. The best buying rate is 33.34 THB per 1 USD at SuperRich 1965 — Terminal 21 Pattaya (Partner branch, Floor M); the lowest is 33.25 at WM : Won Market Branch. The gap between them is 0.27%, which comes to about 9 THB on 100 USD. 18 of the 61 shops are within 0.1% of the best rate, so for most readers the nearest counter in that group is the right choice.

The mid-market rate is 33.44. The best shop pays 0.3% below it, which is the margin it keeps on a cash transaction; the lowest-paying shop keeps 0.57%. The top rate today comes from SuperRich 1965 (Orange); 4 chains quote USD in Pattaya. The best-paying counters are in North Pattaya, Central Pattaya, South Pattaya.

SuperRich 1965 — Terminal 21 Pattaya (Partner branch, Floor M) pays 33.34 for 100-50 notes but 32.76 for 2-1, a difference of 1.74%, which is more than the gap between most shops in town.

55 of the 57 shops with published hours stay open until 20:00 or later; the latest closes at 02:00. 55 of them open on Sunday.

Changing baht back into USD is cheapest at SuperRich 1965 — Terminal 21 Pattaya (Partner branch, Floor M), which sells at 33.53; the round trip through the best buying and the best selling rate costs about 0.57%.

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 6, 15:25 (Thailand time); they move during the day.

Changing money in Pattaya

Pattaya has 62 tracked counters, and 59 of them belong to a single chain, T.T. Currency Exchange. The other three are one Superrich Thailand (Green) branch, on the 1st floor of Central Pattaya near the Hilton lobby, one SuperRich 1965 (Orange) branch, and Damini Exchange on Soi 13/2, Soi Post Office. U-Tapao airport has its own page.

T.T.’s branches are spread through every part of town the site labels: Naklua, North Pattaya, Central Pattaya, Soi Buakhao, Walking Street and Pratumnak, in places like Big C North Pattaya, Big C Extra, Buakhao Market and Cozy Beach. Hours run from 09:00 to as late as 23:00, and 54 of the 56 shops with known hours open on Sunday, so finding a counter that is open is rarely the problem.

Finding a better rate is harder. On 28 September 2026 the best US dollar buying rate was 33.38 baht against a mid-market rate of 33.42, and the gap between the best and worst of all 62 shops was only 0.08 baht; the list is nearly flat. Forty-one currencies are quoted. The guide to Pattaya money exchange covers Second Road, Central, Jomtien and Naklua, and there is a separate piece on T.T. Currency Exchange’s 59 branches. Coming from Bangkok, every way there, priced is the one to read first.

East of Sukhumvit Road, on the residential side known as the Darkside, no tracked counter publishes a rate; the nearest ones are on Sukhumvit Road itself. See changing money in East Pattaya.