Koh Chang: changing money
No money changer on Koh Chang publishes its rates, so we cannot rank them. Here is today's reference rate, the mainland benchmark, and how much cash to arrive with.
No money changer on Koh Chang publishes its rates online, so there is nothing here we can rank honestly. Every booth we found is a single shop with a painted board and no website. Use the figures below to judge the board you are shown.
| Today's reference rate | 33.44 THB per 1 USD |
|---|---|
| Best published rate in Pattaya today | 33.34 · SuperRich 1965 — Terminal 21 Pattaya (Partner branch, Floor M) |
What you would get in Pattaya
🕑 Rates checked: Nov 6, 15:25 (Thailand time)
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Buying and selling: the two columns explained
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THB per 1 USD · Best rate applies to these banknote denominations
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- 13,334 THB33.34Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.30%
- 23,333 THB33.33Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.33%
- 33,333 THB33.33Notes: 100 vs mid-market -0.33%
- 43,333 THB33.33Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.33%
- 53,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
- 63,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
- 73,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
- 83,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
- 93,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
- 103,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
- 113,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
- 123,332 THB33.32Notes: 100-50 vs mid-market -0.36%
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.
Why island rates are worse
An island booth has no competitor fifty metres away, has to move banknotes by ferry, and knows you cannot easily walk out. Expect to lose several percent against a city rate, on top of a wider spread on anything other than dollars and euros.
Change before you go
Reached by ferry from Trat, and most people drive down from Bangkok or Pattaya. Pattaya has the densest cluster of published-rate booths in the country, so it is the obvious place to stop on the way.
Listed for guidance only — we track no shop on this island.
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.
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