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Cheap Flights to Laos
| Popular in | August | High demand for flights, 11% potential price rise |
| Cheapest in | November | Best time to find cheap flights, 3% potential price drop |
| Average price | HK$ 3,109 | Average for round-trip flights in April 2020 |
| Round-trip from | HK$ 2,008 | From Hong Kong to Vientiane |
When is the best time to book flights to Laos?
The best time to book flights to Laos is 20 days before your desired departure date. The cost of your flight will likely increase significantly if you book two weeks in advance of your flight.
Which day is cheapest to fly to Laos?
Wednesday is currently, on average, the cheapest day to fly to Laos. Flying on Saturday will result in higher flight prices.
What time of day is cheapest to fly?
To get the best value, try booking a flight at midday when visiting Laos. Generally the prices will increase for flights in the morning as these tend to have higher demand.
When the French controlled Indochina, they called the slowness of pace in Laos and the apparent indolence of the people the “Laotian malaise”, precisely what makes this land tourist heaven. Officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a communist state, Laos is sandwiched between Burma (Myanmar), China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, a country about the same size as Great Britain. About 70 per cent of the country is made up of mountain and highland and there is extensive, untouched, forest too. Most Laotians live in the fertile plains of the Mekong and the 11 other rivers, eking out an existence by farming and fishing.
Its capital is Vientiane, home to Wattay International, where many flights to Laos touch down. Most travellers will pick up cheap flights to Laos from Bangkok. Vientiane is on the Mekong, a town of wide boulevards, French Colonial buildings, golden temples and Pha That Luang, Laos’s most important religious monument.
The former royal capital is Luang Prabang, a gilded city locked in time with 45 temples, 32 of them active. The most spectacular temple is Wat Xieng Thong. Early each morning hundreds of orange-robed monks make their daily alms round, a sight not to be missed.
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Laos climate
The climate is tropical – extremely humid during the rainy season (July to October).
When is the best time to fly to Laos?
Laos’s climate can be split into three seasons: cool, hot and rainy.
The cool season (between November and February) when the rains have stopped and hot season (March to May) are both good times to search for cheap flights to Laos and visit. The Lao New Year (April) falls in the peak season and it may be difficult to find cheaper flights to Laos or accommodation during this time.
Off Season: the rainy season extends from June to October.
Getting around Laos
Lao Airlines flies domestically. Apart from flying there are several ways to get around the country including by ferry, bus (there is a good network throughout Laos), rental car, Songthaew (pick-up trucks with benches) and, of course, tuk tuk (modified motorbikes).
