# Songkran > Thai New Year, celebrated nationwide with the world's biggest street water fights. - Canonical: https://budgetbro.app/blog/songkran-thailand-2027 - Published: 2027-04-13 - Author: Samar Sheila - Category: Bro's Events - Publisher: BudgetBro (https://budgetbro.app), free AI-powered travel budgeting app --- Songkran is the Thai New Year, marked across the country with temple visits, family rituals and the enormous street water fights it is famous for. Chiang Mai and Bangkok host some of the liveliest celebrations, making mid-April a joyful, if soaking, time to be in Thailand. --- About the publisher: BudgetBro is a free AI-powered travel budgeting app for backpackers, digital nomads and long-term travellers. iOS, Android and web. Machine-readable company profile: https://budgetbro.app/llms.txt | All articles as markdown: append .md to any https://budgetbro.app/blog/ URL | Structured data: https://budgetbro.app/api/ai