Where is Pattaya in Thailand?

The administrative location

Pattaya is part of Bang Lamung District in Chon Buri Province. Chon Buri sits in eastern Thailand, while Pattaya faces the Gulf of Thailand on the province's coast.

Use the administrative names when precision matters

For an exact location, use the hierarchy supported by the cited city record: Pattaya, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri Province. That is more precise than saying only eastern Thailand or the Gulf coast.

For the separate Bangkok-distance question, use the linked distance answer rather than turning a city-location summary into an exact road measurement or travel-time promise.

Place Pattaya in relation to Bangkok

The mapped official sources place Pattaya on the Gulf of Thailand about 150 kilometres southeast of Bangkok. This is geographic orientation, not a guaranteed road distance or journey duration.

Use the linked Bangkok-distance answer when the route measurement itself matters. This page keeps the stable location hierarchy separate from a time-sensitive transport plan.

Read the location from broad to exact

For country-level orientation, Pattaya is in eastern Thailand on the Gulf coast. For administration, it is in Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri Province.

For a property, venue or pickup point, continue from this regional hierarchy to the complete address supplied for that specific place. This answer does not locate individual premises or verify any particular address.