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Climate Phuket

The largest island Thailand, Phuket is characterized by tropical climate with average maximum temperatures of 31 to 33 degrees Celsius. The island is located off the southern coast of Thailand only a few kilometers from the mainland.

Climate Table Phuket

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Max. Temperature
32°
33°
33°
33°
32°
32°
31°
31°
31°
31°
31°
32°
Min. Temperature
24°
24°
24°
24°
25°
25°
25°
25°
24°
24°
24°
24°
Sun Hours
7
7
7
7
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
6
Water Temperature
28°
28°
28°
28°
28°
29°
29°
28°
28°
28°
28°
28°
Rain Days
3
3
5
15
20
20
18
18
19
20
15
7
The hottest months in Phuket are February, March and April, where temperatures can reach 33 °C in the shade. On the lower end the coldest months in are January, February, March, April, September, October, November and December, where temperatures seldom exceed 24 °C.
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If you want to experience Thailand, you have to like the heat. The tropical-monsoon climate provides average annual temperatures between 28 degrees in the south and 19 degrees in the far north. The seasonal variations are small.

Map view of Phuket

Latitude: 7.949531
Longitude: 98.351689
Phuket

The climate year of Phuket

Phuket is a dream island located in the Andaman Sea. The island includes a unique mountainous landscape with colorful and very lush vegetation and bright, fine sandy beaches, which is why Phuket is also called "Pearl of the Andaman Sea". The weather on Phuket is usually very nice but during the monsoon season this can also be regularly marked by heavy rains, which occasionally flood roads. The island itself has a size of only 48 km long and about 21 km wide, on this territory live 150,000 inhabitants, of which about 30 percent are at home in Phuket.

General information about Phuket

The island of Phuket offers many facets that make a vacation very beautiful, varied and unforgettable. So you have the opportunity to make a beach vacation on the most beautiful beaches, but also to get to know the country and its people. Because there are very many sights on the island, which are worth visiting such as national parks, views, the snake farm and temples, which give evidence of the history of the island. Especially popular are the Sea Shell Museum, one of the largest collections of shells in the world, and the Tin Museum, which once provided the wealth of the province. But also for those interested in sports, the island has a lot to offer, among the most popular sports are wakeboarding, snorkeling, golfing, diving, surfing, sailing, bungee jumping, paintball or Thai boxing. Likewise, day trips can be made to the most beautiful places on the island, which are always a very special highlight.

Tourism Phuket

The island of Phuket is particularly influenced by its prevailing tropical climate and the monsoon wind. Whereby the driest period is from mid-November to the end of April. So this is also the best time to travel and at the same time the high season on the island of Phuket, because here the temperatures are a little lower than the other months. Also from March to early May it is nice on Phuket, because even then it is still mostly dry but much warmer. The monsoon comes from many different directions. During the monsoon Phuket is also characterized by short heavy rains, the so-called rainy season. The average temperature in Phuket is around 29 degrees all year round, with average minimum temperatures between 23.5 and 25.3°C and average maximum temperatures between 31.2 and 33.8°C. The least rainfall in Phuket is experienced in the months of January to March with 3-5.8 rainy days and 23-59mm, the highest rainfall can be expected from May to October where 19.1 - 22.8 rainy days and 270 - 387mm of rainfall can be expected.