Weather in Phuket

Calculated from weather data of Phuket International Airport (VTSP) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.4	32.7	31.1	31.8	31.1	32.6
February	32.6	34.1	32.5	32.0	32.6	33.2
March	33.2	34.7	33.2	32.0	33.5	33.7
April	32.9	35.1	33.5	32.2	31.3	33.5
May	31.4		32.2	31.0	31.3	31.5
June	30.8		31.3	30.3	30.6	30.1
July	30.8		30.6	30.3	30.6	30.6
August	30.5		30.8	30.3	29.8	31.0
September	30.3		30.3	30.1	29.8	30.1
October	30.4		31.0	29.5	30.3	29.3
November	30.7		30.8	30.1	29.3	30.6
December	30.9		31.8	29.6	31.1	30.3
Average	31.6	34.1	31.6	30.8	30.9	31.4

34th highest temperature of Thailand

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.6	25	23	24	24	23
February	23.7	25	24	24	24	24
March	24.3	25	24	25	24	25
April	25.1	27	26	25	25	25
May	25.2		26	25	25	25
June	25.0		26	25	25	24
July	25.2		26	25	25	25
August	25.0		25	25	25	25
September	24.1		24	24	24	24
October	24.2		25	24	25	24
November	24.1		25	24	24	24
December	23.9		25	24	24	24
Average	24.5	25.2	24.8	24.4	24.3	24.3

28th lowest temperature of Thailand

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	121	295	222	254	269
25 °C or warmer	121	365	354	364	365
20 °C or warmer	121	365	354	365	366
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.4	1	2	1	2	0
February	1.2	0	1	5	0	2
March	1.3	1	0	8	1	0
April	2.9	0	1	3	9	2
May	12.6		16	18	14	10
June	13.9		10	18	11	20
July	12.7		19	20	16	13
August	16.4		20	19	25	12
September	18.6		26	19	21	23
October	16.4		12	28	14	29
November	8.4		9	15	16	6
December	4.4		3	11	3	8
Average	8.3	0.3	10.0	13.7	11.0	10.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.8	13	13	14	14	14
February	14.2	15	14	14	16	15
March	13.2	13	15	11	13	14
April	12.3	13	14	11	12	12
May	11.8		14	14	11	10
June	12.6		15	12	13	9
July	15.0		18	14	15	9
August	15.5		17	13	14	13
September	13.7		13	16	13	12
October	11.5		11	10	14	14
November	10.1		10	10	9	11
December	11.7		12	11	13	11
Average	12.9	13.5	13.7	12.4	13.1	11.9

4th highest wind speed of Thailand

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	E	NE	E	E	E
February	E	E	E	E	E
March	E	E	NE	E	NW
April	NW	NW	NW	W	E
May		W	W	W	W
June		W	W	W	W
July		W	W	W	W
August		W	W	W	W
September		W	W	W	W
October		W	W	W	W
November		E	N	E	E
December		E	E	E	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Phuket weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Phuket?

The warmest month is March with an average temperature of 33 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Phuket?

The coldest month is September with an average daytime temperature of 30 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Phuket?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in September with a probability of around 18.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Phuket?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in February. The probability is about 1.3 %.