Phuket International Airport

VTSP · Phuket, Thailand

Climate Phuket International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.8 100 99 100 100 100
February 97.1 100 100 99 96 98
March 96.2 100 100 97 98 100
April 94.4 86 99 96 99
May 92.0 93 93 94 95
June 90.8 95 94 93 92
July 90.9 94 95 91 98
August 91.7 94 94 88 98
September 86.4 86 93 88 89
October 93.0 95 92 95 90
November 95.2 98 96 93 99
December 97.6 99 98 99 98
Average 94.2 99.8 94.7 95.7 94.1 96.1

3rd best VFR conditions of Thailand

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.6 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.8 100 100 100 99 100
March 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 99 100 100 100
May 98.9 99 99 100 99
June 98.4 100 99 100 99
July 98.9 100 99 98 100
August 98.9 99 100 98 100
September 97.8 98 99 99 98
October 98.3 100 98 99 97
November 99.3 100 99 99 100
December 99.7 100 100 100 100
Average 99.2 100.0 99.3 99.3 99.3 99.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.4 33 31 32 31 33
February 32.6 34 33 32 33 33
March 33.2 35 33 32 34 34
April 32.6 34 32 31 34
May 31.4 32 31 31 32
June 30.8 31 30 31 30
July 30.8 31 30 31 31
August 30.5 31 30 30 31
September 30.3 30 30 30 30
October 30.4 31 30 30 29
November 30.7 31 30 29 31
December 30.9 32 30 31 30
Average 31.6 33.8 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 24.9 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 24.8 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.

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 3.3 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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.9 7 7 7 8 7
February 7.7 8 7 7 9 8
March 7.1 7 8 6 7 8
April 6.5 7 6 7 7
May 6.4 7 8 6 5
June 6.8 8 7 7 5
July 8.1 10 8 8 5
August 8.3 9 7 8 7
September 7.4 7 8 7 7
October 6.2 6 5 7 7
November 5.4 6 5 5 6
December 6.3 6 6 7 6
Average 7.0 7.4 7.4 6.7 7.0 6.4

34th 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 085° 058° 080° 083° 074°
February 072° 078° 083° 083° 076°
March 068° 076° 064° 082° 300°
April 293° 318° 282° 081°
May 282° 275° 287° 269°
June 276° 275° 274° 274°
July 269° 271° 271° 278°
August 275° 270° 273° 274°
September 281° 276° 281° 274°
October 288° 290° 279° 278°
November 075° 351° 074° 077°
December 075° 075° 076° 080°

Prevailing wind direction

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