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Median price per night in Chalong by star class, with the 25th–75th percentile range and the number of hotels behind each figure, followed by what the hotel stock actually looks like on the ground.
East coast · 38 km from the airport · Chalong: hotels, villas and living costs
A hotel night in Chalong costs a median of $41 across all classes (n = 54, September 2026), for two adults booking thirty days ahead, before taxes. By class: $36 for a three-star room (n = 18, middle half $23 – $56), $45 for a four-star room (n = 20, middle half $33 – $57) and $62 for a five-star room (n = 6, middle half $51 – $92). For a four-star room Chalong ranks 4th of 15 areas, cheapest first, 27% below the island median of $62.
USD per night, two adults, check-in 30 days ahead, before taxes and fees; low–high are the 25th and 75th percentiles of the sample. A class with fewer than five hotels shows its sample size and no median.
| Class | Median / night | Low – high (P25 – P75) | n | As of | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3★ hotel | $36 | $23 – $56 | 18 | September 2026 | |
| 4★ hotel | $45 | $33 – $57 | 20 | September 2026 | |
| 5★ hotel | $62 | $51 – $92 | 6 | September 2026 | |
| All classes | $41 | $25 – $55 | 54 | September 2026 |
Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 54. Sparklines appear once a series has at least two monthly points.
Chalong in the figure colour, the island-wide median of the same class beside it · Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 54
Chalong is the working end of the island — marina, dive pier, Big Buddha hill and the Muay Thai gyms of Soi Ta-iad — and its hotels are practical rather than resort-like. Guesthouses near the pier serve divers on early boats; a few mid-range hotels line Chao Fa Road; the gym-affiliated rooms on Soi Ta-iad are the standard for fighters on a training visa, a bed and a fan at a price to match. There is no five-star beach resort here and no beach to build one on, so the five-star row comes from a small sample of hotels that rate themselves that way, and the three- and four-star medians are among the lowest on Phuket.
The larger story is housing: Chalong has the island's biggest stock of ordinary houses and townhouses in estates off Chao Fa East and West and on the slopes towards the Big Buddha, plus condominium buildings along Chao Fa West and near the junction, and its monthly rents are the cheapest on the island. Book a hotel in Chalong for a dive trip, a training camp or a cheap base with Kata fifteen minutes over the hill.
Chalong Bay faces east, is shallow and muddy at low tide and busy with moored yachts; nobody swims here, but the pier is the departure point for most of Phuket's dive and island trips. The bay is sheltered from the south-west monsoon, so it is often calm in the wet season; the nearest swimming is Kata, fifteen minutes west.
$41 a night is the median across all classes in Chalong (n = 54, September 2026), with the middle half of the sample between $25 – $55. By class: $36 three-star, $45 four-star and $62 five-star. Two adults, one night booked thirty days ahead, before taxes and fees; observed in the low season.
$45 a night, the median of 20 four-star hotels in Chalong in September 2026; the middle half of them cost $33 – $57. That is 27% below the island-wide four-star median of $62, 4th of 15 areas cheapest first.
No: for a four-star room in September 2026, Chalong's median of $45 is 5% dearer than Rawai's $43; the full picture is Rawai ($43 — Chalong is 5% dearer than it), Kata ($74 — Chalong is 39% cheaper than it), Phuket Town ($50 — Chalong is 10% cheaper than it) and Panwa ($110 — Chalong is 59% cheaper than it). Neighbouring areas are the ones that share a road or a headland with Chalong; each has its own page in this hub with the full class table.
The five-star median in Chalong is $62 (n = 6) against $45 for four-star (n = 20), a premium of $17 a night or 38% (September 2026). The middle half of each class — $33 – $57 for four stars, $51 – $92 for five — shows whether they overlap: where they do, the classes compete for the same guest; where they do not, they are different products. Ratings are declared by the hotels themselves, so read the ranges before the medians.
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