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Median price per night in Karon 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.
West coast · 40 km from the airport · Karon: hotels, villas and living costs
A hotel night in Karon costs a median of $34 across all classes (n = 43, September 2026), for two adults booking thirty days ahead, before taxes. By class: $30 for a three-star room (n = 13, middle half $25 – $49), $48 for a four-star room (n = 12, middle half $37 – $54) and $244 for a five-star room (n = 5, middle half $167 – $246). For a four-star room Karon ranks 5th of 15 areas, cheapest first, 23% 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 | $30 | $25 – $49 | 13 | September 2026 | |
| 4★ hotel | $48 | $37 – $54 | 12 | September 2026 | |
| 5★ hotel | $244 | $167 – $246 | 5 | September 2026 | |
| All classes | $34 | $25 – $55 | 43 | September 2026 |
Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 43. Sparklines appear once a series has at least two monthly points.
Karon in the figure colour, the island-wide median of the same class beside it · Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 43
Karon is the island's mid-range resort beach, and its hotel stock reflects that more than any other district. The beach road is lined with large family resorts — Hilton Phuket Arcadia, Mövenpick Karon Beach, Centara Grand Beach Resort, Thavorn Palm Beach — that are four- and five-star by size, price and facilities, with big pools and kids' clubs rather than boutique design. Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort has its own cove, Relax Bay, on the road north to Patong.
Behind the resorts, the streets around Karon Circle and Luang Pho Chuan Road are dense with three-star hotels and guesthouses, many run by the same families for decades, and this is where the value rooms are: a few minutes from a three-kilometre beach that never feels crowded. Hostels are scarce, so the budget traveller here is in a guesthouse, not a dorm. The five-star sample is small, which is why that class carries a wider range than the four-star one. Villas are on the hillsides at both ends of the beach; condominium buildings on the inland side of Patak Road and along the Karon–Chalong road supply most of the monthly rentals.
Three kilometres of fine, squeaky sand with a steep shoreline: clean, clear swimming in the high season and always a stretch of empty beach. From May to October the dumping shore-break and rips make Karon one of the more dangerous beaches on the coast; red flags fly most of the wet season.
$34 a night is the median across all classes in Karon (n = 43, September 2026), with the middle half of the sample between $25 – $55. By class: $30 three-star, $48 four-star and $244 five-star. Two adults, one night booked thirty days ahead, before taxes and fees; observed in the low season.
$48 a night, the median of 12 four-star hotels in Karon in September 2026; the middle half of them cost $37 – $54. That is 23% below the island-wide four-star median of $62, 5th of 15 areas cheapest first.
No: for a four-star room in September 2026, Karon's median of $48 is 14% dearer than Patong's $42; the full picture is Patong ($42 — Karon is 14% dearer than it) and Kata ($74 — Karon is 35% cheaper than it). Neighbouring areas are the ones that share a road or a headland with Karon; each has its own page in this hub with the full class table.
The five-star median in Karon is $244 (n = 5) against $48 for four-star (n = 12), a premium of $196 a night or 408% (September 2026). The middle half of each class — $37 – $54 for four stars, $167 – $246 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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