Phuket in 2026: the statistics so far

Every 2026 figure the sources have published to date — visitors, occupancy and revenue by month (Januar–Juli), rain and sea, the baht, and the price index — next to the same months a year earlier. Nothing projected; the page fills in as each source publishes.

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Stand September 2026 · Alle Quellen
8.098.059−1.5% on the same months of 2025
Visitors, Januar–Juli 2026
Juli 2026 · Quelle: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand
5.954.67173.5% of visitors
Foreign visitors, Januar–Juli 2026
Juli 2026 · Quelle: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand
75.5%2025: 77.3%
Average hotel occupancy, Januar–Juli 2026
Juli 2026 · Quelle: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand
310.962 M THB−0.7%
Tourism revenue, Januar–Juli 2026
Juli 2026 · Quelle: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand
Februar1.320.701 visitors
Busiest month so far
Juli 2026 · Quelle: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand
1.292 mmnormal 1.752 mm (2015–2025 medians)
Rain, Januar–September 2026
September 2026 · Quelle: Open-Meteo ERA5
33.41 (Oktober 2026)+6.3% since Januar 2026
Baht per US dollar
Oktober 2026 · Quelle: ECB reference rates
$107n = 210
4★ hotel, island median per night
Oktober 2026 · Quelle: Phuket Travel Price Index
$5,941n = 148
3-bedroom villa, island median per month
Oktober 2026 · Quelle: Phuket Travel Price Index

Monate 2026

Visitors per month, 2026 against 2025 — the months the ministry has published.

Visitors by month, 2026 vs 2025366k732k1.1M1.1MJanFebMärAprMaiJunJulAugSepOktNovDezJan · 2026 1,318,929 · 2025 1,330,782Feb · 2026 1,320,701 · 2025 1,263,436Mär · 2026 1,127,519 · 2025 1,150,397Apr · 2026 1,127,817 · 2025 1,174,215Mai · 2026 1,088,322 · 2025 1,118,618Jun · 2026 979,389 · 2025 1,046,614Jul · 2026 1,135,382 · 2025 1,139,408Aug · no dataSep · no dataOkt · no dataNov · no dataDez · no data

20262025

Visitors (tourists + same-day), Phuket province · Quelle: Ministerium für Tourismus und Sport Thailands, Provinzstatistik, abgerufen September 2026

Hotel occupancy by month

Occupancy by month, 2026 vs 202523.8%47.5%71.3%74.2%JanFebMärAprMaiJunJulAugSepOktNovDezJan · 2026 83.7% · 2025 86.4%Feb · 2026 82.2% · 2025 82.1%Mär · 2026 77.9% · 2025 79.4%Apr · 2026 77.2% · 2025 81.8%Mai · 2026 71.6% · 2025 74.0%Jun · 2026 61.7% · 2025 66.8%Jul · 2026 74.2% · 2025 70.7%Aug · 2025 68.9%Sep · 2025 65.8%Okt · 2025 77.6%Nov · 2025 78.6%Dez · 2025 84.1%

20262025

Occupancy of registered accommodation, % · Quelle: Ministerium für Tourismus und Sport Thailands, Provinzstatistik, abgerufen September 2026
MonatBesucherAusländische BesucherVorjahrAuslastungAuslastung 2025Einnahmen, Mio. THBStatus
Januar1.318.9291.042.902−0.9%83.7%86.4%52.807—
Februar1.320.701936.580+4.5%82.2%82.1%48.806—
März1.127.519783.438−2.0%77.9%79.4%41.057—
April1.127.817827.711−4.0%77.2%81.8%43.281vorläufig (MOTS)
Mai1.088.322795.774−2.7%71.6%74.0%41.391vorläufig (MOTS)
Juni979.389673.160−6.4%61.7%66.8%35.665vorläufig (MOTS)
Juli1.135.382895.106−0.4%74.2%70.7%47.955vorläufig (MOTS)
August————68.9%—not published yet
September————65.8%—not published yet
Oktober————77.6%—not published yet
November————78.6%—not published yet
Dezember————84.1%—not published yet

Year-on-year change compares the month with the same month of 2025. Quelle: Ministerium für Tourismus und Sport Thailands, Provinzstatistik, abgerufen September 2026

Weather and sea by month, 2026

Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis for the west coast; the normal is the 2015–2025 median for the same month.

MonatRainNormalRain daysDay highSunshineSea
Januar10 mm37 mm531.3 °C339 h0 rough days
Februar74 mm21 mm1532.0 °C308 h0 rough days
März26 mm73 mm933.5 °C350 h0 rough days
April57 mm183 mm1733.0 °C344 h0 rough days
Mai314 mm343 mm3030.9 °C266 h9 rough days
Juni320 mm275 mm2530.3 °C255 h4 rough days
Juli153 mm241 mm2630.8 °C301 h8 rough days
August108 mm270 mm2131.1 °C304 h18 rough days
September230 mm309 mm2430.7 °C258 h4 rough days

Rough day = maximum wave height above 1.5 m. Source: Open-Meteo (ERA5, marine), as of 2026-09.

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The baht by month, 2026

ECB month-end reference rates, baht per dollar and per euro.

MonatTHB per USDTHB per EUR
Januar 202631.4337.46
Februar 202631.0936.70
März 202632.7637.67
April 202632.5538.08
Mai 202632.5237.87
Juni 202633.2337.86
Juli 202633.4738.43
August 202633.1638.46
September 202633.3438.02
Oktober 202633.4137.60

Source: European Central Bank reference rates via Frankfurter, month-end.

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The price index in 2026

Island-wide medians observed by the Phuket Travel Price Index, with the sample behind each.

Monat4★-Hotel, Inselmedian pro NachtVilla mit 3 Schlafzimmern, Inselmedian pro Monat
September 2026$62 (n = 210)$3,975 (n = 125)
Oktober 2026$107 (n = 210)$5,941 (n = 148)

Medians, measured on the 1st and 15th for a travel date 30 days ahead. Data revision Oktober 2026.

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What 2026 looks like so far

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has published 7 months of 2026 for Phuket province, Januar–Juli. Over those months the province recorded 8.098.059 visitors — 5.954.671 foreign and 2.143.388 Thai — against 8.223.470 in the same months of 2025, a change of −1.5%. Tourism revenue for the same months is 310.962 million baht (−0.7% year on year) and hotel occupancy averaged 75.5%, compared with 77.3% a year earlier. The busiest published month was Februar with 1.320.701 visitors; the quietest Juni with 979.389.

Every 2026 month is marked preliminary by the ministry and is revised when the next monthly report appears; the 2026 annual block, with the Thai / foreign split by nationality, will not exist before mid-2027. The full-year context — 14.248.853 visitors and 76.3% occupancy in 2025 — is on the statistics hub; this page only carries what exists for 2026.

Weather and sea in 2026

Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis gives 9 full months of 2026 for the west coast. Rain so far totals 1.292 mm against a 2015–2025 median of 1.752 mm for the same months. März was the sunniest month (350 hours) and Juni the wettest (320 mm on 25 rain days). The rough-sea column counts days with a maximum wave height above 1.5 m — the same threshold the daily page uses for its beach flag.

The baht in 2026

At the European Central Bank's month-end reference rates the dollar bought 33.41 baht at the end of Oktober 2026, +6.3% on the end of Januar 2026; the index converts baht prices at 33.41 (Oktober 2026). A stronger baht makes every Phuket price in dollars or euros higher even when nothing changes locally, which is why the price index records the rate it used next to each observation.

The price index in 2026

The Phuket Travel Price Index started observing in September 2026 and has 2 monthly points for 2026. The island-wide 4★ hotel median stood at $107 per night in Oktober 2026 (n = 210) and a 3-bedroom villa at $5,941 per month (n = 148). Medians are measured on the 1st and 15th of each month for a travel date 30 days ahead; the full series by area and segment is on the price index pages.

What is not in the file yet

As of 2026-09-05, the sources have not published: MOTS monthly figures for August–December 2026 (published two to three months after each month); the 2026 annual block with the nationality split (the ministry's annual file arrives in mid-2027); 2026 airport passenger counts (Airports of Thailand publishes the calendar year in the following spring). The page is rebuilt on every data refresh and fills in as each source publishes; nothing on it is projected.

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How many tourists has Phuket had in 2026 so far?

8.098.059 visitors in Januar–Juli 2026 according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports' monthly provincial reports (5.954.671 foreign), −1.5% on the same months of 2025. The figures are preliminary until the annual file is published.

What is Phuket's hotel occupancy in 2026?

75.5% on average over Januar–Juli 2026, from 61.7% to 83.7% by month; the same months of 2025 averaged 77.3%.

When will the full 2026 statistics be available?

MOTS publishes each month two to three months later and the annual block with the nationality split in mid-2027; Airports of Thailand publishes 2026 passenger counts in spring 2027. This page updates automatically as each arrives.