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Median price per night in Bang Tao 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 · 18 km from the airport · Bang Tao: hotels, villas and living costs
A hotel night in Bang Tao costs a median of $76 across all classes (n = 61, September 2026), for two adults booking thirty days ahead, before taxes. By class: $52 for a three-star room (n = 8, middle half $29 – $75), $81 for a four-star room (n = 22, middle half $53 – $178) and $128 for a five-star room (n = 10, middle half $83 – $182). For a four-star room Bang Tao ranks 10th of 15 areas, cheapest first, 31% above 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 | $52 | $29 – $75 | 8 | September 2026 | |
| 4★ hotel | $81 | $53 – $178 | 22 | September 2026 | |
| 5★ hotel | $128 | $83 – $182 | 10 | September 2026 | |
| All classes | $76 | $45 – $133 | 61 | September 2026 |
Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 61. Sparklines appear once a series has at least two monthly points.
Bang Tao in the figure colour, the island-wide median of the same class beside it · Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 61
Bang Tao's hotel supply is organised around Laguna Phuket, the resort complex on former tin-mine land behind the middle of the bay. Banyan Tree, Angsana, Dusit Thani, SAii and Cassia share the estate, its golf course and its shuttle boats, and between them cover four-star to five-star-plus at one address. Outside Laguna, the beachfront and the roads behind it have more four- and five-star resorts and a growing number of branded residences that sell hotel-style nights; mid-range hotels line the Bang Tao beach road and Cherngtalay village, and a few hostels exist near Boat Avenue.
The district therefore has the deepest four-star sample on the island, which makes its median one of the more reliable numbers in the table. It is not a budget beach: the three-star sample is small and the cheap rooms are in Cherngtalay village, a scooter ride from the sand. The villa market is the largest on Phuket — gated estates of two- to six-bedroom pool villas behind Laguna, on the Layan road and inland towards the Heroines' Monument — and condominiums around Boat Avenue and Cherngtalay supply most one- and two-bedroom monthly rentals. For hotel nights Bang Tao is the resort-complex option; for longer stays it is the villa option.
Eight kilometres of gently sloping sand whose character shifts from beach clubs at the Surin end to an empty middle and fishing boats near Layan; clear water in the high season. The wet-season shore-break is moderate and generally kinder than Surin or Karon, with the northern end the most sheltered and red flags on rough days.
$76 a night is the median across all classes in Bang Tao (n = 61, September 2026), with the middle half of the sample between $45 – $133. By class: $52 three-star, $81 four-star and $128 five-star. Two adults, one night booked thirty days ahead, before taxes and fees; observed in the low season.
$81 a night, the median of 22 four-star hotels in Bang Tao in September 2026; the middle half of them cost $53 – $178. That is 31% above the island-wide four-star median of $62, 10th of 15 areas cheapest first.
Yes: for a four-star room in September 2026, Bang Tao's median of $81 is 38% cheaper than Surin's $131; the full picture is Surin ($131 — Bang Tao is 38% cheaper than it) and Layan ($169 — Bang Tao is 52% cheaper than it). Neighbouring areas are the ones that share a road or a headland with Bang Tao; each has its own page in this hub with the full class table.
The five-star median in Bang Tao is $128 (n = 10) against $81 for four-star (n = 22), a premium of $47 a night or 58% (September 2026). The middle half of each class — $53 – $178 for four stars, $83 – $182 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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