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5-star hotels in Phuket: prices by area (October 2026)
Every area of the island with its median for the class, the 25th–75th percentile range and the number of hotels priced — cheapest first, then the areas where the class barely exists.
Source: Online booking platforms, measured October 2026, n = 95 · All sources
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Key facts
as of October 2026 · All sources- $213n = 95
- 5★ hotel, island median per night
- $138 – $333
- Low – high (P25 – P75)
- Chalong$110
- Cheapest area for a 5★ hotel
- Surin$413
- Priciest area for a 5★ hotel
- 11 of 15
- Areas with a published median
- 1 night, 2 adults, check-in 30 days ahead, before taxes and fees
- Observation window
5-star hotels: median per night by area
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.
| # | Area | Median / night | Low – high (P25 – P75) | n | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalong East coast | $110 | $82 – $145 | 6 | |
| 2 | Nai Yang North | $155 | $114 – $246 | 6 | |
| 3 | Patong West coast | $156 | $75 – $213 | 10 | |
| 4 | Layan West coast | $158 | $135 – $194 | 5 | |
| 5 | Karon West coast | $191 | $184 – $225 | 6 | |
| 6 | Kata West coast | $194 | $185 – $334 | 5 | |
| 7 | Bang Tao West coast | $240 | $149 – $332 | 9 | |
| 8 | Panwa East coast | $241 | $185 – $474 | 7 | |
| 9 | Mai Khao North | $309 | $249 – $386 | 12 | |
| 10 | Kamala West coast | $330 | $166 – $497 | 13 | |
| 11 | Surin West coast | $413 | $192 – $738 | 6 | |
| — | Nai Thon West coast | — | — | 2 · below the minimum sample | |
| — | Nai Harn South | — | — | 4 · below the minimum sample | |
| — | Rawai South | — | — | 3 · below the minimum sample | |
| — | Phuket Town East coast | — | — | 1 · below the minimum sample | |
| All Phuket | $213 | $138 – $333 | 95 |
Online booking platforms, measured October 2026, n = 95. Sparklines appear once a series has at least two monthly points.
5-star medians per night, cheapest area first; the dearest area in the figure colour · Online booking platforms, measured October 2026, n = 95
Areas below the minimum sample
The class was found in these areas, but with fewer than five hotels in the sample the median stays unpublished — the count is shown so the gap is visible.
- Nai Thon n = 2
- Nai Harn n = 4
- Rawai n = 3
- Phuket Town n = 1
What the class buys you
Five-star on Phuket means resort grounds, several restaurants, a spa, a pool or several, and usually a beach or a private cove; at the top of the class it means a villa with its own pool and a butler. The class is concentrated on the west coast headlands and the northern beaches — Surin, Kamala, Bang Tao, Layan, Nai Thon, Mai Khao — and on the Panwa cape in the east, and it is thin or absent in the long-stay south (Rawai, Nai Harn) and in Phuket Town, which is why several rows carry a sample too small for a median.
The price of a five-star night is decided more by the district than by the star. The same class runs from a Patong hillside resort with a shuttle to a headland cove in Surin, and the ranking below shows the spread. Where a five-star median sits close to, or even below, the four-star median of the same area, the reason is usually a small sample or a four-star column full of villas and residences; treat those rows as a hint to compare individual properties rather than as a rule. Low season — the observation window of the current snapshot — is when this class discounts most, so the medians here are closer to the floor of the year than to its ceiling.
Where a five-star hotel is cheapest, and where it is not
11 of the 15 areas have a published five-star median in October 2026, and it runs from $110 in Chalong to $413 in Surin, 3.8 times as much for the same declared class. The island-wide five-star median is $213 (n = 95); Chalong, Nai Yang, Patong, Layan, Karon and Kata sit below it, Bang Tao, Panwa, Mai Khao, Kamala and Surin above. The cheapest districts are the ones with a town around the hotels and many of them competing; the priciest are the ones where the resort is the district and the sample is a handful of large properties.
Nai Thon (2), Nai Harn (4), Rawai (3) and Phuket Town (1) have fewer than five five-star hotels in the sample, so the index publishes the count and no median — the class exists there, but a figure from one or two properties would describe those properties, not the district. The deepest sample is Kamala with 13 five-star hotels, which makes its median the most stable number in the table.
Reading the ranges
The low and high columns are the 25th and 75th percentiles — the middle half of the five-star hotels in each area — and their width says how homogeneous the class is there. The widest spread is in Surin, where the 75th percentile ($738) is 3.8 times the 25th ($192); the tightest is Karon at $184 – $225, 1.2 to 1. A wide range means two products share one star count — a village hotel and a residence sold by the night, a beach-road hotel and a headland resort — and the median is a compromise between them. A tight range means the area's five-star hotels are genuinely alike, and the median is a price you can plan on.
Ratings are declared by the properties themselves on the booking platforms, not audited, so a five-star listing in one district is not the same promise as in another. The area pages of this hub describe what the hotel stock actually looks like street by street; where the range here is wide, that description matters more than the median.
5-star against the other classes
Island-wide, a five-star room at $213 compares with $56 for three-star (n = 181) and $107 for four-star (n = 210) in October 2026; the all-class median, hostels and unrated properties included in the sample, is $78 (n = 628). The premium over the four-star median of the same area is smallest in Layan ($114 below it) and largest in Surin ($276, 201%); the hub page lists every area with both medians.
The observation behind all of these figures is the same fixed search — one night, two adults, check-in thirty days after the snapshot, cheapest available room, before taxes and fees — repeated monthly, so the classes are compared like with like and the next revision moves every column at once. The observation month is printed next to every figure; the current one was taken in the low season.
Other classes
- Budget (3-star)$56n = 181 · October 2026
- 4-star$107n = 210 · October 2026
- Hotels: by area$78All classes · n = 628
Frequently asked questions
How much does a five-star hotel in Phuket cost per night?
$213 a night is the island-wide median for a five-star hotel (n = 95, October 2026), with the middle half of the sample between $138 – $333. Two adults, one night booked thirty days ahead, before taxes and fees, observed in the low season; by area it runs from $110 in Chalong to $413 in Surin.
What is the cheapest area in Phuket for a five-star hotel?
Chalong, at a median of $110 a night (n = 6, October 2026), followed by Nai Yang ($155), Patong ($156) and Layan ($158). Nai Thon, Nai Harn, Rawai and Phuket Town are not ranked: fewer than five five-star hotels in the sample.
Which area of Phuket has the most expensive five-star hotels?
Surin, at a median of $413 a night (n = 6, October 2026), 3.8 times the cheapest area's median. Next come Kamala ($330) and Mai Khao ($309). These are the districts where the resort is the destination and there is no town to undercut it.
Is a five-star hotel in Phuket worth it over a four-star?
Island-wide the five-star median is $213 against $107 for four-star, a premium of 99% in October 2026. Whether it is worth it depends on the district: in Layan the gap is negative, in Surin it is $276. Read the ranges on the area page before deciding.
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