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Median price per night in Panwa 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 · 40 km from the airport · Panwa: hotels, villas and living costs
A hotel night in Panwa costs a median of $106 across all classes (n = 36, September 2026), for two adults booking thirty days ahead, before taxes. By class: $57 for a three-star room (n = 5, middle half $33 – $98), $110 for a four-star room (n = 16, middle half $66 – $211) and $187 for a five-star room (n = 7, middle half $128 – $425). For a four-star room Panwa ranks 12th of 15 areas, cheapest first, 77% 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 | $57 | $33 – $98 | 5 | September 2026 | |
| 4★ hotel | $110 | $66 – $211 | 16 | September 2026 | |
| 5★ hotel | $187 | $128 – $425 | 7 | September 2026 | |
| All classes | $106 | $48 – $193 | 36 | September 2026 |
Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 36. Sparklines appear once a series has at least two monthly points.
Panwa in the figure colour, the island-wide median of the same class beside it · Online booking platforms, measured September 2026, n = 36
Panwa's hotels are few and mostly upmarket, strung along a quiet east-facing cape below town. Sri Panwa, the pool-villa resort on the tip whose bar is the island's best-known sunset-cocktail address, sets the top of the range; Cape Panwa Hotel is the original resort on its own beach; Amatara Welleisure Resort runs a wellness programme; Bandara Phuket is further up the cape. A couple of mid-range hotels near Ao Yon are the whole of the middle, and there is almost nothing at the budget end — no hostels on the cape, the nearest in Phuket Town.
That explains the small three-star sample and the wide five-star range: a Panwa 'five-star' can be a resort room or a private pool villa. The trade for the price is calm water and quiet — Ao Yon is the one public beach on Phuket that stays swimmable through the wet season — and a fifteen-minute road to the Old Town's restaurants. Villas sit on the hills along the cape road and above Ao Yon, many with views over the eastern bay; condominiums are a small but growing supply from town, including branded residences attached to the resorts.
Small coves rather than a strip: Ao Yon on the western side is a sheltered public bay with calm, shallow water that stays swimmable through the wet season because it faces away from the south-west monsoon; the resort coves on the eastern side are effectively private. East-coast water is calmer but less clear than the west's, with a greener tint and more boat traffic.
$106 a night is the median across all classes in Panwa (n = 36, September 2026), with the middle half of the sample between $48 – $193. By class: $57 three-star, $110 four-star and $187 five-star. Two adults, one night booked thirty days ahead, before taxes and fees; observed in the low season.
$110 a night, the median of 16 four-star hotels in Panwa in September 2026; the middle half of them cost $66 – $211. That is 77% above the island-wide four-star median of $62, 12th of 15 areas cheapest first.
No: for a four-star room in September 2026, Panwa's median of $110 is 144% dearer than Chalong's $45; the full picture is Phuket Town ($50 — Panwa is 120% dearer than it) and Chalong ($45 — Panwa is 144% dearer than it). Neighbouring areas are the ones that share a road or a headland with Panwa; each has its own page in this hub with the full class table.
The five-star median in Panwa is $187 (n = 7) against $110 for four-star (n = 16), a premium of $77 a night or 70% (September 2026). The middle half of each class — $66 – $211 for four stars, $128 – $425 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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