What is on in Phuket in 4월?
Phuket Bike Week (2027년 4월 1일~30일); Chakri Memorial Day (2027년 4월 6일); Songkran (Thai New Year) (2027년 4월 13일~15일).
Phuket in 4월: events, weather, sea, crowds and prices
The hottest month of the year, the Songkran water fight, and the point at which the season and the sea both turn.
Dataset checked 2026-09-08: 39 entries covering 2026년 9월 to 2027년 12월, of which 17 carry an approximate date. Weather and crowd figures on this page are medians from our climate and tourism datasets.
4월 in numbers
183 mm
Median rain
25 일
Rain days
30.7 °C
Daily high
잔잔함
West-coast sea
30.7 °C
Sea temperature
1,062,374
Guest arrivals, median
83.6 %
Occupancy
Open
Similan islands
출처: Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026; Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand · 전체 출처
What is on in Phuket in 4월
Sport
Phuket Bike Week
2027년 4월 1일~30일 · approximate · 빠통
빠통 hotel demand on top of Songkran demand — the two together make mid-April the hardest week of the dry season to book in 빠통. Beach Road and the Loma Park end are closed or reduced for the event; scooter rental supply tightens island-wide.
Thai public holiday
Chakri Memorial Day
2027년 4월 6일
Closed government counters and a domestic long weekend at the start of the busiest domestic month. Beaches, restaurants and boats all operate; hotel rates are still at high-season level but softening from the February peak.
Thai public holiday
Songkran (Thai New Year)
2027년 4월 13일~15일
The last big peak of the dry season: 빠통 is fully booked, rates hold at high-season level into mid-April and only fall afterwards. Expect road closures, surge-priced taxis, closed government offices for several days and a spike in road accidents — the Thai press calls the week the seven dangerous days.
Seasonal windows covering 4월
Similan and 수린 islands season
2026년 10월 15일~2027년 5월 15일
The single hardest constraint on a Phuket itinerary: a trip planned between 16 May and 14 October cannot include the Similans at all. Inside the window, December to February sells out first and April is the quietest month with good sea.
Weather and sea in 4월
Medians per calendar month over 2015–2025. Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026.
A median 4월 carries 183 mm of rain over 25 days, of which 2 bring more than 20 mm. Daily highs sit around 30.7 °C and nights around 25.7 °C, with about 311 hours of sunshine in the month and humidity near 82%. The sea off the west coast is 잔잔함: a median 4월 has 0 rough-sea days, and the surface water sits around 30.7 °C.
Mu Ko Similan National Park is open in 4월.
Crowds and prices in 4월
A median 4월 brings 1,062,374 hotel guest arrivals in Phuket with occupancy around 83.6%, which makes it the 3rd busiest month of the twelve in the Ministry of Tourism and Sports series. Occupancy at this level is what pushes hotel and villa rate cards to their high-season level, and it is why the island’s best inventory is committed months ahead.
4월 sits inside the high season: rate cards are at their upper level and the best hotels and villas are committed months ahead.
| 세그먼트 | 중앙값 | 표본 n | 기준 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3성 호텔, 섬 전체 1박 중앙값 | $34 | 177 | 2026년 9월 |
| 4성 호텔, 섬 전체 1박 중앙값 | $62 | 210 | 2026년 9월 |
| 5성 호텔, 섬 전체 1박 중앙값 | $141 | 87 | 2026년 9월 |
| 침실 3개 빌라, 섬 전체 월 중앙값 | $3,975 | 125 | 2026년 9월 |
Current island medians, observed 2026년 9월, with the sample size behind each figure. The index has one observation month so far, so no per-month price history exists yet — it accrues from 2026년 9월. 가격 지수 →
출처: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand, 2023–2025 · 전체 출처 · 2026-09-05
April is a transition month and it behaves like one. The sea is still calm for most of it, the rain is beginning, and the temperature is at its annual maximum — this is the month when the difference between an air-conditioned room and a fan room stops being a matter of taste. The Similan park closes on 15 May, so April is the last full month for the northern islands.
Songkran is the middle three days. The traditional form is water poured respectfully over hands and Buddha images at Wat Chalong; the 빠통 form is a soaking, three-day street battle on Bangla and Beach Road, with the local family version at Saphan Hin in 푸켓타운. Phuket Bike Week is staged around the same week in 빠통, which makes mid-April the hardest week of the season to book a 빠통 room. The Thai press calls the holiday the seven dangerous days, and the road-accident numbers are the reason.
The second half of April is one of the best-value windows of the year: the holiday crowd has gone, rate cards start to slide towards low season, and the sea has usually not turned yet.
Who 4월 suits
- Anyone who wants to be in a Thai festival rather than watch one.
- Value hunters willing to take the last ten days of the month.
- Divers taking the last Similan trips of the season.
Who should pick another month
Anyone travelling with small children through Songkran, and anyone who plans to ride a scooter in it.
Questions about 4월
What is the weather like in Phuket in 4월?
A median 4월 has 183 mm of rain over 25 days, daily highs around 30.7 °C and nights around 25.7 °C, from eleven years of reanalysis data. Mu Ko Similan National Park is open in 4월.
Can you swim on the west coast beaches in 4월?
Yes. A median 4월 has 0 rough-sea days on the west coast, so 빠통, 까따, 까론, 까말라 and 수린 are normally swimmable and the sea sits around 30.7 °C. Red flags still go up on individual days — they mean what they say.
Is 4월 an expensive month in Phuket?
4월 sits inside the high season: rate cards are at their upper level and the best hotels and villas are committed months ahead.