What is on in Phuket in 8월?
Queen Mother Sirikit's birthday and Mother's Day (2027년 8월 12일); Northern-hemisphere summer school holidays (2027년 6월 15일~9월 5일).
Phuket in 8월: events, weather, sea, crowds and prices
Wet, warm and cheap, with Maya Bay closed for its annual reef recovery and the west coast still under red flags.
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.
8월 in numbers
270 mm
Median rain
25 일
Rain days
28.9 °C
Daily high
거침
West-coast sea
29.9 °C
Sea temperature
1,044,943
Guest arrivals, median
68.9 %
Occupancy
Closed
Similan islands
출처: Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026; Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand · 전체 출처
What is on in Phuket in 8월
Thai public holiday
Queen Mother Sirikit's birthday and Mother's Day
2027년 8월 12일
A domestic long weekend in a low month: east-coast restaurants and Thai-oriented resorts busy for three days, international rates unmoved, government counters closed.
Source-market holiday
Northern-hemisphere summer school holidays
2027년 6월 15일~9월 5일 · approximate
A visible occupancy bump inside the low half of the index without a matching price rise — the monsoon caps what hotels can charge. Family rooms, connecting rooms and villas with big pools are the inventory that actually gets tight in July and August.
Seasonal windows covering 8월
Maya Bay annual closure
2027년 8월 1일~9월 30일
Phi Phi day trips still run in August and September, at low-season prices, but they skip the one stop most people book them for. Operators do not always say so before you pay — check the itinerary for those two months.
Green season (south-west monsoon)
2027년 5월 1일~9월 30일
The low half of the index. Hotel and villa medians sit well below the November-to-April figures, tours discount, and the trade-off is the sea rather than the sky: swimming on the west coast is unreliable, and Phang Nga Bay, 푸켓타운 and the east coast carry the itinerary.
West-coast swell and red-flag season
2027년 5월 1일~10월 31일
Explains the low-season discount better than the rain does. It is also the reason island day trips are cancelled at short notice between May and October: book refundable, and treat a calm west-coast beach day as a bonus rather than the plan.
Weather and sea in 8월
Medians per calendar month over 2015–2025. Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026.
A median 8월 carries 270 mm of rain over 25 days, of which 3 bring more than 20 mm. Daily highs sit around 28.9 °C and nights around 25.3 °C, with about 277 hours of sunshine in the month and humidity near 84%. The sea off the west coast is 거침: a median 8월 has 9 rough-sea days, and the surface water sits around 29.9 °C.
Mu Ko Similan National Park is closed in 8월 — no day trips, liveaboards or charters run.
Crowds and prices in 8월
A median 8월 brings 1,044,943 hotel guest arrivals in Phuket with occupancy around 68.9%, which makes it the 6th 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.
8월 sits in the low half of the year: hotel and villa rate cards are at their low-season level and most things can be booked at short notice.
| 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
August is the second half of the northern school holidays, so the island stays moderately busy while the weather is at its least cooperative. Rain totals are high, the swell is still running, and the difference between a good August day and a bad one is larger than in any other month.
Maya Bay closes for the whole of August and September so the reef and the blacktip shark nursery can recover. Phi Phi trips still run and still cost low-season money, but they skip the stop most people book them for, and not every operator says so before you pay.
Thai Mother's Day on the twelfth usually bridges into a domestic long weekend, and it is one of the few times in the monsoon when 라와이 and 판와 fill with Phuket families rather than visitors — which is, incidentally, the best time to eat there.
Who 8월 suits
- Budget travellers who want warm sea and empty rates.
- Anyone visiting for the inland attractions and the food.
- Visitors with flexible dates who can dodge the worst days.
Who should pick another month
Anyone booking a Phi Phi trip for Maya Bay, and anyone who needs dependable beach swimming.
Questions about 8월
What is the weather like in Phuket in 8월?
A median 8월 has 270 mm of rain over 25 days, daily highs around 28.9 °C and nights around 25.3 °C, from eleven years of reanalysis data. Mu Ko Similan National Park is closed in 8월 — no day trips, liveaboards or charters run.
Can you swim on the west coast beaches in 8월?
Often not. A median 8월 has 9 rough-sea days on the west coast, and rip currents rather than waves are what drowns people here. Swim where a lifeguard is on duty, take the flags seriously, and use the sheltered east and south coasts on the bad days.
Is 8월 an expensive month in Phuket?
8월 sits in the low half of the year: hotel and villa rate cards are at their low-season level and most things can be booked at short notice.