Phuket price index, 2026년 9월: what changed
Every figure below was measured on a fixed date and is reproduced here unchanged. Where a series has no observation for 2026년 9월, the row says so instead of showing a number.
Phuket Travel Price Index · measured 2026년 9월 · All reports · Methodology ·The live index
This is the first report of the index: there is no earlier period to compare with, so every change column is empty by design.
Key changes, 2026년 9월
2026년 9월 기준 · 전체 출처- $62n = 210
- Hotel night, 4-star (island median)
- $3,975n = 125
- Villa month, 3 bedrooms
- $24
- Airport taxi, per car
- $36
- A day of living, mid level
- $42 → $2315.5×
- Spread between areas
- 32.92 THB
- Baht per US dollar
- +3.7%Latest month on file: 2026년 7월
- Phuket consumer prices, year on year
4-star hotel night by area, 2026년 9월
Villa month by area, 2026년 9월
Every island series, 2026년 9월
| Series | Median | Unit | P25–P75 | Sample | Change | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel night, 3-star | $34 | per night | $25–$51 | n = 177 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Hotel night, 4-star | $62 | per night | $41–$134 | n = 210 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Hotel night, 5-star | $141 | per night | $71–$219 | n = 87 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Hotel night, all classes | $50 | per night | $31–$102 | n = 618 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Villa, 3 bedrooms | $3,975 | per month | $2,728–$4,783 | n = 125 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Villa, 4+ bedrooms | $3,902 | per month | $3,385–$6,314 | n = 24 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Airport taxi | $24 | per car | $15–$32 | n = 84 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Airport minivan | $44 | per car | $21–$70 | n = 89 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| A day, street level | $18 | per person | $11–$24 | n = 70 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| A day, mid level | $36 | per person | $25–$53 | n = 96 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| A day, fine level | $83 | per person | $61–$134 | n = 111 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Scooter rental | $9 | per day | $5–$12 | n = 6 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Scooter rental | $121 | per month | $76–$242 | n = 5 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Car rental | $24 | per day | $15–$61 | n = 7 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Phi Phi day tour | $63 | per person | $43–$91 | n = 6 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Phang Nga Bay day tour | $52 | per person | $35–$109 | n = 12 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Similan Islands day tour | $76 | per person | $67–$120 | n = 6 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Elephant sanctuary | $88 | per person | $76–$121 | n = 9 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Coral Island day tour | $39 | per person | $33–$60 | n = 7 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Old Town walking tour | $59 | per person | $45–$78 | n = 5 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Big Buddha half-day tour | $26 | per person | $20–$59 | n = 10 | — | 2026년 9월 |
| Sunset cruise | $60 | per person | $36–$88 | n = 9 | — | 2026년 9월 |
Medians in US dollars; P25–P75 is the middle half of the observations. This is the first report of the index: there is no earlier period to compare with, so every change column is empty by design. An em-dash means the series had no publishable median for this period. Phuket Travel Price Index · measured 2026년 9월.
4-star hotel night by area, 2026년 9월
| Area | Median | P25–P75 | Sample | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 빠통 | $42 | $25–$74 | n = 10 | — |
| 까따 | $74 | $47–$138 | n = 21 | — |
| 까론 | $48 | $37–$54 | n = 12 | — |
| 까말라 | $68 | $39–$98 | n = 17 | — |
| 수린 | $131 | $54–$427 | n = 15 | — |
| 방따오 | $81 | $53–$178 | n = 22 | — |
| 라얀 | $169 | $47–$250 | n = 10 | — |
| 나이톤 | $93 | $51–$102 | n = 5 | — |
| 나이양 | $45 | $34–$85 | n = 14 | — |
| 마이카오 | $231 | $134–$276 | n = 15 | — |
| 나이한 | $55 | $51–$73 | n = 7 | — |
| 라와이 | $43 | $33–$61 | n = 14 | — |
| 찰롱 | $45 | $33–$57 | n = 20 | — |
| 푸켓타운 | $50 | $39–$79 | n = 9 | — |
| 판와 | $110 | $66–$211 | n = 16 | — |
4-star hotel night by area, 2026년 9월. The cheapest and dearest areas are marked. Phuket Travel Price Index · measured 2026년 9월.
Currencies against the baht
| Currency | THB per unit | Change | Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| INR · Indian rupee | 0.3484 | 0.0% | 2026년 9월 |
| RUB · Russian ruble | 0.3803 | −1.2% | 2026년 9월 |
| CNY · Chinese yuan | 4.906 | −0.6% | 2026년 9월 |
| AUD · Australian dollar | 23.71 | −0.2% | 2026년 9월 |
| GBP · British pound | 44.54 | −0.8% | 2026년 9월 |
| EUR · Euro | 38.26 | −0.5% | 2026년 9월 |
| MYR · Malaysian ringgit | 8.139 | −1.2% | 2026년 9월 |
| KRW · South Korean won | 0.0244 | +0.6% | 2026년 9월 |
| KZT · Kazakhstani tenge | 0.0720 | +1.7% | 2026년 9월 |
THB per 1 unit of the currency. A rising rate means the currency buys more baht and Phuket gets cheaper for its holder. Source: ECB via Frankfurter, Bank of Russia, National Bank of Kazakhstan.
What moved in 2026년 9월
This is the first report of the index, so there is no earlier period to measure against: every figure below is a level, not a change, and the comparison columns are empty on purpose. Every figure is a median of observations collected on fixed dates by the same method for every area and every segment, published with its sample size; a segment with fewer than five observations gets no median at all, which is why some rows in the tables below are blank rather than rounded down to something plausible.
The headline series is a 4-star hotel night, island-wide: $62 in 2026년 9월 across 210 properties, with the middle half of the market between $41 and $134. Around it: $50 for a hotel night of any class, $3,975 for a three-bedroom villa by the month, $24 for the airport taxi counter to an average area, $36 for a mid-level day per person without accommodation, and $63 for the Phi Phi day tour. A 125 cc scooter was $9 a day.
All 22 island series reached the minimum sample of five observations in 2026년 9월, so every row in the table below carries a median.
Where on the island
The cheapest area for a 4-star night in 2026년 9월 was 빠통 at $42 (n = 10), the dearest 마이카오 at $231 (n = 15) — a spread of 5.5× across 15 areas of one island. The gap is the single most useful number in the report for anyone choosing where to stay: it is larger than the difference between the low and the high season in almost any one area, so the choice of coast decides the bill more than the choice of month does.
A three-bedroom villa by the month ran from $2,694 in 나이양 to $4,947 in 라얀, with an island median of $3,975 across 125 listings.
No area has a previous observation to compare with in this report, so the table shows levels only. Once a second period exists, the same table will carry a change column for each of the 15 areas.
The exchange rate, and what it does to these prices
The dollar bought 32.92 baht at the end of 2026년 9월; against the baht the Kazakhstani tenge gained the most (+1.7%) and the Russian ruble lost the most (−1.2%). Every price in this report is measured in US dollars, so a visitor paying in another currency should read the exchange table as a second, independent movement on top of the index.
The Ministry of Commerce has not published the Phuket CPI for 2026년 9월 yet. The most recent month on file is 2026년 7월: index 103.7 on the 2023 = 100 base, +3.7% year on year against +1.9% nationally. It is shown as context, not as a figure for this period.
Demand behind the prices
Ministry of Tourism and Sports figures for 2026년 9월 are not published yet — the provincial reports run six to ten weeks behind. The most recent month on file is 2026년 7월: 1,135,382 visitors, occupancy 74.2%.
Airports of Thailand publishes HKT passenger tables once a year, so 2026년 9월 is not available. The last month on file is 2025년 12월 with 1,837,173 passengers.
The reanalysis for 2026년 9월 is not complete yet. The last full month on file is 2026년 8월: 108 mm of rain against a normal of 270 mm (−60.0%), 21 rain days, 304 sunshine hours and 18 rough-sea days.
Rules and definitions
No dated rule change — visa, entry fee or transport tariff — is recorded in the dataset for 2026년 9월. This section stays empty rather than repeating news: a rule appears here only when a dated fact for it exists in the data behind the site.
How to read the report: prices are medians in US dollars, not averages, so one very expensive property cannot pull a figure up; "P25–P75" is the middle half of the observations, the honest way to describe a market that has no single price; "n" is how many observations the median rests on. Hotels are priced per night for a stay thirty days ahead, villas per month for a thirty-night stay, transfers per car unless the segment says per person, and a day of living excludes accommodation. The full protocol, including what is excluded and why, is on the methodology page; every external source with its licence is on the sources page.
This snapshot was built on 2026년 9월 8일 from data that already existed on that date and is not edited afterwards. If a source later revises a figure, the revision appears in the next report rather than silently changing this one — that is what makes the series comparable at all.
Questions about these reports
How much did a hotel night in Phuket cost in 2026년 9월?
The island median for a 4-star night was $62 across 210 properties, with the middle half of the market between $41 and $134. A 3-star night was $34 and a 5-star night $141. This is the first period of the index, so there is no change against an earlier month yet.
Which part of Phuket was cheapest in 2026년 9월?
빠통, at $42 for a 4-star night (n = 10); the dearest was 마이카오 at $231, 5.5× more. For a villa by the month the cheapest area was 나이양 at $2,694.
Did prices in Phuket rise or fall in 2026년 9월?
Neither can be said yet: 2026년 9월 is the first period the index measured, so there is no earlier period to compare with. Every figure in this report is a level. The next report carries the first real change columns.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the Phuket Travel Price Index itself — medians of observations collected on fixed dates for every area and segment, published with sample sizes, plus four public datasets used as context: Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Ministry of Commerce (Thailand); Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand; Airports of Thailand; Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026. Nothing in this report is estimated, modelled or filled in from a neighbouring area: a period without an observation shows an em-dash. The snapshot behind the page was built on 2026년 9월 8일.
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