Phuket in 2026: the statistics so far

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has published 7 months of 2026 for Phuket province, 1월–7월. Over those months the province recorded 8,098,059 visitors — 5,954,671 foreign and 2,143,388 Thai — against 8,223,470 in the same months of 2025, a change of −1.5%. Tourism revenue for the same months is 310,962 million baht (−0.7% year on year) and hotel occupancy averaged 75.5%, compared with 77.3% a year earlier. The busiest published month was 2월 with 1,320,701 visitors; the quietest 6월 with 979,389.

Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis gives 9 full months of 2026 for the west coast. Rain so far totals 1,292 mm against a 2015–2025 median of 1,752 mm for the same months. 3월 was the sunniest month (350 hours) and 6월 the wettest (320 mm on 25 rain days). The rough-sea column counts days with a maximum wave height above 1.5 m — the same threshold the daily page uses for its beach flag.

At the European Central Bank's month-end reference rates the dollar bought 33.41 baht at the end of 2026년 10월, +6.3% on the end of 2026년 1월; the index converts baht prices at 33.41 (2026년 10월). A stronger baht makes every Phuket price in dollars or euros higher even when nothing changes locally, which is why the price index records the rate it used next to each observation.

The Phuket Travel Price Index started observing in 2026년 9월 and has 2 monthly points for 2026. The island-wide 4★ hotel median stood at $107 per night in 2026년 10월 (n = 210) and a 3-bedroom villa at $5,941 per month (n = 148). Medians are measured on the 1st and 15th of each month for a travel date 30 days ahead; the full series by area and segment is on the price index pages.

As of 2026-09-05, the sources have not published: MOTS monthly figures for 8월–December 2026 (published two to three months after each month); the 2026 annual block with the nationality split (the ministry's annual file arrives in mid-2027); 2026 airport passenger counts (Airports of Thailand publishes the calendar year in the following spring). The page is rebuilt on every data refresh and fills in as each source publishes; nothing on it is projected.