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Phuket in 四月: 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 2026年9月 to 2027年12月, of which 17 carry an approximate date. Weather and crowd figures on this page are medians from our climate and tourism datasets.

四月 in numbers

183 毫米
Median rain
25 天
Rain days
30.7 °C
Daily high
平静
West-coast sea
30.7 °C
Sea temperature
1,062,374
Guest arrivals, median
83.6 %
Occupancy
Open
Similan islands

来源: Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026; Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand · 全部来源

What is on in Phuket in 四月

  • Sport

    Phuket Bike Week

    2027/4/1 – 2027/4/30 · approximate · 芭东

    芭东 hotel demand on top of Songkran demand — the two together make mid-April the hardest week of the dry season to book in 芭东. 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

    2027年4月6日

    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)

    2027/4/13 – 2027/4/15

    The last big peak of the dry season: 芭东 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 四月

  • Similan and 苏林 islands season

    2026/10/15 – 2027/5/15

    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 四月

Medians per calendar month over 2015–2025. Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026.

A median 四月 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 平静: a median 四月 has 0 rough-sea days, and the surface water sits around 30.7 °C.

Mu Ko Similan National Park is open in 四月.

MonthMedian rainRain daysDaily highNightly lowSunshineRough-sea days
一月371029.524.43290
二月21730.724.73120
三月731431.725.43430
四月1832530.725.73110
五月3432829.825.62984
六月2752229.325.92848
七月2412429.225.827913
八月2702528.925.32779
九月3092528.724.824812
十月3402829.024.42862
十一月2702728.724.52600
十二月1131629.224.12980

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Crowds and prices in 四月

A median 四月 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.

四月 sits inside the high season: rate cards are at their upper level and the best hotels and villas are committed months ahead.

分段中位数n数据截至
三星酒店,全岛每晚中位数$341772026年9月
四星酒店,全岛每晚中位数$622102026年9月
五星酒店,全岛每晚中位数$141872026年9月
三卧别墅,全岛每月中位数$3,9751252026年9月

Current island medians, observed 2026年9月, 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 2026年9月. 价格指数 →

来源: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand, 2023–2025 · 全部来源 · 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 芭东 form is a soaking, three-day street battle on Bangla and Beach Road, with the local family version at Saphan Hin in 普吉镇. Phuket Bike Week is staged around the same week in 芭东, which makes mid-April the hardest week of the season to book a 芭东 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 四月 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 四月

What is on in Phuket in 四月?

Phuket Bike Week (2027/4/1 – 2027/4/30); Chakri Memorial Day (2027年4月6日); Songkran (Thai New Year) (2027/4/13 – 2027/4/15).

What is the weather like in Phuket in 四月?

A median 四月 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 四月.

Can you swim on the west coast beaches in 四月?

Yes. A median 四月 has 0 rough-sea days on the west coast, so 芭东, 卡塔, 卡伦, 卡马拉 and 苏林 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 四月 an expensive month in Phuket?

四月 sits inside the high season: rate cards are at their upper level and the best hotels and villas are committed months ahead.

Plan a trip in 四月