Climate · Phuket

Phuket in April

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Phuket is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 80°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 17 minutes.April in Phuket is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 27°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 17 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
80°F27°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
12h 17mon average

Is April a good time to visit Phuket?


April sits outside Phuket's most comfortable months, which run from January to February. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in April, against 85°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in April, against 29°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in April, against 20% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in April, against 63% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 17m in April, against 11h 40m to 12h 34m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. March88°31°low 79°low 26°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April88°31°low 80°low 27°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. May88°31°low 80°low 27°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Phuket sits, in April

Asia/Bangkok

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:18 AMsets 6:35 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
7.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ko Yao34 km north-east

The land around Phuket, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Thailand in April

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Phuket. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.