Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuket weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Phuket: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surat Thani (173 km away). In April its highs average 33.4°C, 4.0°C warmer than Phuket, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Phuket ranks 46th of 46 for the warmest April highs and 43rd of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 33.9°C; Phuket is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 266 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Phuket climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 28.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.3°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 78 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.4°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 125 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 266 | 25.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 257 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 253 | 23.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 276 | 23.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 311 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 306 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 184 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 81 | 11.4 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Surat Thani in AprilThailand · 173 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in AprilThailand · 183 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Ban Mai in AprilThailand · 249 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Hat Yai in AprilThailand · 249 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Alor Setar in AprilMalaysia · 293 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Pendang in AprilMalaysia · 312 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 220 mm rain
- Lhokseumawe in AprilIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in AprilMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 204 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Phuket) is explained once on the Phuket year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.