Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuket weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Phuket: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surat Thani (173 km away). In February its highs average 31.8°C, 2.8°C warmer than Phuket, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Phuket ranks 45th of 46 for the warmest February highs and 35th of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 31.7°C; Phuket is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Surat Thani in FebruaryThailand · 173 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in FebruaryThailand · 183 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Ban Mai in FebruaryThailand · 249 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Hat Yai in FebruaryThailand · 249 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Alor Setar in FebruaryMalaysia · 293 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Pendang in FebruaryMalaysia · 312 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Lhokseumawe in FebruaryIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in FebruaryMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 90 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.