Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuket weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Phuket: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 306 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surat Thani (173 km away). In October its highs average 29.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Phuket, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Phuket ranks 46th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 46th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 29.9°C; Phuket is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 306 mm to 184 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Surat Thani in OctoberThailand · 173 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 268 mm rain
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in OctoberThailand · 183 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 274 mm rain
- Ban Mai in OctoberThailand · 249 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Hat Yai in OctoberThailand · 249 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 285 mm rain
- Alor Setar in OctoberMalaysia · 293 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 320 mm rain
- Pendang in OctoberMalaysia · 312 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 328 mm rain
- Lhokseumawe in OctoberIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in OctoberMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 334 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.