Phuket Weather
What is Phuket's weather like?

You'll hear everything from "No problem, come on over" to "It rained for days!"
This is the place to get the scoop on Phuket's weather - from my opinion to links to weather charts, weather histories and more.  Even daily weather commentaries from a dive shop on the island!

The short story is that Phuket has a fairly typical tropical weather pattern.  Two seasons really, a hot season, which is fairly dry - and a rainy season, which is a little cooler.  Check the chart below for exact totals.  I like the rainy season partly because I grew up in a desert - and partly because it cools the weather down a little.  My opinion only, is that the rain will rarely change your daily plans.  Typically (if such a thing exists!), there is a good afternoon thundershower (20-60 minutes) and a good hard rain in the middle of the night.  But, we do get the occasional 2-3 day storm - that you might not enjoy if it is in the middle of your vacation.

Here's a chart of the weather from Alex Malcolm - click on the chart to go to his website and get even more detailed information, including day by day reports.

Sunrise Divers describes the weather as having three seasons and they also run a daily comment on the weather - as well as weather histories.  Click on their logo to visit their weather page.

Click on the infrared map below to get the current (right at this moment!) picture of the weather in the region.  Phuket will be at the bottom middle of the image.  It's a big image that is updated every hour.

For a more detailed discussion of the rainy season in particular, check this thread at the Lonely Planet website: Thailand Wet Season Information.

There you go - with all that information - you'll be better informed than anyone about when to visit Phuket and what it looks like when people here look out their front door!