Phuket weather in April

In April, Phuket sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 125 mm of rain across 17.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Phuket's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Phuket's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 125 mm; 17.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:21 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 6.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Phuket is city in Phuket province, Thailand.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 6,609/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1912

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical April day in Phuket reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27

How April really feels in Phuket

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Phuket weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 26°	45	6.9	11.6	6.2
Feb	29° / 26°	19	3.9	11.7	6.5
Mar	29° / 27°	78	10.4	11.9	5.6
Apr	29° / 27°	125	17.9	12.2	4.4
May	29° / 27°	266	25.1	12.4	3.5
Jun	29° / 27°	257	22.6	12.4	3.7
Jul	28° / 27°	253	23.5	12.4	3.8
Aug	28° / 26°	276	23.7	12.3	3.9
Sep	28° / 26°	311	24.9	12	3.9
Oct	28° / 26°	306	27.3	11.8	3.7
Nov	28° / 26°	184	20.3	11.6	4.5
Dec	28° / 26°	81	11.4	11.5	5.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	40	40	40	39	38	36	36	34	33	31	29	29	28	25	24	24
Cloudier (%)	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	60	60	60	61	62	64	64	66	67	69	71	71	72	75	76	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	24	76

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Phuket gets around 125 mm of rain over 17.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 59% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	56	57	59	60	62	63	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	52
13	53
14	54
15	56
16	57
17	59
18	60
19	62
20	63
21	65
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the miserable band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Oppressive (%)	53	52	50	49	47	46	44	43	41	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	25	23	22	20	19	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	11
Miserable (%)	47	48	50	51	53	54	56	57	59	60	62	64	66	68	70	72	74	75	77	78	80	81	82	84	85	86	87	87	88	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	28	72
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	11	89

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:29	6:33
2	12.1	6:29	6:33
3	12.1	6:28	6:33
4	12.1	6:27	6:33
5	12.1	6:27	6:33
6	12.1	6:26	6:33
7	12.1	6:26	6:32
8	12.1	6:25	6:32
9	12.1	6:25	6:32
10	12.1	6:24	6:32
11	12.1	6:24	6:32
12	12.1	6:23	6:32
13	12.2	6:23	6:32
14	12.2	6:22	6:32
15	12.2	6:22	6:32
16	12.2	6:21	6:32
17	12.2	6:21	6:32
18	12.2	6:20	6:32
19	12.2	6:20	6:32
20	12.2	6:20	6:32
21	12.2	6:19	6:32
22	12.2	6:19	6:32
23	12.2	6:18	6:32
24	12.2	6:18	6:32
25	12.2	6:18	6:32
26	12.2	6:17	6:32
27	12.2	6:17	6:32
28	12.3	6:16	6:32
29	12.3	6:16	6:32
30	12.3	6:16	6:32

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in March across the year — April's 6.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Phuket

In seasonPeak

In April, Phuket sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Phuket sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Phuket's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Phuket?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Phuket for sightseeing.

What to pack for Phuket in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Phuket sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Phuket in April

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	30	Tropical
May	30	Tropical
Jun	30	Tropical
Jul	30	Tropical
Aug	30	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Phuket in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Phuket peaks around August 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Phuket?

Phuket sits at 7.9°N, 98.4°E, 28 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Talat Yai, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Phuket

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Phuket.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Phuket has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 537 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,324 m.

The land around Phuket is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, water (59%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and water (73%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

279 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

537 m

water 59%

80 km

1,324 m

water 73%

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← March Phuket year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Ban Talat Yai 1.0 km · Wichit 1.0 km · Ban Talat Nua 2.0 km · Ban Ratsada 2.0 km · Ban Ko Sire 3.0 km · Kathu 8.0 km · Ban Chalong 8.0 km · Ban Kamala 15 km

Thailand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,057; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.8; per 100k, 2011
Road deaths: 32.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 402
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Phuket (7.8906°, 98.3981°, elevation 28 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	52
13	53
14	54
15	56
16	57
17	59
18	60
19	62
20	63
21	65
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	28	72
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	52
13	53
14	54
15	56
16	57
17	59
18	60
19	62
20	63
21	65
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	28	72
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	50
8	51
9	51
10	51
11	52
12	52
13	53
14	54
15	56
16	57
17	59
18	60
19	62
20	63
21	65
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	38	62
12	36	64
13	34	66
14	32	68
15	30	70
16	28	72
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	16	84
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	11	89