Thailand / Phuket
Patong
Patong is a coastal resort area in Phuket, Thailand. Its longest mapped beach (หาดป่าตอง) stretches about 2.6 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 29.9 °C in May, its warmest month, and 28.4 °C in January; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Rainfall reaches 326 mm in September and stays above 250 mm in June, August, September and October.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 600Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 12Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 416Hotels & guesthouses
- 51Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 15Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 32Pharmacies & clinics
- 17Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 359 restaurants, 43 cafés, 181 bars and 17 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 416 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Patong
Beach-day index 7.1/10 · Thailand median 7.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.4 °C | 28.7 °C | 29.2 °C | 29.7 °C | 29.9 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.3 °C | 29.2 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.7 °C | 28.6 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 93 | 25 | 106 | 130 | 237 | 259 | 243 | 277 | 326 | 317 | 232 | 139 |
| Cloud % | 57 | 47 | 57 | 75 | 88 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 83 | 72 |
| Wind m/s | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Daylight h | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| Record high/low | 31°/21° | 33°/22° | 35°/22° | 35°/25° | 34°/25° | 32°/25° | 31°/25° | 30°/24° | 31°/24° | 30°/24° | 30°/22° | 30°/22° |
| Beach index | 8.7 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in February; February scores 9.3/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 28.7 °C and 25 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Thailand in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.5 °C cooler than the Thailand median for May (30.4 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 29.1 °C, warmer than 97% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (326 mm) and February the driest (25 mm); the yearly total is about 2,380 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.7 hours in December to 12.6 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 06:44 and sets at 18:37 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-north-west (300°). Open water fills about 42% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 18:44 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west-north-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 520 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 21 m deep and 23 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 3 m above sea level 500 m inland and 47 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 82% built-up land, 8% tree cover and 6% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 66% of that circle.
- Built 82%
- Tree 8%
- Bare 6%
- Grass 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phuket International Airport Phuket | HKT | 24.3 km | north |
| Krabi International Airport Krabi | KBV | 79.8 km | east |
| Trang Airport Trang | TST | 152 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 15 bus stops within 1.5 km and 12 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 102.1K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 434K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Patong (Thai: ป่าตอง RTGS: Pa Tong, pronounced [pàː tɔ̄ːŋ]) refers to the beach and town on Phuket's west coast. It is the main tourist resort on the island of Phuket, and is the centre of Phuket's nightlife and shopping.
Wikidata item Q630024.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Mountain View 730 m SE
Attractions & museums
- E.A.T Restaurant Jungceylon attraction 360 m W
- Shell World Museum museum 370 m W
- Big Buddha Pukhet museum 780 m NW
Nature
- Patong Hill Tribe Elephant Village - Ethical Elephant Sanctuary Phuket nature reserve 520 m SE
Diving & boat hire
- Jimmy Jet Ski Patong 690 m N
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 30,993 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (3,677 views), 2.1× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 18.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r14018589; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_47NMJ_20260113_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.