Thailand / Chon Buri
Pattaya Beach
Pattaya Beach is a beach facing west-north-west in Pattaya (Chon Buri, Thailand). The sea averages 30.5 °C in May, its warmest month, and 27.6 °C in January; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Pattaya Beach
Beach-day index 7.4/10 · Thailand median 7.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 27.6 °C | 28.0 °C | 28.9 °C | 30.0 °C | 30.5 °C | 30.1 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.3 °C | 29.3 °C | 29.3 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.1 °C |
| High °C | 30° | 32° | 32° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° |
| Low °C | 21° | 23° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 26 | 24 | 62 | 86 | 182 | 207 | 212 | 194 | 295 | 228 | 56 | 11 |
| Cloud % | 46 | 38 | 48 | 60 | 86 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 91 | 82 | 65 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Daylight h | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 |
| Record high/low | 34°/14° | 36°/15° | 38°/18° | 39°/20° | 38°/24° | 36°/24° | 34°/24° | 32°/23° | 32°/23° | 32°/19° | 32°/15° | 33°/13° |
| Beach index | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
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 November–February; December scores 9.4/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 28.1 °C and 11 mm of rain.
In December that is 0.7 points above the median of the 203 beaches in Thailand covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 29.1 °C, warmer than 98% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (295 mm) and December the driest (11 mm); the yearly total is about 1,580 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.4 hours in December to 12.9 hours in June; in mid-December the sun rises at 06:30 and sets at 17:52 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-north-west (290°). Open water fills about 25% 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 18:42 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west-north-west the next coast is roughly 80 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 2 m deep and 8 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 13 m above sea level 500 m inland and 26 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 86% built-up land, 8% tree cover and 4% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 23% of that circle.
- Built 86%
- Tree 8%
- Bare 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 1,167Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 25Public toilets
- –Showers
- 13Drinking water
- 61Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 387Hotels & guesthouses
- 49Grocery shops
- 3Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 33Pharmacies & clinics
- 63Cash machines
- 2Bike rental
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 561 restaurants, 121 cafés, 462 bars and 23 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 387 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.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Siam Safari Elephant Trekking Thailand attraction 590 m N
- Cosmoclinic พัทยากลางสาย 3 เสริมจมูก เสริมคาง โบทอก ร้อยไหม museum 750 m E
Historic sites
- อนุสาวรีย์สมเด็จเตี่ย กรมหลวชุมพร พัทยา monument 490 m SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport Rayong | UTP | 31.3 km | south-east |
| Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok | BKK | 84.1 km | north |
| Hua Hin Airport Hua Hin | HHQ | 107 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 bus stops within 1.5 km and 61 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 116.4K residents); within 30 km there are 9 (about 479.5K).
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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 7.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); 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 S2A_47PPQ_20251203_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 60.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.