  Khao
Lak Weather and Climate Information
What is Khao
Lak'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 Khao
Lak's weather - from opinion to links to
weather charts, weather histories and more.
Even daily weather commentaries from a local
dive shop.
The short story is that Khao Lak 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. Rainy season can be quite
nice as it cools the weather down a
little. 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,
Khao Lak does get the occasional 2-3 day
storm - that you might not enjoy if it is in
the middle of your vacation.
While Khao Lak itself has no formal weather
stations - but we can get a quite accurate
estimate of the local weather by checking
the current weather and five-day forecast
for
Takuapa at Weather Underground and other
information for the Phuket area. Takuapa is
about 30 minutes drive north of Khao Lak.
Most Phuket weather information will come
from the airport (see current info below)
about 55 minutes drive south of Khao Lak.
Here's a chart of the weather from Alex
Malcolm - click on the chart to go to his
website.
You'll find Khao Lak and Phuket weather
quite similar though it does rain a bit more
in Khao Lak.
Sunrise Divers describes the regional
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 satellite map below to see the
current image of the weather in the
region. The Khao Lak area will be near
the top of the bottom left quadrant of the
image - slightly above the elbow of the
peninsula. The image is updated every few
hours.
Here is the current weather at Phuket
International Airport
For a more detailed discussion of the rainy
season in particular, check this thread at
the Lonely Planet website:
Thailand Wet Season Information.
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