Phuket in December 2025 – is it worth going to rest? Weather and reviews, air temperature and rains, beaches without waves, tickets for flights, hotels and on excursions. What to do and what to look at Phuket in early December and on the New Year, where to go on excursions, says Eurotraveler.
Such a month as December, few of the potential tourists are inclined to consider as suitable time for travel. And why would they do this in the fores of the New Year, and the following long holidays the following right after it? Who promise not only rest, but even getting fatigue from him?!
However, in the world there are places that are best visited precisely at the start of winter. And we will not shout at all against the truth, if we say that the trip to Phuket in December is a literally the best choice. In any case, for those who strive equal to beach and cognitive rest.
This is not so many people suspect about this, but, right, it is worth going to go to the main resort island of Thailand Some time before Catholic Christmas. When the weather has actually forgot about the “rain season”, and tourists are still swinging. Collecting suitcases and anticipating New Year holidays.
Want to be one of those who pay the maximum price for rest in Thailand? Then you should think about the vacation on Phuket at the end of December.
Do you think that there is no much sense in relaxing in the crowd and overpaying for the “atmosphere of the holiday”? Then it is much wiser to navigate At the beginning and middle of the month!
Moreover, such a solution contains an additional bonus – the opportunity to celebrate the New Year in Russia, in the homeland!
And do not be afraid to make a mistake with the weather – believe me, the probability of this is not too great. Since according to meteorological forecasts and authoritative reviews, the final month of the year is the best time to visit Phuket.
And now we will share the details!
Weather on Phuket in December
There is no ordinary suffocating heat for this island, and the rains “go on stage” episodically. The average monthly rainfall falls to about 100 mm, by the standards of Southeast Asia, this is very little.
In early December, on Phuket during the day, the air temperature practically does not leave the range of +27-30 degrees Celsius. And throughout the rest of the month the picture will change little. So in the daytime there will be It is just as warmand in rare cases – hot, up to +32 ° C.
At night, in the vast majority of cases, you can relax a little from the heat. But at the same time do not overcool – the atmosphere cools down Maximum up to +23-24 ° C.
Often she does not even do this. So as a result, night air temperatures range in the interval from +25-27 ° C.
A similar nature of the weather is typical for Phuket in December. In some years, it can be a drop hotter or night, but in general, even a capricious tourist will not find special occasions to complain on (high) air temperatures.
As, by the way, on the abundance of precipitation!
No, Rains go, of course. And it even happens that with rare constancy throughout your December vacation on Phuket (closer to the New Year, by the way, for some reason more often than at the beginning of the month).
But their duration and volumes are not able to prevent you from looking at the interesting places of Phuket. Equally on almost any day it will be possible to swim to neighboring islands.
As you probably know, back in the middle of autumn, Thai authorities again allow tourists to visit the Similan islands. And, including the most The protected of them is Taha.
Water temperature and beaches without waves
In December, there is no need to choose beaches on Phuket, where with a high degree of probability There will be no waves. Since the mainly helmet weather will reign on most of them, and you can literally swim from dawn to sunset.
In the reviews, only with caution to climb into the water on Caron and in the northern part of the Kata due to the preserved The dangers of strong chipping trends. But in general, the “red flags” cutting in the wind at the finish of the calendar year are not a very common phenomenon on Phuket.
As for the temperature of the Andaman Sea in December, it will not cause complaints. Since throughout the month: both in the morning and evenings, the water will be Heated to +27-29 ° C. Which not only allows you to make swims, but also directly provokes all age categories of vacationers to unlimited bathing!
Prices 2025
Flights to Phuket cannot be called cheap if you fly there from somewhere in Europe: equal from Moscow or London. In particular, For direct flights In December, there and back from the Russian capital will have to be laid out from 1,000 €.
But the transit trip through China airports will save-such tickets will cost 650-700 € per person. Although it will have to be held on the road twice as long: from 18-19 hours against 9.
As for the hotels, we will recommend that lovers of parties and nightclubs evaluate the offer of Phusita House – Sha Certified in Paton. Which is good because it allows you to get enough sleep in silence, although it is located very close to the noisy Bangla Road and the beaches. And also there: clean and inexpensive-for a week of residence here in the beginning, in the middle of December, two tourists will pay from 350 €.
It costs noticeably more (for two from 70 € per day), but it has undeniable advantages like a strategically convenient location in the south of the island, not far from the beaches of Yanui and Nay Harnas well as a large pool, the hotel Ya Nui Resort – Sha Extra Plus. Which, in our opinion, is much better for rest of active citizensThe intended to travel all the Phuket on a rented bike or car.
Transport and excursions
In order to rent a car, Thailand will require International driver’s license complete with national. And it is useless to argue – it is better to draw up a similar (in most countries of the world, however, completely unnecessary) document in advance.
Well, the cost of the service is growing strongly in comparison with the summer months or September – you will pay 1,000 baht or higher per day of rent. What really acceptable – The only thing you will have to adapt to the left -hand movement. That is, learn to ride in the oncoming lane)
Excursions in the high season on Phuket are getting more expensive. That is, a little wrong – during this period already Do not count on a significant discount.
For example, for visiting two iconic attractions of the island: the Big Buddha and the Church of Wat Chalong and the time walk along Phuket Town, accompanied by capable of answering even tricky questions of the English-language guide, you need to lay out 35-45 €. A walk on the speedboat to the PHI-PHI archipelago, which provides for bathing and snorkeling, as well as lunch, will cost ~ 50-60 €.
Bulks
The cost of 7-day tours for Phuket in early December starts from 180 thousand rubles for two (with flights, but without food). But, of course, you can easily find offers for 220-250 or more thousand.
Closer to the dates of the trip, you can expect both reduction and rise of the price. And the latter in 2025 looks like more likelysince the demand for rest in the resorts of Thailand is at record levels.
What to do
Mostly clear weather and small (for this area) the amount of precipitation is sufficient reasons to organize for yourself during the seaside vacation Saturated leisure. For example, even those who go on vacation in Thailand in December in the hope of sunbathing and swimming a lot, will not refuse to swim in amazingly transparent water with a mask.
It is equally difficult to resist the temptation in a relatively non-tourist time to visit the islands of PHI-PHI. What to visit-someone remains to live there for several days. And then he recalls this time as almost the best moment in life – Otzyv.ru/review/194789/.
Of course, there is and Other entertainment. Which will please both children: water parks, Fantasea Park, as well as adults: for example, “Hanuman’s World”.
The classic of the genre is the rise to the “Big Buddha” and the meeting of sunset on Cape Promtepe. The citizens who know in ethnographic delights will certainly make a visit and Phuket-Tauna-a colorful island capital, which in one way or another leaves no one indifferent.
The reviews reasonably advise to visit in the Temple of Wat Chalong – This is not just a sacred place for local, but also very original.
But to personally see the Phuket reserve for elephants, as it seems to us, would be right. That is, in fact, it is very interesting – it is radically different from the mass of approximately also called nurseries that exist in an Asian country.
And in the world, perhaps, too. After all Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Phuket – This is a real election shelter. Where huge animals who have experienced a lot of adversity in their lives, they are cholest and cherish.
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