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Best time to visit Ko Lanta
Thailand · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Ko Lanta
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- JanJKo Lanta in January: sweet spot, busy
- FebFKo Lanta in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMKo Lanta in March: sweet spot, busy
- AprAKo Lanta in April: ok
- MayMKo Lanta in May: avoid
- JunJKo Lanta in June: sweet spot
- JulJKo Lanta in July: sweet spot
- AugAKo Lanta in August: sweet spot
- SepSKo Lanta in September: avoid
- OctOKo Lanta in October: avoid
- NovNKo Lanta in November: avoid
- DecDKo Lanta in December: sweet spot, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
Dry season: Dec–Mar, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.
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Month by month
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° | 4d | 75% | 10.3h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 32° | 1d | 71% | 10.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 32° | 3d | 72% | 10.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Apr | 31° | 9d | 78% | 10.4h | ok | 31C max, 9 rainy days |
| May | 30° | 18d | 82% | 9.4h | avoid | monsoon: 18 rainy days, 255mm |
| Jun | 30° | 14d | 81% | 9.5h | sweet spot | 30C max, 14 rainy days |
| Jul | 30° | 12d | 80% | 9.5h | sweet spot | 30C max, 12 rainy days |
| Aug | 29° | 13d | 80% | 9.5h | sweet spot | 29C max, 13 rainy days |
| Sep | 29° | 15d | 82% | 8.8h | avoid | monsoon: 15 rainy days, 325mm |
| Oct | 29° | 20d | 85% | 8.5h | avoid | monsoon: 20 rainy days, 329mm |
| Nov | 29° | 15d | 85% | 8.2h | avoid | monsoon: 15 rainy days, 247mm |
| Dec | 30° | 6d | 80% | 9.5h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Long Beach (Phra Ae): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Ko Lanta's March days now average 32.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 11 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 29.7° | 30.6° | 30.9° | 30.2° | 29.1° | 28.9° | 28.3° | 28.3° | 27.9° | 27.9° | 28.2° | 28.5° |
| 2017–26 | 30.4° | 31.7° | 32.3° | 31.4° | 30.3° | 29.8° | 29.6° | 29.4° | 29.1° | 28.9° | 28.9° | 29.6° |
| Change | +0.7° | +1.1° | +1.4° | +1.2° | +1.2° | +0.9° | +1.3° | +1.1° | +1.2° | +1.0° | +0.7° | +1.0° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Krabi (KBV), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Krabi.
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Ko Lanta is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Kuala Lumpur
- from Bangkok
- from Singapore
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Jakarta
- from Kolkata
- from Chennai
- from Hong Kong
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Ko Lanta, flying or not.
Before you go
Type A and B and C and F plugs at 220 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Baht. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Thailand: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards work in malls, hotels and tourist restaurants; carry 20 and 100 baht notes for street food, markets and taxis. Many small sellers use PromptPay QR, which mostly needs a Thai bank app.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected; Thais round taxi fares to an easy number and sometimes leave small change in restaurants. Do not tip on top of a service charge.
Getting around Ko Lanta
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Grab. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: LINE, WhatsApp.
The main roads on the island are well paved. However the road just north of Mu Ko National Park is still unpaved dirt. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ko Lanta, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 191 (any emergency) · ambulance 1669 · fire 199 · tourist police 1155.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (14)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand/getting-help
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Thailand
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bangkok
- grab.com/th/en
- bolt.eu/en/cities/bangkok
- metro.bemplc.co.th/EMV-Contactless?lang=en
- nationthailand.com/news/policy/40063062
- huahin.localplus.city/2026/04/07/bts-skytrain-prepares-for-emv-contactless-ticketing-on-green-and-gold-lines
- phuketsmartbus.com/payment
- tagthai.com/explore/p/payment-for-foreign-tourist-in-thailand
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- nipl.com/uploads/NPCI_International_Press_Release_LIQUID_GROUP_TO_POWER_UPI_QR_ACCEPTANCE_IN_10_ASIAN_MARKETS_bcb05ffeee.pdf
Ko Lanta in pictures
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Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Stefan Fussan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Ko Lanta is like
Ko Lanta (เกาะลันตา) is an archipelago off the Andaman Coast of Southern Thailand. Like many other destinations in Krabi Province, it is known for its diving and long white beaches. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Khao Mai Kaew Caves (ถ้ำเขาไม้แก้ว) (Just off the lower of two cross-island roads, down a narrow 1.5 km dirt path through the rubber plantations). More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- There are no scuba diving sites on the island itself, all require a boat trip. However Lanta is the closest island to the famous Hin Daeng, Hin Muang, and Ko Haa sites, so it is very popular with divers. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- The nearest airports are Krabi, Trang and Phuket. Krabi and Trang have direct road and boat connections to Ko Lanta, and are the best options if you're only visiting Ko Lanta. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ko Lanta, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Ko Lanta
Also in Thailand
- Bangkok best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Chiang Mai best Jan, Feb, Dec
- Chiang Rai best Feb, Mar, Nov
- Hua Hin best Mar, Nov, Dec
- Kanchanaburi best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Khao Lak best Jan, Feb, Mar
- Ko Samui best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Ko Tao best Mar, Jun, Dec
- Pattaya best Mar, Jun, Nov
- Phi Phi Islands best Feb, Mar, Jun
- Phuket best Jan, Feb, Mar
Nearby
- Langkawi Malaysia · 163 km
- Penang Malaysia · 281 km
- Ipoh Malaysia · 401 km
- Cameron Highlands Malaysia · 433 km
Kind of place
Ko Lanta is in Thailand, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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