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Ko Lanta in October
avoid · not the best time to go · the wettest month of the year
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
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The numbers
| Daily high | 29°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 25°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 35°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 20 · 329 mm |
| Humidity | 85% |
| Sunshine | 8.5 h/day |
| Daylight | 12.0 h/day |
| Beach and sea | 11 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 29 °C, warm |
| Crowds | 100 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Long Beach (Phra Ae): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in October
- HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Day 13 Oct 2026
- HM King Chulalongkorn Memorial Day 23 Oct 2026
- HM King Chulalongkorn Memorial Day (in lieu) 25 Oct 2027
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
Ko Lanta in pictures
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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
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Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Summer clothes by day, highs around 29°C.
- Rain gear you will actually use: about 20 rainy days and 329 mm.
- Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 85%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
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.
On arrival in Ko Lanta: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
October elsewhere
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