Best time to visit Ko Lipe
Thailand · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Ko Lipe
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- JanJKo Lipe in January: sweet spot, busy
- FebFKo Lipe in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMKo Lipe in March: sweet spot, busy
- AprAKo Lipe in April: ok
- MayMKo Lipe in May: avoid
- JunJKo Lipe in June: sweet spot
- JulJKo Lipe in July: sweet spot
- AugAKo Lipe in August: sweet spot
- SepSKo Lipe in September: avoid
- OctOKo Lipe in October: avoid
- NovNKo Lipe in November: avoid
- DecDKo Lipe in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
Dry season: Jan–Mar, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° | 2d | 74% | 10.3h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 31° | 2d | 71% | 10.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 31° | 3d | 73% | 10.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Apr | 30° | 11d | 78% | 10.3h | ok | 30C max, 11 rainy days |
| May | 30° | 16d | 81% | 9.4h | avoid | monsoon: 16 rainy days, 223mm |
| Jun | 30° | 11d | 80% | 9.5h | sweet spot | 30C max, 11 rainy days |
| Jul | 30° | 10d | 78% | 9.7h | sweet spot | 30C max, 10 rainy days |
| Aug | 30° | 12d | 78% | 9.4h | sweet spot | 30C max, 12 rainy days |
| Sep | 29° | 15d | 80% | 8.8h | avoid | monsoon: 15 rainy days, 232mm |
| Oct | 29° | 19d | 82% | 8.8h | avoid | monsoon: 19 rainy days, 269mm |
| Nov | 29° | 18d | 83% | 8.5h | avoid | monsoon: 18 rainy days, 288mm |
| Dec | 29° | 7d | 78% | 9.4h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Pattaya beach and Walking Street: 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 Lipe's February days now average 30.7°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 | 29.3° | 29.3° | 29.5° | 29.1° | 28.9° | 29.1° | 28.6° | 28.6° | 27.9° | 27.7° | 27.9° | 28.6° |
| 2017–26 | 29.8° | 30.7° | 30.9° | 30.3° | 30.0° | 29.8° | 29.9° | 29.7° | 29.1° | 28.8° | 28.6° | 29.1° |
| Change | +0.5° | +1.4° | +1.4° | +1.2° | +1.2° | +0.7° | +1.3° | +1.1° | +1.2° | +1.1° | +0.7° | +0.5° |
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 Langkawi (LGK), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Langkawi.
| Langkawi (LGK) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Trang (TST) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Ko Lipe is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Kuala Lumpur
- from Singapore
- from Bangkok
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Jakarta
- from Hanoi
- from Kolkata
- from Colombo
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Ko Lipe, 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 Lipe
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Grab. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: LINE, WhatsApp.
All of Ko Lipe can be covered on foot. A walk between the two furthest walkable points on the island, Serendipity Resort and Patai Galah Beach, takes about 45 minutes for the 3 km journey, using the roads. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ko Lipe, 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
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- nipl.com/uploads/NPCI_International_Press_Release_LIQUID_GROUP_TO_POWER_UPI_QR_ACCEPTANCE_IN_10_ASIAN_MARKETS_bcb05ffeee.pdf
Ko Lipe in pictures
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Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Tuya70, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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NeoMeesje, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Philipp Schäufele, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Ko Lipe is like
Ko Lipe (Thai: เกาะหลีเป๊ะ) (sometimes spelled Koh Lipe) is an island in Satun Province, off the Andaman Coast of Southern Thailand. It is 50km northwest of Langkawi, Malaysia, 67km west of Pak Bara, and 200km southeast of Phuket. It is part of a cluster of islands called the Butang / Adang Archipelago. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- There is a very small Buddhist temple in the center of the island. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Beaches - Sunrise Beach in the east faces the sunrise; sunset views are prominent at the smaller Sunset Beach in the west, and Pattaya Beach has more nightlife. Karma Beach in the north faces the Adang/Lipe channel. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- As of January 2024, a plastic pontoon floating pier has been constructed where speedboats arrive. If coming from Langkawi, an immigration officer will stamp passports on arrival. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Stonefish have been spotted and photographed in the waters of Ko Lipe. While the chances of getting stung are slim, you may want to consider protective footwear when swimming in the water. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ko Lipe, 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 Lipe
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- Hua Hin best Mar, Nov, Dec
- Kanchanaburi best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Khao Lak best Jan, Feb, Mar
- Ko Lanta best Jan, Feb, Jun
- Ko Pha-ngan best Mar, Jun, Aug
- Ko Samui best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Ko Tao best Mar, Jun, Dec
- Krabi best Jan, Feb, Jun
- Nan best Jan, Feb, Dec
- Pai best Jan, Feb, Mar
- Pattaya best Mar, Jun, Nov
- Phi Phi Islands best Feb, Mar, Jun
- Phuket best Jan, Feb, Mar
- Sukhothai best Jan, Nov, Dec
Nearby
- Langkawi Malaysia · 51 km
- Penang Malaysia · 164 km
- Ipoh Malaysia · 287 km
- Cameron Highlands Malaysia · 322 km
Kind of place
Ko Lipe is in Thailand, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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