Phuket beaches compared: coast side, length and car times from HKT airport, Patong and Phuket Town
25 beaches of the island with open data: 21 on the west coast, 2 at the southern tip and 2 on the east coast. The longest is Mai Khao Beach (≈ 10.1 km by OpenStreetMap); the closest to the airport is Nai Yang Beach (8.5 km, about 19 min by car without traffic).
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Routes: OSRM. Drive times are car times without traffic. This is the English edition of the Russian beach comparison of Kvartiry-Phuket; each beach also has a detailed page in Russian (sea by month, neighbouring beaches, amenities nearby), linked in the last column.
All beaches in one table
Drive columns: car time without traffic (OSRM), then the road distance.
| Detailed page | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mai Khao Beach | West | ≈ 10.1 km | 25 min · 11.2 km | 49 min · 39.9 km | 45 min · 36.9 km | in Russian |
| Nai Yang Beach | West | ≈ 1.4 km | 19 min · 8.5 km | 39 min · 34.0 km | 35 min · 31.0 km | in Russian |
| Nai Thon Beach | West | ≈ 1.1 km | 23 min · 12.9 km | 32 min · 27.3 km | 34 min · 30.5 km | in Russian |
| Banana Beach | West | ≈ 220 m | 26 min · 15.1 km | 29 min · 25.1 km | 31 min · 28.3 km | in Russian |
| Layan Beach | West | ≈ 440 m | 32 min · 20.1 km | 29 min · 23.1 km | 31 min · 26.4 km | in Russian |
| Bang Tao Beach | West | ≈ 6.1 km | 35 min · 21.3 km | 25 min · 19.3 km | 31 min · 23.5 km | in Russian |
| Surin Beach | West | ≈ 870 m | 34 min · 22.5 km | 14 min · 12.5 km | 27 min · 23.7 km | in Russian |
| Laem Singh Beach | West | ≈ 410 m | 34 min · 23.5 km | 12 min · 11.0 km | 27 min · 23.6 km | in Russian |
| Kamala Beach | West | ≈ 2.1 km | 37 min · 25.4 km | 11 min · 9.4 km | 26 min · 21.9 km | in Russian |
| Kalim Beach | West | ≈ 160 m | 45 min · 32.9 km | 2 min · 1.7 km | 17 min · 14.2 km | in Russian |
| Patong Beach | West | ≈ 2.8 km | 51 min · 37.4 km | 6 min · 3.6 km | 21 min · 16.5 km | in Russian |
| Tri Trang Beach | West | ≈ 740 m | 59 min · 40.1 km | 13 min · 6.3 km | 28 min · 19.6 km | in Russian |
| Paradise Beach | West | ≈ 100 m | 1 h 02 min · 41.6 km | 16 min · 7.9 km | 31 min · 21.2 km | in Russian |
| Freedom Beach | West | ≈ 400 m | 1 h 10 min · 40.7 km | 25 min · 6.7 km | 39 min · 19.1 km | in Russian |
| Karon Noi Beach | West | ≈ 460 m | 54 min · 39.6 km | 9 min · 5.6 km | 23 min · 17.9 km | in Russian |
| Karon Beach | West | ≈ 3.4 km | 56 min · 43.1 km | 11 min · 9.1 km | 21 min · 17.5 km | in Russian |
| Kata Beach | West | ≈ 1.6 km | 1 h · 46.0 km | 15 min · 12.0 km | 20 min · 15.8 km | in Russian |
| Kata Noi Beach | West | ≈ 760 m | 1 h 03 min · 48.0 km | 18 min · 14.0 km | 21 min · 16.7 km | in Russian |
| Nui Beach | West | ≈ 150 m | 1 h 30 min · 51.9 km | 44 min · 17.9 km | 48 min · 19.1 km | in Russian |
| Ao Sane Beach | South | ≈ 250 m | 1 h 09 min · 49.0 km | 27 min · 20.4 km | 26 min · 18.5 km | in Russian |
| Nai Harn Beach | West | ≈ 790 m | 1 h 07 min · 48.1 km | 25 min · 20.9 km | 24 min · 17.6 km | in Russian |
| Ya Nui Beach | West | ≈ 210 m | 1 h 08 min · 48.5 km | 26 min · 21.9 km | 25 min · 18.1 km | in Russian |
| Rawai Beach | South | ≈ 1.1 km | 1 h 05 min · 47.1 km | 25 min · 21.0 km | 22 min · 16.6 km | in Russian |
| Ao Yon Beach | East | ≈ 1.1 km | 59 min · 43.2 km | 28 min · 23.9 km | 14 min · 11.9 km | in Russian |
| Panwa Beach | East | ≈ 260 m | 1 h · 44.0 km | 29 min · 24.7 km | 16 min · 12.7 km | in Russian |
Key figures
- Closest to HKT airport: Nai Yang Beach (19 min), Nai Thon Beach (23 min) and Mai Khao Beach (25 min).
- Farthest from HKT airport: Nui Beach (1 h 30 min), Freedom Beach (1 h 10 min) and Ao Sane Beach (1 h 09 min).
- Closest to Phuket Town: Ao Yon Beach (14 min), Panwa Beach (16 min) and Kalim Beach (17 min).
- Longest by OpenStreetMap: Mai Khao Beach (≈ 10.1 km), Bang Tao Beach (≈ 6.1 km) and Karon Beach (≈ 3.4 km).
- Rainy season: from May to October the west-coast beaches are exposed to the south-west monsoon, while the east coast (Ao Yon Beach and Panwa Beach) is sheltered by the island. Sea temperature and waves by month: Phuket weather by month.
Methodology and sources
- OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, ODbL): beach outlines and the coastline, downloaded through the Overpass API; data snapshot of 2026-09-25.
- Length is half the perimeter of the beach outline in OSM, rounded: for a narrow strip of sand this is close to the length along the water, but it is not a survey measurement.
- Coast: east if the centre of the beach lies east of 98.36° E; otherwise south if the beach faces 100–200°; all others west. The direction a beach faces comes from the adjacent
natural=coastlinelines, which OSM draws with the water on their right. - Drive distance and time: OSRM (public demo server, car profile) on OpenStreetMap roads from HKT airport (8.1132° N, 98.3169° E), Phuket Town (7.8847° N, 98.3923° E) and Patong (7.8966° N, 98.2962° E) to the centre of the beach. This is car time without traffic, weather or stops; in rush hour and in high season the trip usually takes longer.
- Data collected on 2026-09-25. The table lists the 25 beaches with an OSM outline of at least 100 m, a known coast direction and a route from each of the three starting points that ends within 1.5 km of the beach.
How to cite
Please credit Kvartiry-Phuket with a link to this page. Suggested citation:
Kvartiry-Phuket (2026). Phuket beaches compared: coast side, length and drive times. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); routes: OSRM; retrieved 2026-09-25. https://kvartiry-phuket.com/en/phuket-beaches/As an HTML link:
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More open data in English
- Phuket weather by month — rain, rain days, day and night air, sea temperature, waves and cloud cover for every month (2015–2025 data).
- Phuket condo asking prices — a documented snapshot of advertised asking prices with downloadable data.
- Official Phuket condominium assessment rates — Thai Treasury Department data, not market prices.