Phuket for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 21:00–05:00 here

US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 00:00–08:00 (next day) here

UK team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 16:00–00:00 here

Central Europe team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here

Price level 32 Very low: household prices Thailand-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 0 / 12 None reach Good; best December–February

Your team's working day, on Phuket's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Phuket; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 21:00–05:00

0 h

US Pacific 00:00–08:00 (next day)

0 h

UK 16:00–00:00

1 h

Central Europe 15:00–23:00

2 h

Another zone

Thailand does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Feb	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Mar	0 h awake 1–2 h	0 h awake 0–1 h	1–2 h awake 6–7 h	2–3 h awake 7–8 h
Apr	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 0 h	2 h awake 7 h	3 h awake 8 h
May	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 0 h	2 h awake 7 h	3 h awake 8 h
Jun	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 0 h	2 h awake 7 h	3 h awake 8 h
Jul	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 0 h	2 h awake 7 h	3 h awake 8 h
Aug	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 0 h	2 h awake 7 h	3 h awake 8 h
Sep	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 0 h	2 h awake 7 h	3 h awake 8 h
Oct	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 0 h	1–2 h awake 6–7 h	2–3 h awake 7–8 h
Nov	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h
Dec	0 h awake 1 h	0 h awake 1 h	1 h awake 6 h	2 h awake 7 h

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	33°C	23°C	68 mm	22°C oppressive	11.6 h	2.8
Feb	34°C	23°C	47 mm	22°C oppressive	11.8 h	2.2
Mar	34°C	24°C	103 mm	23°C oppressive	11.9 h	1.3
Apr	34°C	24°C	149 mm	24°C oppressive	12.2 h	0.5
May	33°C	25°C	237 mm	25°C oppressive	12.4 h	0.0
Jun	32°C	25°C	242 mm	25°C oppressive	12.5 h	0.5
Jul	32°C	24°C	234 mm	24°C oppressive	12.4 h	0.9
Aug	32°C	25°C	311 mm	24°C oppressive	12.3 h	1.0
Sep	31°C	24°C	325 mm	24°C oppressive	12.0 h	1.4
Oct	32°C	23°C	350 mm	24°C oppressive	11.8 h	1.1
Nov	32°C	24°C	195 mm	24°C oppressive	11.6 h	1.7
Dec	32°C	23°C	92 mm	23°C oppressive	11.5 h	3.2

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Population: 418,785 (2021)
Elevation: 529 m
Airports: Phuket International Airport (HKT), 27 km
Krabi Airport (KBV), 70 km
Time zone: Asia/Bangkok
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Thailand's official government or embassy website.
Read more: Phuket on Wikipedia

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-12. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

Within an hour of Phuket's clock today, most comfortable months first.