Bang Tao Beach

The same shade costs 100 baht or 2,000, depending on who rents it.

No photo yet. We don’t lie with pictures.

How we rated it: nothing lifts it and nothing sinks it.

The hang

Bang Tao is long: roughly 7 km in one guide's words, 5,230 metres in the polygon we measured. Beach clubs, bars and restaurants have piled in over the years and the prices vary wildly along it: a sunbed from a small vendor is about 100 baht, while a big-name club charges about 2,000 for the same bit of shade. Even in high season you can walk a few minutes and find a patch with nobody on it. September is off-season, with rain, rougher water and a duller sea than the photos.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea: April (30.5 °C), then May and March. Coolest: November (28.9 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest: A few minutes' walk from any club, even in high season.
Getting there: Not on record yet.
Cost reality: Sunbed from a small vendor about 100 baht; a beachside massage about 400. A big beach club about 2,000 baht for a sunbed.
The catch nobody tells you: September is off-season: rain, rougher water and a duller sea than the photos suggest.

The year at Bang Tao Beach

Warmest sea in April. Fewest wet days in February and December. Pick your fight.

Sea (°C)

29.1

29.5

30.5

30.2

29.8

29.7

29.8

29.2

28.9

Air (°C)

27.5

28.3

28.8

27.6

27.4

27.6

27.1

26.9

26.3

27.3

Sun (h/day)

10.5

10.7

10.9

9.3

7.2

8.6

10.1

8.3

8.1

7.4

7.5

10.4

Rain (days)

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

6 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.

3.1 kmLayan Beach358 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.2 kmPansea Beach438 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.6 kmTrisara Beach154 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.8 kmSurin Beach831 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
4.1 kmBanana Beach199 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
4.5 kmLaem Sing Beach, Phuket305 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

Space to spare a short walk from the clubs.

The facts · we measured

Length: 5,230 m
Mean width: 43.1 m
Area: 225,632 m²
Warmest sea (2025): 30.5 °C in Apr
Coldest sea (2025): 28.9 °C in Nov
Sea by month, °C: Jan 29.1 · Feb 29.5 · Mar 30.0 · Apr 30.5 · May 30.2 · Jun 29.8 · Jul 29.7 · Aug 29.8 · Sep 29.0 · Oct 29.2 · Nov 28.9 · Dec 29.0