Sunset Beach (Ko Lipe)

Quiet all day, then the whole island turns up at six.

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

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

The hang

Sunset Beach faces directly west, which makes it one of Ko Lipe's favourite places to watch the sun go down. It is quieter than the rest of the island until then, when the crowds come from everywhere. It is rockier and more rugged than Sunrise Beach; we measured 360 metres of it. You can walk from Walking Street, on a path that can be uneven, or take a motorbike taxi for a flat 50 baht. A few beach bars and bungalow resorts line it. Outside November to April the island effectively closes.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea: August (31.1 °C), then July and May. Coolest: November (29.2 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest: Any time except sunset.
Getting there: On foot from Walking Street, on an uneven path, or by motorbike taxi.
Cost reality: Motorbike taxi on Ko Lipe, a flat 50 baht a person.
The catch nobody tells you: Outside November to April rough seas make the island hard to reach and many businesses shut.

The year at Sunset Beach (Ko Lipe)

Warmest sea in August. Fewest wet days in February. Pick your fight.

Sea (°C)

29.3

29.9

30.3

30.6

30.8

30.7

31.1

30.5

29.9

29.2

29.3

Air (°C)

27.8

28.1

28.7

28.5

28.6

29.1

28.5

27.7

27.3

Sun (h/day)

10.4

10.5

10.7

9.5

8.9

10.6

9.4

8.3

7.7

10.8

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.

313 mSu Ta Beach94 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
362 mAo Ta Lo So139 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
588 mAo Ta Lo Pi La36 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
636 mPattaya Beach988 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
714 mTalo Izumi Beach31 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
796 mAo Ta Lo Noi61 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

Quiet, until the whole island arrives for the sunset.

The facts · we measured

Length: 360 m
Mean width: 11.9 m
Area: 4,279 m²
Warmest sea (2025): 31.1 °C in Aug
Coldest sea (2025): 29.2 °C in Nov
Sea by month, °C: Jan 29.3 · Feb 29.9 · Mar 30.3 · Apr 30.6 · May 30.8 · Jun 30.7 · Jul 31.0 · Aug 31.1 · Sep 30.5 · Oct 29.9 · Nov 29.2 · Dec 29.3