As you can see from the above chart, the High Seasons do not always coincide with the sunniest months - neither do the Low Seasons always coincide with the wettest months!
This means potential visitors can take advantage of Nature's vagaries and choose their vacations to suit their own individual preferences and budget.
The low seasons in Thailand are generally June / July or October / November / December (not including Christmas!). In the first period, you will get rainfalls almost daily while in the second period you will experience lots of sunshine. As the High Seasons are normally the most expensive and busiest of tourist times it is useful to check out the two Low Seasons shown above - so that you can pick the best (and cheapest) times for your vacation.
Wet Note: For first-time visitors to Samui who might be concerned about the wet seasons, it is worth mentioning that rainfalls are normally sharp and sweet on the island - but can occur several times a day. Yet this rainfall is welcomed by the islanders as it actually helps the whole island (and you) to keep cool. Yet when it stops, there emerges a heavenly aroma that one can only truly experience in a tropical climate.
Scientific Note: This aroma is actually caused by zillions of negative ions which occur in the charged atmosphere. Once the cloudburst ceases, the really good news (health-wise) is; as we breathe and take in these negatively charged ions they combat and neutralise the harmful free radicals (positive ions) that we have built-up in our bodies from living in polluted western environments and eating processed industrial food. Ninety-nine per cent of the food you eat in Samui is loaded with powerful antioxidants because it is fresh from the field or sea. Not only that, but even the free radicals caused by the thousands of exhausts of the mini scooters (the most popular form of transport on the island) are swept away constantly by the ever-wafting ozone-laden sea breezes. If its quality of life you want, you can't get much better than coming to live here. Especially if you are retired and have no compelling reason to live in the temperate zones of the west. Call us and have a chat about buying property on Samui - we are the island's experts when it comes to buying property, whether its for living in or as a rental investment. We'll even rent it out for you!
Cultural Note: For those Brits fairly used to Bank Holiday storms at the end of a very hot sunny day back home, the experience here is very similar. This is because both the UK and Samui are islands surrounded by lots of (relatively cold) open sea - and when clouds happen on (relatively warmer) land - especially if it is hilly like most of Samui is, the warm updraft causes them then to rise and in doing so they then let loose their life-giving droplets. Immediately after the cloud has performed this miracle of Nature - it is sunny and hot again - until the next cloud happens along and the cycle repeats itself.
From our experience most Brits feel completely at home here in the rainy seasons - we wonder why? Yet the cheap cost of living on Samui couldn't be in more contrast to our heavily taxed economy back home. In other words; you might get wet - but you definitely won't get skinned alive!
We sometimes suffer the side effects of monsoons here but not the brunt of them and flash flooding on the island is commonplace enough. So just be aware of the monsoon season if you are bringing children. The real heavy weather occurs on the mainland (mostly in the north) but this speck of land isn't big enough to support rivers of any decent size (which can burst their banks) instead we have small creeks which rarely overflow - and even if they did it would be a very local event and certainly not dangerous to life and limb. Also we are too far south for the truly violent weather - and instead the island mainly gets short, sharp and sweet rain squalls. But dry or wet the temperature remains fairly constant (see chart above) and we are constantly cooled down by the seaborne breezes - especially up in the hilly terrain or close to the beaches.
