2 rainy seasons/Low High seasons?

Dear all that know it,

Would i be right in thinking that there are two rainy seasons on Koh Samui?

April/May and october/november/december.

I have read on the internet that april/May are the hottest months bringing slightly more rain than say july/aug/sept which are the dryest months and oct/nov/dec being the wettest, would this account for may/june being classed as the low season thus cheaper hotel rates? which i find quite baffeling considering that the rest of Thailand at this time is the wettest therefore one would think that everybody wanting to visit thailand in may/june would head for Samui for the dryer weather, thus making these months high season confused? theres more, why would people visit samui in nov/dec the wettest season when the rest of thailand is starting its dry season yet nov/dec in samui is classed as high season making the hotel prices higher in the wettest months, it beats me.

Manicus.

2 rainy seasons/Low High seasons?

Manicus,

You%26#39;re mis-informed. There is only one rainy season for all of Thailand and it is in the fall. I was in Samui 3 years ago during mid October and on the morning I had to leave, it began to downpour and within a matter of 30 minutes, I had to wade through knee deep water to get to the taxi to take me to the airport.

April and May are very hot in Thailand also.

Regards,

Martian

2 rainy seasons/Low High seasons?

Hi Matien59

And heres me thinking the wet season on the Andaman coast was different to that of the gulf of Thailand,i have visited Krabi/lanta/lak many times in december with glorious dry sunny weather, whilst at the same time in samui its raining buckets.

Manicus.

The south has a slightly different season to the rest of Thailand, but with weather everywhere changing, the seasons here are getting fouled up to. The rainy season starts earlier than before, the hot season gets hotter, and non seasonal rain is more common than before.

Manicus

You are quite right the Andaman coast sees most of its rain from late May through July.

This is because there are two monsoons.The South West monsoon generally tracks north of here.The North East monsoon is the one that brings the November rain.