Thailand/Ko Samui in October - too wet?

[ally fu]

I'm in Thailand (first time) for the last 2 weeks in October, my intention was to go to Ko Samui, but a few people have told me that the monsoon weather is worst on Ko Samui at that time of year. How bad does it get? I want to spend at least a week of my trip lying on a beach doing fuck-all, and I don't want rained on!

[sybaritical]

I was in Bangkok at the very beginning of October last year and it was wet, humid, overcast and flooded after torrential rain almost every day. I don't know about the Islands but further North most of the country was seriously flooded. It rained twice a day and the sky was overcast until the very end of the month when it started perking up.

[so-so]

reminds me of when I went to Jamaica and it rained probably half of the day every day we were there.

As far as carribean islands, caymans > jamaica any day in my mind.

[Tisswat]

According to the statistics, October is the second wettest month of the year in Koh Samui - only November is worse. Best months to visit are May to September. Still, you might get lucky.. Someone visited the island in November for two weeks once and it rained only three times.

MonthRainRaindays:

J131(11)

F56(6)

M66(5)

A75(8)

M144(15)

J109(14)

J123(14)

A121(15)

S117(16)

O304(20)

N490(20)

D211(14)

[ally fu]

Shit, then my girl's going to thow a fit over this.

[Tisswat]

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[grandnash84]

november is the best time to go. its their rainny season now.

[cuddlysheep]

how about 1st week of august?

[plongin]

1st week of august is usually fine.

but honestly, judging by the weather in recent times, i think you can take the historical data and throw it out the window.

[ally fu]

november is the best time to go. its their rainny season now.

Really? That goes against everyone elses advice?

[Tisswat]

I hope he was joking.

http://www.travelfish.org/weather_fish.php

[sybaritical]

November's OK. December and January are when it all settles down, the rains stop and the sun comes out and stays out.

[Tisswat]

For other parts of Thailand November is alright, but it's definitely the worst time to visit Ko Samui. You might get lucky, but the stats don't lie.

[sybaritical]

^ oops yeah I was talking about up norf.