Trip cost
Phuket from Johannesburg: trip cost
For 2 travellers sharing a room, a 7-day trip to Phuket from Johannesburg comes to about $2,984 (about $3,193 with a 7% buffer), including flights, stay, food, local transport and activities. Flights are the typical observed range, $652 to $1,177 per person, last observed 28 Oct 2026. Visa fees are not included.
Complete trip estimate, 7 days, 2 travellers
Shown for a default of 7 days and 2 travellers sharing one room. Those are our defaults, not your plans: change them above.
- Flights, Johannesburg and back TYPICALTypical observed, last observed 28 Oct 2026: $652 to $1,177 per person over 16 observation days · Typical fare per person across the usable months; the month table below shows each month.
- ~$1,504
- Stay, 6 nights About $60 a night for one mid-range room, our model's estimate. Hotel observations replace this as they arrive.
- about $360estimate, refreshed 28 Oct
- Food About $40 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $560estimate, refreshed 28 Oct
- Local transport About $15 per person per day for buses, metro, taxis and transfers, our model's estimate.
- about $210estimate, refreshed 28 Oct
- Activities About $25 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $350estimate, refreshed 28 Oct
- Visa or entry permit
- Not in the total. Confirm the fee on the official portal.
About R 49 590 at the 30 Oct 2026 rate.
About R 53 062 at the 30 Oct 2026 rate. Your bank's rate will differ a little.
The buffer is a default for the things a plan leaves out, not a fee. It is never folded into the estimate above.
Other trip lengths for 2: 3 days about $2,104, 5 days about $2,544, 10 days about $3,644.
Flights, Johannesburg to Phuket and back, are the observed range where we hold one and our distance estimate otherwise; stay, food, local transport and activities are planning figures from the destination's daily costs. Nothing here is a quote. How we calculate.
Typical fares by month, Johannesburg to Phuket
Round trip, per person, from fares observed on different days in the last 30 days. The cheapest usable month is Nov 2026. Prices last refreshed 28 Oct 2026.
| Travel month | Typical fare, per person | Days sampled | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026cheapest | $652 to $652 | 3 | TYPICAL |
| Dec 2026 | $1,007 to $1,232 | 13 | TYPICAL |
| Jan 2027 | $752 to $752 | 4 | TYPICAL |
| Mar 2027 | $703 to $703 | 4 | TYPICAL |
| Jul 2027 | range after 3 days | 1 | observing |
7 more months are not observed yet.
Often forgotten
- Visa or entry permit · Rules depend on your passport
Not in the total. Confirm the fee and the route on the official portal before you book.
- Checked baggage · About 17 hours of travel each way, airport time included
Many long-haul fares include one bag; low-cost carriers price each bag separately. Check the fare rules.
- Airport transfer · Arriving by air
The local transport line budgets getting around, not a private transfer. Check whether your stay includes one.
- Travel insurance · An international trip
Medical cover abroad and trip cancellation. Priced by the insurer for your party and dates.
- SIM or eSIM · An international trip
Roaming or a local data plan for the days you are away.
- Tips and service charges · Any trip
Customs differ by country; restaurants and drivers may expect them.
- Souvenirs and gifts · Any trip
Outside the activities line, which budgets what you do, not what you bring home.
A checklist, not a price list: we show an amount only where a named source has published one.
Best months to visit Phuket
November, December, January, February and March, from the destination's own record. The fare table above shows which of the coming months is cheapest to fly.
About Phuket
Thailand's largest island, joined to the mainland by a bridge and served by its own international airport, so no ferry is needed to arrive. Phuket is big, and the beach you pick changes the trip: Patong is dense and busy, while the northern and southern beaches are quieter and further apart. Calm seas and high season run November to April; the monsoon brings rough water and rain from May to October.
Plan a Phuket trip with your own dates