St. Lucia vs Thailand

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Woven cabana with turquoise daybed on white sand beach at Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket, with pool and palm trees beyond.

St. Lucia and Thailand, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

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By the numbers

St. Lucia compared with Thailand
St. Lucia	Measure	Thailand
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
14	Resorts in our catalog	8
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$89–$810/night pp	Nightly rates	$36–$247/night pp
7 of 14	Adults-only resorts	0 of 8
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
June–November, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	May–October, wettest September–October
December–April	Sweet spot	November–April (the Gulf side, Koh Samui, runs on a different clock; wettest October–December)
English	Language	Thai (English widely used in tourist areas)
East Caribbean dollar; USD widely accepted	Currency	Thai baht (THB); cards common, cash for markets
240V, UK-style Type G plugs	Power	230V, Type A/B/C plugs (bring an adapter)
On the left	Driving	On the left
Hewanorra (UVF)	Main airport	Phuket International (HKT)
~4.5–5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~20–24h from the US with one stop

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

On the map

St. Lucia

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for St. Lucia and Thailand
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
Thailand · high °F	89	90	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
St. Lucia · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2
Thailand · rain (in)	1.4	1.2	2.3	4.3	13.5	8.7	10.2	10.5	15.5	12.1	7.1	3.0

Approximate climate normals for Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière) and Phuket / Andaman coast: planning guidance, not a forecast. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.