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What return does an apartment in Phuket give?
Answered by Sea Inside · checked 20.09.2026
Let nightly and professionally managed, a Phuket apartment realistically returns 6–10% a year on its purchase price — the exact figure depends on the area, the property itself and how it is run. Our worked example for a two-bedroom apartment in Bang Tao, at roughly 60% average annual occupancy, comes to about ฿1,015,000 gross for the year, of which about ฿711,000 stays with the owner after the 30% fee.
Where that figure comes from
- The Phuket year splits into high season (November to February), shoulder months and low season (May to September). At the peak occupancy reaches 90–95% and rates roughly double; in low season occupancy sits around 35–50%.
- Which is why a yield calculated on high-season rates is meaningless: the number comes out pretty and wrong. It has to be counted across the whole year, month by month.
- The full month-by-month table, with occupancy and rates, is published on the home page of this site.
What moves it most
- The area: Bang Tao holds demand more evenly all year, while the south of the island is more seasonal.
- View and floor: an apartment with a view lets for more than the identical one without.
- The quality of the photographs and the listing text — all else being equal, that is tens of percent of occupancy.
- How fast guests get an answer: the platforms rank slow hosts lower.
What the figure does not include
- Utilities, condominium fees, taxes and insurance — the owner pays those on top.
- Wear: furniture and appliances in a nightly let are replaced more often than in your own home.
- We calculate the return for the specific property before any contract is signed, and show the whole calculation rather than a single percentage.
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