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Hotels in Koh Samui currently start at about € 23 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 66 and € 88 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 317 properties we can book here, 56% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 49% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.6/10.
Koh Samui is a ring road with very different beaches hung off it, and the choice between them decides the holiday. Chaweng is the busy one with the nightlife; Lamai is the smaller version; Bophut and Maenam are where families and couples go for quiet. The island's weather runs on its own calendar, unlike the Andaman side.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 317 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 12 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 23 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 39 |
| Typical (median) price | € 66 |
| Upper quarter | € 125 |
| Typical 3-star | € 41 |
| Typical 4-star | € 88 |
| Typical 5-star | € 166 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
beach on Samui island, Thailand
5.2 km from the centreneighbourhood in Ko Samui, Thailand
9.0 km from the centrebeach on Samui island, Thailand
5.7 km from the centreKoh Samui sits in Thailand at 9.5120° N, 100.0136° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Longest beach, nightlife, the widest choice of hotels.
Second-biggest, calmer, good value, still with restaurants and bars.
Boutique, dining, calm sea, families and couples.
Quietest, west-facing sunsets, fewest facilities.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Never let anyone tell you a temple is 'closed today' — it is a scam to reroute you to a shop. Agree taxi meters before setting off.
Steady at 1.22 times between ordinary weeks, but note the calendar: Samui sits on the Gulf side, so its wettest months are October to December, when Phuket and Krabi are drying out. February to August is the good stretch here, which is the opposite of the Andaman coast.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Koh Samui stayed within a factor of 1.22, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
October to December, which is different from Phuket and Krabi on the Andaman side. Samui's best months run roughly February to August, so the two coasts complement each other.
Chaweng for nightlife and choice, Lamai for a calmer version of the same, Bophut or Maenam for quiet and families. They are all on the same ring road, twenty minutes apart.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 23 per night for two people, the typical price is € 66, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 125. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 56% of the rooms available in Koh Samui can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
Steady at 1.22 times between ordinary weeks, but note the calendar: Samui sits on the Gulf side, so its wettest months are October to December, when Phuket and Krabi are drying out. February to August is the good stretch here, which is the opposite of the Andaman coast.
The THB (฿). Cash for street food and markets; cards in malls and hotels.
Not traditional, but rounding up is appreciated; hotel staff welcome small notes.
The best-known places are Chaweng, Nathon, Bo Phut. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Koh Samui stayed within a factor of 1.22, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.