Phuket, Thailand: Prahputtamingmongkol Eaknakakeeree, also known as the big Buddha of Phuket

Auckland to Phuket

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Auckland to Phuket. From €714.04, fastest 17h 6m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Auckland to Phuket runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €714.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 17h 6m over 9,645 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €714.04, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€714.04

  • 211%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Auckland

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €2,305.86Thu24
  2. about €2,055.70Fri25
  3. about €1,865.72Sat26
  4. about €1,635.03Sun27
  5. about €1,217.90Mon28
  6. about €1,506.41Tue29
  7. about €1,453.90Wed30
  8. about €1,207.87Thu1
  9. about €1,161.26Fri2
  10. about €1,296.96Sat3
  11. about €1,053.29Sun4
  12. about €883.96Mon5
  13. about €973.05Tue6
  14. about €919.95Wed7
  15. about €1,244.45Thu8
  16. about €935.88Fri9
  17. about €999.60Sat10
  18. about €862.13Sun11
  19. about €772.45Mon12
  20. about €714.04Tue13
  21. about €918.18Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Phuket. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Phuket for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Phuket Bus Terminal 2 and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Auckland to Phuket

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €909.9290 days
  2. €784.2560 days
  3. €741.7745 days
  4. €822.6030 days
  5. €918.1821 days
  6. €919.9514 days
  7. €1,453.907 days
  8. €1,865.723 days
  9. €2,305.861 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €741.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 211 percent. The dearest point is €2,305.86, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€2,305.86€741.77137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Auckland to Phuket and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

9,645 km

9,340 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

1,547,20079,308

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 9,645 km against 9,340 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from HKT into Phuket is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Phuket

Settled in advance, so the ride into Phuket costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Phuket is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Phuket Bus Terminal 2

Most of the points near Phuket Bus Terminal 2 open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Auckland to Phuket

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Auckland to Phuket?

The fastest journey from Auckland to Phuket takes 17h 6m door to door, of which 13h 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 19m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Auckland to Phuket?

The cheapest fare from Auckland to Phuket is €714.04, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,192.24. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Auckland to Phuket?

The cheapest way from Auckland to Phuket is by flight, at €714.04 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 17h 51m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Auckland to Phuket?

Fares from Auckland to Phuket bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €741.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 211 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Auckland to Phuket?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Auckland to Phuket, at €883.96. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Auckland to Phuket?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Auckland to Phuket, at €747.67 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Auckland to Phuket?

4 operators sell services from Auckland to Phuket across 1 mode: Air New Zealand, AirAsia, Jetstar Asia Airways, Malaysia Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Auckland to Phuket?

0 percent of the services we sell from Auckland to Phuket are direct. The rest connect at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Auckland to Phuket use?

Services from Auckland to Phuket by flight leave from Auckland International Airport AKL and arrive at Phuket International Airport HKT. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Auckland to Phuket?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Auckland to Phuket allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Auckland to Phuket on 23 September 2026: 9645 km of route against 9340 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €714.04, and 17h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Phuket a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Phuket and across Thailand

Day trips that leave Phuket in the morning and cover a good part of Thailand by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Auckland reaches 72 places in 29 countries on services we hold, over distances from 114 to 14,538 km. Phuket reaches 154 places in 47 countries, from 8 to 14,450 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Auckland

  • 72Places you can leave for
  • 29Countries
  • 30Operators

Arriving in Phuket

Leaving Phuket

  • 154Places you can leave for
  • 47Countries
  • 61Operators

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