Phuket Airport (HKT): exchange rates today

Today's USD market in Phuket, in numbers

4 money changers in Phuket quote US Dollar (USD) today. The best buying rate is 33.43 THB per 1 USD at Lion Currency Exchange — Central Phuket (4th Floor); the lowest is 33.39 at Mamy Exchange (Koh Kaew). The gap between them is 0.12%, which comes to about 4 THB on 100 USD. 3 of the 4 shops are within 0.1% of the best rate, so for most readers the nearest counter in that group is the right choice.

The mid-market rate is 33.44. The best shop pays 0.03% below it, which is the margin it keeps on a cash transaction; the lowest-paying shop keeps 0.15%. The top rate today comes from Lion Currency Exchange; 2 chains quote USD in Phuket. The best-paying counters are in Central Phuket, Patong.

Lion Currency Exchange — Central Phuket (4th Floor) pays 33.43 for 50-100 notes but 33.06 for 1-2, a difference of 1.11%, which is more than the gap between most shops in town.

Changing baht back into USD is cheapest at Mamy Exchange (Koh Kaew), which sells at 33.53; the round trip through the best buying and the best selling rate costs about 0.3%.

In practice: change at any shop in the top group near you, bring the largest notes you have, and check the board before handing over cash, because the shop's own board is final.

Figures as read at Nov 6, 15:25 (Thailand time); they move during the day.

Changing money in Phuket

The site tracks four counters in Phuket: Mamy Exchange in Koh Kaew, and three Lion Currency Exchange branches, one on the 4th floor of Central Phuket and two in Patong at Jungceylon, one by the Big C entrance and one at unit GC3119. Two airports are tracked on their own pages, Phuket and Krabi.

The site does not have confirmed opening hours for any of the four, so treat Sunday and evening opening as unverified. The boards are short: only six currencies are quoted across the island’s tracked shops, so if you are carrying anything other than the main ones, check the live table before you set out.

The spread is the widest of any city on the site. On 28 September 2026 the best US dollar buying rate was 33.41 baht against a mid-market rate of 33.42, at Mamy Exchange, while Lion’s best was 32.90, a gap of 0.51 baht per dollar, or 510 baht on a thousand. Comparing matters here more than anywhere else the site covers. The guide to Phuket money exchange sets Patong, Phuket Town and the airport against each other; the airport-to-Patong guide prices the first ride, and island-hopping costs covers the boats.