Condos for Rent in Kathu

How much does it cost to rent a condo in Kathu

Kathu holds 494 condos for long-term rent — the second-largest condo market on the island after neighboring Phuket Town's 753. Entry rate: ฿10,000 a month, the same floor as Phuket Town. Median across all bedrooms: ฿15,000 — the lowest of any condo zone with over 100 active listings, roughly 40% below the island-wide condo median of ฿25,000.

The gap is real but uneven by unit size. Studios (218 of the 494 listings, 44%) median ฿14,000 in Kathu against ฿16,000 in Phuket Town — about 13% cheaper. One-bedroom units (229 listings, 46%) run ฿16,000 against Phuket Town's ฿18,000 — 11% cheaper. At two bedrooms the gap closes almost entirely: Kathu's 47 two-bedroom condos median ฿35,000, slightly above Phuket Town's ฿34,500. Kathu's price edge lives in its dominant studio-and-one-bedroom stock — 447 of 494 units, 90% of the zone — not in every size.

Beach zones cost far more for the same footprint: Bang Tao condos median ฿48,000, Patong and Kamala both ฿35,000, Rawai ฿39,000. Only Nai Yang's ฿20,000 median comes close to Kathu's, and it still runs a third higher.

What the rent includes, and what costs extra

The standard: a twelve-month lease at a fixed rate, a two-month deposit, and the first month paid at signing. Ninety-eight percent of Kathu's 494 condos are listed fully furnished — the highest furnished share of any condo zone in this comparison, so move-in rarely means buying appliances.

A communal pool comes with 99% of Kathu's condo buildings — practically universal — and it's normally funded by the building's common-area fee, not billed to the tenant directly. Electricity and water are metered and paid on top of rent; with daily air conditioning, electricity is usually the largest variable cost. Confirm who covers internet and parking before signing — both vary building to building.

Who Kathu actually suits for a long lease

Kathu and Patong sit in the same Amphoe Kathu — one administrative district, linked by the hill road over Patong Hill. That gives Kathu tenants Patong's hospitals, malls and nightlife a short drive away, without living on the tourist strip itself.

The honest trade-off is distance to the sand. Among the 356 Kathu condos we can pin precisely by project, the nearest beach averages 5.8 km, and none sit closer than 4.3 km — there's no beachfront stock here the way there is in Kamala or Surin. A renter who wants Patong's convenience and Phuket Town's services within a short drive, without the coastal premium, fits Kathu well. Anyone wanting to walk to the sand daily should look at the wider long-term rental catalogue instead.

What the numbers say about the choice

Studios and one-bedroom condos make up 447 of Kathu's 494 listings — 90% of the market. Two-bedroom condos are a smaller, pricier 47-unit tier. Renting for a couple or two flatmates sharing means shopping that smaller tier specifically, not the wider catalogue.

Twenty-seven listings — about 5% — are dual-listed for rent and sale, a lower share than Phuket Town's 77 (about 10%): Kathu condos are rented and bought more as a base to live in than as a resale play. The catalogue refreshes daily. Our renting-vs-buying guide runs the maths on a dual-listed unit; condos for sale in Kathu sit in the purchase catalogue, houses for rent in Kathu start from ฿18,000 for tenants who want more space, and the Kathu district guide covers schools and infrastructure.