The island's second beach town on the south-east coast, a less built-up counterpart to Chaweng with a wide swimming bay and the Hin Ta Hin Yai rocks at its southern end. Stock is a mix of hillside villas and smaller condo buildings behind the ring road, and the guest is a longer-staying European visitor rather than a short-break one.
Listing-weighted across Aug 2026–Oct 2026 · DNA bucket: Lamai · USD
1,240
Tracked Listings
46%
Occupancy
$277
Median ADR
$4,550
Revenue / Month
Occupancy and ADR are observed from live Airbnb calendars across Mar 2026–Feb 2027 (5,026 listings tracked, counted over Dec 2026's calendars, the best-covered month), shown in USD. ADR reflects asking prices; upcoming months show booking pace to date and typically rise as the month approaches.
Over Aug 2026–Oct 2026, the 1,240 tracked Airbnb listings in Lamai ran 46% occupancy, 5 points above the 41% Koh Samui-wide weighted mean over the same months. The listing-weighted median nightly rate was $277, 0.87× the $317 Koh Samui figure; 3-bedroom units, the largest tracked size band at 331 listings, averaged $309 at 52% occupancy. Tracked supply moved from 161 listings in Mar 2026 to 1,240 in Oct 2026, up 670%. 110 homes are listed for sale in Lamai, median asking $334,584, 65% leasehold across the 77 with a stated tenure, the 11 scoring 94.4 or more median 5.1% net yield after tax on all-in cost, median gross yield on all-in cost 10.7% over 110 listings with an estimate.
Complete calendar months only — Mar 2026 to Oct 2026. Occupancy is the listing-weighted share of nights booked; ADR is the listing-weighted median asking rate.
| Month | Occupancy | ADR | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 12% | $211 | 161 |
| Apr 2026 | 38% | $236 | 565 |
| May 2026 | 42% | $243 | 677 |
| Jun 2026 | 45% | $248 | 546 |
| Jul 2026 | 73% | $286 | 713 |
| Aug 2026 | 74% | $285 | 775 |
| Sep 2026 | 40% | $277 | 1,102 |
| Oct 2026 | 33% | $271 | 1,240 |
Booking pace already on the calendar: Nov 2026 22% (139 listings) · Dec 2026 40% (1,324 listings) · Jan 2027 47% (1,251 listings) · Feb 2027 11% (47 listings). Forward months fill further as dates approach and are excluded from every figure above.
Weighted over Aug 2026–Oct 2026; listing counts are the latest complete month.
| Size | Listings | Occupancy | ADR | RevPAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 183 | 28% | $92 | $26 |
| 1-bedroom | 225 | 45% | $91 | $41 |
| 2-bedroom | 289 | 48% | $190 | $91 |
| 3-bedroom | 331 | 52% | $309 | $161 |
| 4-bedroom | 118 | 48% | $492 | $237 |
| 5-bedroom+ | 94 | 47% | $886 | $415 |
Daily rental for stays under 30 nights falls under Thailand’s Hotel Act and generally needs a hotel licence or a qualifying exemption. Brixfox never claims a listing is licensed for short-term letting; every listing carries the warning and the building’s or estate’s position must be verified before underwriting nightly income.
Foreign buyers own condominiums freehold within a building’s 49% foreign quota; villas are held on a registered 30-year leasehold or through a Thai company. The ownership route changes what a yield is worth, and it is shown per listing.
Many listings are geocoded to an area or neighbourhood centroid rather than the exact plot (recorded per listing as location precision), so distances and map positions here are approximate.
Matched on the listing's stated area; a home described as two areas can appear under both. Prices in USD as listed.
5.1%
Net Yield · Score ≥ 94.4
110
Listings
$334,584
Median Asking
$1,389/m²
Median $/m² Built
65%
Leasehold Share
10.7%
Median Gross Yield
Net yield is the median fully-managed after-tax net on all-in cost of the 11 listings scoring 94.4 or more on BrixfoxScore here (the top decile, ties included), the cut every Brixfox market and region card leads with; the median across all 110 listings with a net figure is 4.3%. $/m² over 105 listings with a stated building size; tenure split over 77 with a stated tenure (35% freehold); gross yield is projected STR revenue over true all-in acquisition cost, over 110 listings with an estimate. Net yield after management, tax and lease write-off is on each property page.
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