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Phuket has around fifty mosques, so across most of the island you are rarely more than a few minutes from somewhere to pray. That is unusual for a beach destination, and it is the single practical reason Phuket is easier than most.
This page is prayer times first, then every mosque worth knowing, grouped by the area you are staying in. Each one is named, mapped and confirmed to exist. Nothing else is on this page.
At a glance
- Mosques
- Around fifty — most of the island is a few minutes from one
- Prayer times
- Use a live source set to Phuket, not Bangkok
- Friday
- Bang Tao khutbah around 12:45pm — arrive early
- Kata & Karon
- No mosque — the nearest are in Rawai and Patong
- Dress
- Shoulders and knees covered, shoes off at the entrance
8 places
Grouped by the area you are staying in. Every card opens in Google Maps.
8 places
Masjid Mukarram Bangtao
Bang Tao
The biggest mosque on the island, and the one nearest Laguna.
The main mosque for Bang Tao and Cherng Talay, on Srisoonthorn Road, and the largest on Phuket. Friday khutbah starts around 12:45pm and is delivered in Thai and English, which makes it the one mosque here a visitor can follow. There is a women's prayer area with prayer clothing provided, a large car park, and halal food along the road outside. Rated 4.7 from 476 Google reviews.
- Friday prayer
- Khutbah about 12:45pm, Thai and English
- For visitors
- Women's area, prayer clothing provided
- Getting there
- Srisoonthorn Rd — about 2km from the Laguna gates
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tabKamala Mosque
Kamala
Marble floors and a four-level minaret, in the middle of Kamala village.
The main mosque of Kamala village, on Khok Yang Road directly opposite the Kamala Sub-District Administration Office. Marble floor, air-conditioned through the prayer, and a four-level minaret that is the village's landmark. A single-storey hall for men and a two-storey side area for women. Over 700 attend on Friday, so arrive early for a place. Parking is in the covered lot across the street, not at the door. Rated 4.6 on Google.
- Friday prayer
- Over 700 on Fridays — arrive early
- For visitors
- Women's area upstairs; air-conditioned, marble floor
- Getting there
- 25 Khok Yang Rd — park in the lot opposite
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tabMasjid Nurul Islam (Patong Mosque)
Patong
Green dome on Phrabaramee Road, 700m from Patong beach.
The main Patong mosque, unmissable from Phrabaramee Road on the way in from Kathu. Three storeys: ablution for men and women on the ground floor, the main prayer hall above it. Friday draws over 500 people, Thai and foreign — the adhan is around 12:30pm and the prayer around 1:15pm, with part of the khutbah in English. There is no private car park; people park along the main road. Halal food vendors set up at the entrance. Rated 4.8 from 1,323 Google reviews.
- Friday prayer
- Adhan about 12:30pm, prayer about 1:15pm
- For visitors
- Women on the ground floor; ablution for both
- Getting there
- 83 Phrabaramee Rd — 700m from the beach
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tabMasjid Nurul Al Huda
Patong
Patong's quieter second mosque, hidden in a residential lane.
The other Patong mosque, about 400m inland from Nurul Islam in a Thai Muslim neighbourhood most visitors never walk into. Clean and calm, and far quieter than the main mosque on a Friday. The entrance is a narrow gap between buildings and is genuinely easy to walk past — use the map link rather than looking for a dome.
- Friday prayer
- Friday prayer held — time posted at the door
- For visitors
- Small neighbourhood mosque, quiet
- Getting there
- North Patong — narrow entrance, easy to miss
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tabMasjid Jamek (Yameay)
Phuket Town
The Old Town's mosque, a short walk from the clock tower.
The only mosque near the centre of Phuket Town, on Soi Talingchan by the clock tower — roughly a 700m walk from Thalang Road, so it is the one to know if you are staying in the Old Town. Arabic-style, with a women's section at the side of the building and up the stairs, where prayer shawls are kept for visitors who arrive without one. Washing stations outside and inside the women's entrance. Rated 4.8 from 230 Google reviews.
- Friday prayer
- Friday prayer held — time posted at the door
- For visitors
- Women's section at the side, up the stairs; shawls kept
- Getting there
- 47 Soi Talingchan — 700m walk from Thalang Rd
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tabMasjid Noorul-Ibadah
Rawai
The nearest mosque to Rawai and Nai Harn. Small and local.
A small village mosque on Rural Road 4009 in Rawai sub-district, and the closest mosque to both Rawai beach and Nai Harn — about 2.5km inland from the Rawai seafood market and roughly 3km from Nai Harn. It is a neighbourhood mosque rather than a landmark, so use the map link. If you want the larger congregation, Rawai Mosque is about 4km further north-east.
- Friday prayer
- Friday prayer held — time posted at the door
- For visitors
- Small village mosque, no visitor facilities to speak of
- Getting there
- Rural Rd 4009 — 2.5km inland from Rawai beach
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tabRawai Mosque (Masjid Aowalul Hidayah)
Rawai
The big one on the south coast — this is what Google calls Rawai Mosque.
The best-known mosque on the southern coast, down a side street off the Chalong–Rawai road towards the water. This is the pin Google returns for 'Rawai Mosque', which is worth knowing, because it is roughly 4km north-east of Rawai beach rather than in the beach village — Masjid Noorul-Ibadah is the nearer one if you are staying on the sand. Rated 4.8 from 140 Google reviews.
- Friday prayer
- Friday prayer held — time posted at the door
- For visitors
- The largest congregation on this coast
- Getting there
- Off the Chalong–Rawai road — about 4km from Rawai beach
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tabMosque Darul Abideen
Nai Yang
Walkable from Nai Yang beach and five minutes from the airport.
On the Thepkrasattri–Nai Yang road in Sa Khu, under a kilometre from Nai Yang beach and about five minutes' drive from Phuket International — which makes it the sensible last stop before a flight or the first after landing. Parking is right in front when it is not busy. Reviewers note the ablution area and toilets are functional rather than comfortable.
- Friday prayer
- Friday prayer held — time posted at the door
- For visitors
- Parking in front; ablution area is basic
- Getting there
- Thepkrasattri–Nai Yang Rd — 5 min from the airport
MosqueFamily friendlyOpen in Maps — opens Google Maps in a new tab
That is all of them.
Prayer times and the azan
No daily timetable is printed here, deliberately. Phuket sits at about 8 degrees north, so the times move through the year, and a fixed list in a travel guide is wrong within a fortnight of being written. A hotel lobby printout is usually worse — nobody updates them.
Use a live source set to Phuket rather than to Bangkok. Bangkok is roughly 700 km north and its times do not transfer; the difference is small but it is real, and it is largest at the ends of the day where it matters most.
The azan is called aloud from the minaret at every mosque on this page, five times a day, and it carries a long way.
In Kamala, Bang Tao, Rawai and the north of the island you will hear it from your room without needing an app at all. On the Patong and Kata strips you will not, so set a phone reminder there.
The mosque itself is the final word. Times are posted at the entrance of every mosque listed here, and where a calculation method differs from local practice, local practice wins.
Friday is the one time worth writing down, because a mosque sets its own jumu'ah and holds it.
Masjid Mukarram in Bang Tao starts the khutbah around 12:45pm and delivers it in Thai and English.
Masjid Nurul Islam in Patong calls the azan around 12:30pm with the prayer around 1:15pm, and puts part of the khutbah in English.
Both were reported the same way by people who attended through 2025 and into 2026 — but neither publishes a time officially, so arrive early rather than exactly on it.
For Ramadan, the start and end of the month are confirmed by moon sighting through the provincial Islamic committee rather than by calculation, so treat any printed date as an expectation.
Where to pray, by area
Find the area you are staying in — each line names the mosque and where it is.
- Bang Tao, Cherng Talay and Laguna — Masjid Mukarram Bangtao, Srisoonthorn Road. The largest mosque on the island.
- Kamala — Kamala Mosque, Khok Yang Road, opposite the sub-district office, in the middle of the village behind the beach.
- Patong — Masjid Nurul Islam, Phrabaramee Road, 700 metres back from the beach. Masjid Nurul Al Huda is 400 metres inland from it and much quieter.
- Phuket Town and the Old Town — Masjid Jamek, known locally as Yameay, on Soi Talingchan by the clock tower. The only mosque near the centre of town.
- Rawai and Nai Harn — Masjid Noorul-Ibadah, Rural Road 4009, is the nearest at about 2.5 km inland. Rawai Mosque (Masjid Aowalul Hidayah) is the bigger congregation but sits 4 km north-east towards Chalong.
- Nai Yang, Mai Khao and the airport — Mosque Darul Abideen, Thepkrasattri–Nai Yang road. Walkable from Nai Yang beach, five minutes from the terminal.
- Kata and Karon — none. See below.
Kata and Karon have no mosque
There is no mosque in Kata or in Karon — worth saying plainly, because other guides invent one. The whole southern west coast — Kata, Karon, Kata Noi and the hills between them — has none. Any page naming a 'Masjid Karon' is describing a building that does not exist.
Ten to fifteen minutes by car, outside rush hour: Masjid Noorul-Ibadah in Rawai, about 4 km south of Kata, or Masjid Nurul Islam in Patong, about 7 km north of Karon.
For the daily prayers this is a non-issue — you pray where you are. It matters on a Friday, and it matters if walking to jumu'ah is part of how you pick a hotel. If it is, stay in Bang Tao, Kamala, Patong or the Old Town instead.
Before you go in
Women's areas vary, and these lists never tell you. Masjid Mukarram in Bang Tao keeps prayer clothing for visitors. Yameay in the Old Town has a side entrance and stairs up to the women's area, with shawls kept there.
Nurul Islam in Patong puts women on the ground floor. The smaller village mosques may have no separate area at all — each card below says which.
Bring your own musalla if you can. Several of these mosques are busy enough on a Friday that mats run out, and it is the one thing nobody sells at the door.
Most hotels used to Gulf visitors will provide a prayer mat and the qibla direction on request. Ask at check-in rather than assuming it is in the room.
Shoulders and knees covered, for men and women, and shoes off at the entrance. Every mosque here is in daily use rather than a monument, so the five daily prayer windows belong to the congregation — visit between them.
Sources
10 sources behind this guide. The places were last checked on .
Photography is licensed stock, credited to irwan zahuri on Pexels. Some images show the named place; where no photograph of a venue exists, the picture shows Thailand rather than that venue.
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