Koh Samui trip budget for solo, couple, family and friends

A 7-day trip to Koh Samui from Riyadh is expected to cost about ⁨11,250–13,300 SAR⁩ for one traveller and about ⁨30,700–37,300 SAR⁩ for a family of four, flights included.

Expected cost by who is travelling

Who is travelling	Whole trip	Per person (central estimate)	Rooms / nights	Getting there	Being there	Change it
Solo (1)	⁨11,250–13,300 SAR⁩	⁨12,200 SAR⁩	1 rooms x 6 nights	⁨2,300–3,600 SAR⁩	⁨8,950–9,700 SAR⁩	Open in the calculator
Couple (2)	⁨15,350–18,650 SAR⁩	⁨8,500 SAR⁩	1 rooms x 6 nights	⁨4,650–7,200 SAR⁩	⁨10,700–11,450 SAR⁩	Open in the calculator
Family (4)	⁨30,700–37,300 SAR⁩	⁨8,500 SAR⁩	2 rooms x 6 nights	⁨9,300–14,400 SAR⁩	⁨21,400–22,900 SAR⁩	Open in the calculator
Friends (6)	⁨46,000–56,100 SAR⁩	⁨8,500 SAR⁩	3 rooms x 6 nights	⁨13,900–21,700 SAR⁩	⁨32,100–34,400 SAR⁩	Open in the calculator

Party size, rooms and what the totals mean

Every row is a whole-party total in SAR: rooms are counted at two travellers per room, and the per-person column simply divides that total by the number of travellers. No child age, child fare or child discount is modelled anywhere, so a family row prices its travellers as one room for every two travellers.

Guide: comparing destinations on the total budget

What these figures assume

Rooms are counted at two people per room. No family-room or triple capacity is assumed, and no children's discount is applied, because neither is recorded.
7 days means 6 nights of accommodation.
Flights are priced from Riyadh. A different origin changes the getting-there figure, not the being-there figure.
Priced at the destination's typical month: Seasonal price level: High.
Recorded sensible minimum is 4 days; the recorded ideal range is 5 to 7 days.
Modelled from distance and market, not route-calibrated

The cost model behind this page has a baseline date of 2026-09-13. It is the model baseline, not the date of the underlying airfare, hotel or price references — any dated sample on this page carries its own dates, shown with it. Prices are planning estimates, not quotes or availability. See which data the estimates use and when it was recorded

Where the ground-cost figures for Koh Samui come from

Two different things are shown on this page. The table above is our engine adapting a sample to a Riyadh departure, a flexible month and your chosen party, with flights modelled separately. The block below is the original dated sample the ground-cost side of that estimate rests on.

The dated source sample

2027-02-02 to 2027-02-08 — 6 nights across 7 calendar days, 2 adults sharing 1 room. Ground spending only: international airfare is not part of this sample.

Scope: Samui island arriving at the island airport; Ang Thong is an optional excursion, and Phangan, Tao and the mainland ferry are excluded.

The three supplied ground-cost tiers

Tier	Per person, per day
Budget	⁨150 USD⁩ – ⁨160 USD⁩
Mid-range	⁨167 USD⁩ – ⁨181 USD⁩
Luxury	⁨599 USD⁩ – ⁨695 USD⁩

On-the-ground US dollars, per person, per day, excluding international airfare.

What separates these tiers in the source record: The three tiers are the hotel and room styles that were sampled for this island. Each scenario below names its hotel, room, rate terms and tax treatment. A tier is a lodging style, not a price ladder, and sampled tiers can overlap.

The party table above is modelled from these ground figures and adds a separately modelled flight. Only the ground side excludes international airfare; the table totals do not, when flights are switched on.

How to read these costs

This sample was priced for February 2027 dates, not for the same November week as most other Batch 2 cities.

The six dated scenarios, line by line

Six dated, itemised scenarios from 2027-02-02 to 2027-02-08: 6 nights and 7 calendar days for two adults in one room, which is 14 person-days. Prices are as observed, and are not multiplied out to other party sizes or trip lengths.

USM-budget-1 — 1,834.3 EUR · 150.15 USD per person per ground day

Hotel sampled: ibis Samui Bophut — Double21m²

Rate terms: Nonrefundable prepaid