Pratumnak, Pattaya: who it suits, the hill, beaches and housing

Where Pratumnak is

Pratumnak (also Pratamnak, Phra Tamnak, พระตำหนัก) is Khao Phra Tamnak hill on the headland between Pattaya Bay and Jomtien Beach, plus the residential streets on its slopes. Pattaya City’s directories call it Pattaya Hill and give addresses on Pratamnak Road, for example Wat Khao Phra Yai temple, “Pratamnak Rd, Nong Prue”. So administratively it is Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, inside Pattaya City.

There is no official boundary. To the north the hill meets Bali Hai pier in South Pattaya, to the south Jomtien Beach; Thappraya Road links the centre with Jomtien. DOPA does not count Pratumnak’s residents separately: the part of Nong Prue inside Pattaya City had 67,228 registered residents in December 2025, a figure that also covers Jomtien and the south of the centre.

Who Pratumnak suits

• Anyone who wants the city hospital within 4 km. Pattaya City Hospital is 3.9 km away, about 7 minutes without traffic, against 7.7 km from Jomtien. The 300-bed Bangkok Hospital Pattaya is 9.3 km away
• People who work in the centre but live away from its noise. Central Pattaya mall is 4.1 km away, about 7 minutes without traffic
• People who walk on the hill. The hilltop viewpoint looks over the whole half-moon of Pattaya Bay, and at the foot of the hill is the 15-rai Chalermprakiat city park, laid out on 5 December 1988
• Koh Larn regulars. Bali Hai pier, where boats leave for the island (7 km, about 45 minutes by the city’s figures), is at the northern edge of the hill
• People who shop on foot. OpenStreetMap shows 36 convenience stores (22 7-Eleven and 9 FamilyMart) and two Tops supermarkets within 1.5 km of Cosy Beach

Who should look elsewhere

• Anyone who wants a long beach at the door. Below the hill there are only the small Cosy Beach and Dongtan Beach; the long beach is in Jomtien, 6.6 km away (about 10 minutes)
• Anyone who wants a price for the hill itself. There is no separate valuation: the Treasury register has only 5 buildings with Pratumnak in the name (median THB 45,500/m², from 38,600 to 62,300), the hill’s other buildings are listed under other names, and the guide is all of Nong Prue at 39,600
• Anyone looking for fresh environmental approvals. In ONEP’s database the latest project with Pratumnak in the name was approved on 2016-06-15 (Chain Pratamnak). New buildings on the hill are on sale, for example Grand Solaire Pattaya with 2,470 units due 2026 Q4, but their data comes only from the developer
• Anyone flying via U-Tapao. Its terminal is 44.4 km away, about 47 minutes without traffic; Jomtien is 7 km closer
• Anyone counting on public transport around the hill. The city’s data has no official songthaew route along Pratamnak Road: in 2019 it described a loop along Beach Road and Second Road and a route over Thappraya Road to Jomtien

Pratumnak by the numbers

The Treasury valuation is used for taxes and fees when a sale is registered; it is not a sale price. Method: all residential units, with or without a balcony (only separate balcony rows, commercial units and other areas are dropped); the median per floor, then per building across floors, then across buildings. The name-based sample for Pratumnak is too small (5 buildings), so use the Nong Prue median, which also covers Jomtien and the south of the centre. We do not publish rents until we have our own dated data.

Climate: by the coordinates in the TMD document, 12°55’ N and 100°52’ E at 59 m above sea level, the Phatthaya weather station (index 48 461) falls right in the hill area. Its normals give 1,105.8 mm of rain a year, driest December to February (2-3 rainy days a month), wettest September and October (16-17 days). The full table is on the Pattaya page.

The hill, beaches and landmarks

Condos on Pratumnak

By name, five completed buildings in Nong Prue in the Treasury register belong to Pratumnak: The Loft Pratumnak (THB 38,600/m²), City Garden Pratumnak A and B (45,500 each), The Place Pratumnak (48,000) and The Point Pratumnak (62,300). The other buildings on the hill are registered under their own names without “Pratumnak”, so the register cannot separate them from the rest of Nong Prue.

ONEP’s Smart EIA Plus database has five projects with “พระตำหนัก” in the name, all approved in 2013-2016: The Garden Pratamnak (2013-11-26), City Garden Pratamnak (2013-12-11), J.P. Khao Phra Tamnak (2014-11-12), Sands (2015-12-25) and Chain Pratamnak (2016-06-15). Nothing newer. The same limit applies: the search was by name, so projects on the hill without the word are missing. EIA approval does not confirm tenure or completion dates.

New buildings on the hill are still being sold, though: our catalogue has 7 projects in Pratumnak (developer-stated data, checked 2026-10-17):

All Pattaya projects with filters are in Pattaya property. Buying as a foreigner? Start with how freehold, the 49% foreign quota and leasehold work: tenure and the remaining quota must be confirmed for each project.

Living on Pratumnak: schools, hospitals, shops, transport

Schools. The Ministry of Education (OPEC) register has no licensed international school with a Pratumnak address. Nong Prue has three (Thara Pattana, Mooltripakdee, Burapha Phatthanasat) and the French EFIP International School is in neighbouring Huay Yai. Check addresses on a map, as the subdistrict is large; more on the Jomtien page.

Hospitals. Pratumnak is the closest of the southern areas to the city’s hospitals:

Routes: to Pattaya City Hospital, to Jomtien Hospital and to Bangkok Hospital Pattaya, OSRM, 2026-10-17. Private hospitals come from the Ministry of Public Health inpatient list (HSS, 2026-07-31), the municipal hospital from open HA accreditation data.

Shops. On OpenStreetMap as of 2026-10-17, within 1.5 km of Cosy Beach there are 36 convenience stores (22 7-Eleven, 9 FamilyMart), two Tops supermarkets, a Mini So, and the Pratamnak Night Market and Pattaya Park Night Plaza. We checked locations on the map only.

Transport. According to the city in 2019, Pattaya has no regular city bus. Songthaews loop along Beach Road and Second Road, and one route crosses Thappraya Road to Jomtien; the average fare in 2019 was 10 baht per ride, and we found no newer official fare. Around the hill, ride-hailing apps or your own scooter are easier; licence rules are in can I ride a scooter with a car licence.

Seasons and weather

TMD’s Phatthaya station, 1991-2020 normals: 1,105.8 mm of rain a year, half of what Phuket Town gets. It is dry from December (11.7 mm) to February (19.9 mm); the wettest months are September (213.6 mm) and October (224.5 mm, 17 rainy days), and by November rain drops to 56.6 mm. Month by month: Pattaya in October and in November.

Pratumnak vs its neighbours

Sources: Treasury (snapshot 2024-08-05, our calculation) and OSRM routes on OpenStreetMap (2026-10-17) from Cosy Beach, Jomtien Beach, Na Jomtien Beach and Central Pattaya mall. Cosy Beach to Jomtien Beach is 6.6 km, about 10 minutes.

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