Pattaya enjoys a tropical wet and dry climate, which is divided into the following seasons: warm and dry (November to February), hot and humid (March to May), and hot and rainy (June to October).
The most comfortable time of year coincides with the peak tourist season, which is over the Christmas and New Year period.
Aksorn Pattaya School
Best Burapa
Garden Intern. School
International School of the Eastern Seaboard
International School of the Regents
International School of Pattaya
Montessori Children's Center International Pattaya
St. Andrews International School
Artino
BEC Language & Cult. School
DK The World Of Knowledge
PEC Pattaya Education & Computer School | PETS Pattaya Education & Tutorial School | Pattaya Commercial College
Worldwide TEFL
TEFL Inter Continental
Many foreign tourists come to Pattaya for dental and medical care, for first class treatment at reasonable prices.
Large hospitals in the area include Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, Pattaya International Hospital, Banglamung Hospital, and Pattaya Memorial Hospital.
In recent years, new shopping malls, outlet stores and jewelry stores have opened up, which has helped in increasing the length of stay of visitors to the city.
Among the shopping malls are:
Central Festival, Pattaya Second Road ñ Indoor mall anchored by a BigC; also has a SF Cinema City branch.
Carrefour, Pattaya Central Road
Mike Shopping Mall, Beach Road
Royal Garden Plaza, Beach Road ñ Three-story indoor mall with a Ripley's Believe It or Not museum and an SF Multiplex cinema. Also has a Sizzler restaurant, Au Bon Pain, KFC, McDonald's, Auntie Anne's Pretzels, ZEN Japanese restaurant, Swensen's, Haagen Daz, Pizza Company, Delice de France, and a large food court. The Marriott Hotel is adjacent.
Tesco Lotus, Pattaya North Road
TukCom, Pattaya Tai (South) Road, boasts a large computer/IT complex offering reasonable prices.
Several new large malls are in various planning stages.
Pattaya has many large home improvement stores including Home Mart, HomeWorks, Home Pro, Kanyong and True Value.
The closest department store to Pattaya is Robinson's, located about 30 minutes away in Sri Racha.
There are several large nightly markets in different parts of town.
Pattaya has several foreign language newspapers, most come out weekly.
The English newspapers include Pattaya Mail, Pattaya People, Pattaya Today.
Additionally, there are French, Norwegian, German, Russian and Japanese publications.
There are several English language cable t.v. programs with news and video reports from Pattaya.