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When is the best time to visit Thailand?

The best time to visit Thailand is between November and March, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

Thailand is a warm-year climate with a drier stretch and a wetter one, not four seasons in the European sense. The hot months are the outdoor months until the rain takes over. The pin on this page is a country centroid. Chiang Mai, Phuket and Krabi will not feel like the same week, and a city page is the honest place to read the year if you already know where you are going.

Most visitors come in the drier stretch and treat the wet months as a different trip: slower days, heavier skies, still warm. The monthly table on this page still owns the averages. This layer is how Thailand actually feels.

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Dry season

The drier stretch in Thailand is when outdoor days are the default. January, February, March and April sit on that side of the year. Heat is still the point. Rain is not gone, it is no longer in charge.

A country pin hides local storms. Read a city page if you already know the neighbourhood. Pack for sun and for one wet afternoon you did not plan, not for a temperate spring jacket.

Read Thailand in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Wet season

The wetter stretch in Thailand is still warm. May, June, July and August sit on that side of the year. Days can be heavy. Showers arrive, dump, and often leave the air stickier than before.

This is a slower trip, not a cancelled one. Build indoor hours into the afternoon. Do not treat Thailand as closed. Treat it as a place where the sky does more of the talking than it does in the dry months.

Read Thailand in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Thailand weather by month

TemperatureRainfall

Source: MeteostatPeriod: 1991-2020Checked: 2 Sept 2026358 places covered

Average temperature and rainfall, month by month

Every figure below is a 1991–2020 climate normal for Thailand, in °C and °F. Open a month for what to expect and what to pack.

Thailand weather by month: average temperature, rainfall, sunshine for each month, from 1991–2020 climate normals
MonthAverageRainfall
January28°C / 83°F18 mm
February30°C / 85°F22 mm
March31°C / 87°F43 mm
April32°C / 89°F92 mm
May31°C / 88°F221 mm
June30°C / 87°F187 mm
July30°C / 86°F184 mm
August30°C / 85°F227 mm
September29°C / 85°F331 mm
October29°C / 85°F276 mm
November29°C / 84°F42 mm
December28°C / 82°F7 mm

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FAQs about Thailand weather

Climate averages for Thailand, 1991–2020.

The best time to visit Thailand is between November and March, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

April is the hottest month, with an average around 32°C.

September is the wettest month, with about 331 mm of rain.

Thailand has a distinct rainy season from May to October, peaking in September at about 331 mm. The dry season runs from November to April.

December is the coolest month, averaging 28°C (82°F) against 32°C (89°F) in April.

This page does not show today's weather. It is a 1991–2020 climate normal from Meteostat — a long-run average of what each month is usually like, which is what you want when booking ahead. For today or the coming week, check a live forecast.

No. These are 1991–2020 climate normals from Meteostat, not a live forecast. Actual weather in any given week can differ.