Best time to visit Thailand

Thailand is represented here by Bangkok (13.8°, 100.5°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 1361 mm of rain a year, and a 6.1°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Thailand falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Bangkok

Bangkok is hottest in April (average 31.4°C) and coolest in December (25.3°C). The monsoon runs May–October.

Open the Bangkok page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Bangkok: typical hottest-month average 31.4°C and about 1361 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Bangkok (December, January, and February).

Bangkok in Thailand

Bangkok sits at 13.75°, 100.50°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. April is the warmest month at 31.4°C (high 36.6°C); December is the coolest at 25.3°C (low 19.7°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 6.1°C.

The monsoon runs from May to October. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are December, January, and February. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 5,104,476. The wettest month is September (278 mm, 27 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is December (10 mm).