Climate
Chiang Mai has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw), tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, with warm to hot weather year-round, though nighttime conditions during the dry season can be cool and are much lower than daytime highs. The maximum temperature ever recorded is 42.4°C in May 2005.
| Climate data for Chiang Mai (1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.1 (97.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 6.9 (0.272) |
4.6 (0.181) |
13.0 (0.512) |
50.1 (1.972) |
158.4 (6.236) |
131.6 (5.181) |
160.8 (6.331) |
236.0 (9.291) |
227.6 (8.961) |
121.9 (4.799) |
52.8 (2.079) |
19.8 (0.78) |
1,183.5 (46.594) |
| Avg. rainy days | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 118 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 282.1 | 276.9 | 279.0 | 270.0 | 266.6 | 180.0 | 155.0 | 142.6 | 174.0 | 223.2 | 234.0 | 257.3 | 2,740.7 |
| Source #1: Thai Meteorological Department | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
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