Climate averages 1991–2020
Chiang Rai weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Chiang Rai: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiang Mai (153 km away). In February its highs average 31.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Chiang Rai, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Chiang Rai ranks 43rd of 46 for the warmest February highs and joint 21st of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 31.7°C; Chiang Rai is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chiang Rai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 22 | 3.0 | 11.111 h |
| February, selected | 30.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.511 h |
| March | 33.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 42 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 132 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 292 | 22.8 | 13.113 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 297 | 26.2 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 398 | 28.4 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 383 | 28.8 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 295 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 139 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 49 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| December | 25.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 27 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Chiang Mai in FebruaryThailand · 153 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Lampang in FebruaryThailand · 183 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in FebruaryMyanmar · 192 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Möng Yang in FebruaryMyanmar · 216 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in FebruaryChina · 255 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Menglang in FebruaryChina · 295 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Taunggyi in FebruaryMyanmar · 307 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in FebruaryMyanmar · 314 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chiang Rai) is explained once on the Chiang Rai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.