Climate averages 1991–2020
Khon Kaen weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Khon Kaen: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Udon Thani (108 km away). In January its highs average 28.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Khon Kaen, with 7.6 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Khon Kaen ranks 36th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 30.2°C; Khon Kaen is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.2 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Khon Kaen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 7.2 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| February | 31.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 11 | 2.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 34.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 65 | 10.7 | 12.512 h |
| May | 33.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 152 | 20.1 | 12.913 h |
| June | 32.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 134 | 19.1 | 13.113 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 164 | 20.2 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 214 | 23.3 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 237 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 104 | 12.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 29.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.211 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
January in nearby cities
- Udon Thani in JanuaryThailand · 108 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Sakon Nakhon in JanuaryThailand · 161 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Vientiane in JanuaryLaos · 171 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Nakhon Ratchasima in JanuaryThailand · 182 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Savannakhet in JanuaryLaos · 206 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Thakhèk in JanuaryLaos · 238 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Ubon Ratchathani in JanuaryThailand · 254 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Nakhon Sawan in JanuaryThailand · 300 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 9.7 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 Khon Kaen) is explained once on the Khon Kaen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.