Climate averages 1991–2020
Lampang weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lampang: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiang Mai (77 km away). In May its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Lampang, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Lampang ranks joint 26th of 46 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 46 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 46 cities is 32.7°C; Lampang is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 180 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Lampang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| February | 32.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| March | 34.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 22 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 32.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 168 | 19.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 180 | 22.9 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 202 | 24.6 | 13.113 h |
| August | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 272 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 256 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 126 | 15.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 27 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| December | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 12 | 1.8 | 11.111 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
May in nearby cities
- Chiang Mai in MayThailand · 77 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Chiang Rai in MayThailand · 183 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 292 mm rain
- Thaton in MayMyanmar · 272 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 428 mm rain
- Mawlamyine in MayMyanmar · 282 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 374 mm rain
- Mudon in MayMyanmar · 294 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 356 mm rain
- Nyaunglebin in MayMyanmar · 295 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Nakhon Sawan in MayThailand · 296 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Taungoo in MayMyanmar · 330 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 198 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 Lampang) is explained once on the Lampang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.