Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakhon Si Thammarat weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Nakhon Si Thammarat: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surat Thani (105 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 1.7°C warmer than Nakhon Si Thammarat, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Nakhon Si Thammarat ranks 44th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 46th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 30.2°C; Nakhon Si Thammarat is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 59 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
Nakhon Si Thammarat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 125 | 16.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 59 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 120 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 123 | 23.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 93 | 21.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 97 | 21.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 117 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 149 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 274 | 28.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 358 | 25.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 250 | 20.0 | 11.612 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
- Surat Thani in JanuaryThailand · 105 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Ban Mai in JanuaryThailand · 151 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Hat Yai in JanuaryThailand · 168 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Phuket in JanuaryThailand · 183 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Yala in JanuaryThailand · 256 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Alor Setar in JanuaryMalaysia · 261 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Pendang in JanuaryMalaysia · 277 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Sungai Petani in JanuaryMalaysia · 315 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 82 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 Nakhon Si Thammarat) is explained once on the Nakhon Si Thammarat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.