Climate averages 1991–2020
Surat Thani weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Surat Thani: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakhon Si Thammarat (105 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, 3.0°C cooler than Surat Thani, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Surat Thani ranks joint 25th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 44th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 33.1°C; Surat Thani is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 114 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Surat Thani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 31.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 32 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 33.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 92 | 9.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 114 | 14.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 124 | 22.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 95 | 18.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 89 | 18.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 108 | 19.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 154 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 268 | 27.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 267 | 23.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 149 | 15.7 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in MarchThailand · 105 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Phuket in MarchThailand · 173 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Ban Mai in MarchThailand · 253 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Hat Yai in MarchThailand · 268 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Alor Setar in MarchMalaysia · 354 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Yala in MarchThailand · 360 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Pendang in MarchMalaysia · 372 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Myeik in MarchMyanmar · 376 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 97 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 Surat Thani) is explained once on the Surat Thani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.