Climate averages 1991–2020
Surat Thani weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Surat Thani: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 268 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakhon Si Thammarat (105 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Surat Thani, with 274 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Surat Thani ranks joint 37th of 46 for the warmest October highs and joint 41st of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 29.9°C; Surat Thani is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 268 mm to 267 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in OctoberThailand · 105 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 274 mm rain
- Phuket in OctoberThailand · 173 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 306 mm rain
- Ban Mai in OctoberThailand · 253 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Hat Yai in OctoberThailand · 268 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 285 mm rain
- Alor Setar in OctoberMalaysia · 354 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 320 mm rain
- Yala in OctoberThailand · 360 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 268 mm rain
- Pendang in OctoberMalaysia · 372 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 328 mm rain
- Myeik in OctoberMyanmar · 376 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 367 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.