Nong Khaem climate
Nong Khaem is warmest in April, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (249 mm) and December the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Nong Khaem averages 1,277 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
Thailand · population 150,218 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month April 35 °C
- Coldest month December 22 °C
- Driest month December 11 mm
- Wettest month September 249 mm
- Least cloud February 35 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 40 °C
- Coldest on record December 13 °C
What to expectNong Khaem through the year
Nong Khaem has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in December to 35 °C in April, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 305 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 249 mm against 11 mm in December — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0 °C | 17 mm | 40 % |
| February | 32.4 °C | 15 mm | 35 % |
| March | 33.6 °C | 45 mm | 41 % |
| April | 34.7 °C | 75 mm | 55 % |
| May | 33.4 °C | 148 mm | 80 % |
| June | 32.4 °C | 144 mm | 88 % |
| July | 31.8 °C | 148 mm | 90 % |
| August | 31.5 °C | 160 mm | 91 % |
| September | 31.0 °C | 249 mm | 88 % |
| October | 30.4 °C | 217 mm | 74 % |
| November | 30.9 °C | 47 mm | 55 % |
| December | 30.6 °C | 11 mm | 48 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0 °C | 21.7 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.0 °C | 13.6 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| February | 32.4 °C | 23.4 °C | 27.6 °C | 36.4 °C | 15.9 °C | 28 | 26 | 0 |
| March | 33.6 °C | 25.3 °C | 29.0 °C | 39.0 °C | 17.0 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| April | 34.7 °C | 26.8 °C | 30.1 °C | 39.2 °C | 20.6 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 33.4 °C | 26.6 °C | 29.4 °C | 39.6 °C | 23.8 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| June | 32.4 °C | 26.1 °C | 28.7 °C | 37.7 °C | 24.0 °C | 30 | 28 | 0 |
| July | 31.8 °C | 25.6 °C | 28.2 °C | 36.9 °C | 23.5 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| August | 31.5 °C | 25.4 °C | 27.9 °C | 37.8 °C | 23.2 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| September | 31.0 °C | 24.9 °C | 27.4 °C | 36.4 °C | 22.5 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| October | 30.4 °C | 24.1 °C | 26.8 °C | 34.8 °C | 18.9 °C | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| November | 30.9 °C | 23.2 °C | 26.8 °C | 35.2 °C | 16.4 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| December | 30.6 °C | 21.7 °C | 26.1 °C | 34.8 °C | 13.1 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 40 % | 66 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 15 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 35 % | 68 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 45 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 41 % | 71 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 75 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| May | 148 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 80 % | 75 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 144 mm | 23 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 76 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 148 mm | 23 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 77 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 160 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 91 % | 78 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 249 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 82 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 217 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 82 % | 10 km/h |
| November | 47 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 55 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 11 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 62 % | 12 km/h |
Where Nong Khaem ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in Asia in December | 17thof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in Asia in January | 25thof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in Asia in November | 40thof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in Asia in February | 47thof 50 | 32 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Nong Khaem’s climate
When is the best time to visit Nong Khaem?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Nong Khaem get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 305 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 22 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Nong Khaem?
September, averaging 249 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,277 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Nong Khaem rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.