Samut Prakan climate
Samut Prakan is warmest in April, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (226 mm) and December the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Samut Prakan averages 1,132 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
Thailand · population 388,920 · 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 33 °C
- Coldest month December 22 °C
- Driest month December 10 mm
- Wettest month September 226 mm
- Least cloud February 36 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 38 °C
- Coldest on record December 13 °C
- Warmest sea May 31 °C
What to expectSamut Prakan through the year
Samut Prakan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in December to 33 °C in April, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 283 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 226 mm against 10 mm in December — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Samut Prakan is warmest in May at 31 °C and coldest in January at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5 °C | 18 mm | 41 % |
| February | 31.5 °C | 16 mm | 36 % |
| March | 32.4 °C | 43 mm | 43 % |
| April | 33.4 °C | 76 mm | 56 % |
| May | 32.5 °C | 129 mm | 80 % |
| June | 31.7 °C | 116 mm | 87 % |
| July | 31.1 °C | 125 mm | 89 % |
| August | 30.8 °C | 131 mm | 90 % |
| September | 30.4 °C | 226 mm | 88 % |
| October | 30.1 °C | 197 mm | 75 % |
| November | 30.6 °C | 44 mm | 54 % |
| December | 30.3 °C | 10 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 | 30.5 °C | 22.3 °C | 26.4 °C | 34.7 °C | 14.6 °C | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| February | 31.5 °C | 24.0 °C | 27.6 °C | 35.1 °C | 15.5 °C | 28 | 25 | 0 |
| March | 32.4 °C | 25.8 °C | 28.7 °C | 36.0 °C | 17.6 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| April | 33.4 °C | 27.1 °C | 29.8 °C | 37.0 °C | 21.0 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 32.5 °C | 27.0 °C | 29.4 °C | 38.0 °C | 24.0 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| June | 31.7 °C | 26.6 °C | 28.8 °C | 36.4 °C | 24.5 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| July | 31.1 °C | 26.2 °C | 28.3 °C | 35.8 °C | 24.3 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| August | 30.8 °C | 25.9 °C | 28.0 °C | 35.5 °C | 24.2 °C | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| September | 30.4 °C | 25.4 °C | 27.5 °C | 35.0 °C | 23.4 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| October | 30.1 °C | 24.4 °C | 27.0 °C | 33.8 °C | 18.9 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| November | 30.6 °C | 23.4 °C | 26.8 °C | 34.6 °C | 17.3 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| December | 30.3 °C | 21.9 °C | 26.1 °C | 34.8 °C | 12.9 °C | 31 | 20 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 41 % | 67 % | 14 km/h | 27.4 °C |
| February | 16 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 36 % | 70 % | 17 km/h | 28.0 °C |
| March | 43 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 43 % | 72 % | 18 km/h | 29.0 °C |
| April | 76 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 72 % | 17 km/h | 30.2 °C |
| May | 129 mm | 19 | 13 h/day | 80 % | 76 % | 17 km/h | 30.7 °C |
| June | 116 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 87 % | 76 % | 18 km/h | 30.2 °C |
| July | 125 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 89 % | 77 % | 18 km/h | 29.7 °C |
| August | 131 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 78 % | 18 km/h | 29.5 °C |
| September | 226 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 82 % | 15 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| October | 197 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 82 % | 12 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| November | 44 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 54 % | 72 % | 14 km/h | 28.8 °C |
| December | 10 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 63 % | 15 km/h | 27.7 °C |
Where Samut Prakan ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May | 3rd of 50 | 31 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May | 4th of 50 | 31 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in April | 10th of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in April | 10th of 50 | 30 °C |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in December | 38th of 50 | 94/100 |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June | 41st of 50 | 30 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Samut Prakan.
QuestionsCommon questions about Samut Prakan’s climate
When is the best time to visit Samut Prakan?
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 Samut Prakan get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 283 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °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 Samut Prakan?
September, averaging 226 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,132 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 Samut Prakan 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
- Data point
- 13.598°, 100.597° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.