Si Racha climate
Si Racha is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 23 °C. September is the wettest month (232 mm) and December the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Si Racha averages 1,214 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
Thailand · population 178,916 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month December 23 °C
- Driest month December 11 mm
- Wettest month September 232 mm
- Least cloud February 39 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 36 °C
- Coldest on record December 14 °C
- Warmest sea May 31 °C
What to expectSi Racha through the year
Si Racha changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 and 32 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 216 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 232 mm against 11 mm in December — 21 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Si Racha is warmest in May at 31 °C and coldest in January at 28 °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 | 30.1 °C | 21 mm | 44 % |
| February | 30.6 °C | 23 mm | 39 % |
| March | 31.3 °C | 58 mm | 45 % |
| April | 31.9 °C | 90 mm | 58 % |
| May | 31.2 °C | 143 mm | 81 % |
| June | 30.5 °C | 127 mm | 88 % |
| July | 30.0 °C | 133 mm | 88 % |
| August | 29.8 °C | 135 mm | 90 % |
| September | 29.5 °C | 232 mm | 89 % |
| October | 29.6 °C | 197 mm | 77 % |
| November | 30.1 °C | 42 mm | 56 % |
| December | 29.9 °C | 11 mm | 50 % |
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 | 30.1 °C | 22.9 °C | 26.4 °C | 34.1 °C | 16.2 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| February | 30.6 °C | 24.1 °C | 27.1 °C | 34.2 °C | 16.2 °C | 28 | 20 | 0 |
| March | 31.3 °C | 25.5 °C | 28.1 °C | 34.4 °C | 17.7 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| April | 31.9 °C | 26.7 °C | 29.0 °C | 35.1 °C | 21.7 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| May | 31.2 °C | 26.8 °C | 28.8 °C | 35.5 °C | 24.5 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| June | 30.5 °C | 26.7 °C | 28.4 °C | 34.1 °C | 24.7 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| July | 30.0 °C | 26.3 °C | 28.0 °C | 32.6 °C | 24.4 °C | 31 | 14 | 0 |
| August | 29.8 °C | 26.2 °C | 27.8 °C | 33.0 °C | 24.6 °C | 31 | 11 | 0 |
| September | 29.5 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.4 °C | 32.0 °C | 23.8 °C | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| October | 29.6 °C | 24.8 °C | 26.9 °C | 33.2 °C | 20.3 °C | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| November | 30.1 °C | 24.0 °C | 26.9 °C | 33.4 °C | 18.1 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| December | 29.9 °C | 22.6 °C | 26.2 °C | 33.2 °C | 14.3 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 44 % | 70 % | 14 km/h | 27.5 °C |
| February | 23 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 74 % | 15 km/h | 28.0 °C |
| March | 58 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 77 % | 15 km/h | 29.0 °C |
| April | 90 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 77 % | 14 km/h | 30.1 °C |
| May | 143 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 81 % | 80 % | 15 km/h | 30.6 °C |
| June | 127 mm | 21 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 79 % | 16 km/h | 30.2 °C |
| July | 133 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 80 % | 17 km/h | 29.7 °C |
| August | 135 mm | 23 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 80 % | 17 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| September | 232 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 83 % | 13 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| October | 197 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 77 % | 83 % | 12 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| November | 42 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 73 % | 15 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| December | 11 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 50 % | 66 % | 16 km/h | 27.9 °C |
Where Si Racha ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May | 6thof 50 | 31 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May | 7thof 50 | 31 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in April | 16thof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in April | 16thof 50 | 30 °C |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in December | 36thof 50 | 95/100 |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June | 39thof 50 | 30 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Si Racha.
QuestionsCommon questions about Si Racha’s climate
When is the best time to visit Si Racha?
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 Si Racha get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 216 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 23 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Si Racha?
September, averaging 232 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,214 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 Si Racha 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.