Climate Ye 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mae Sot Airport (VTPM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	73.2	79	75	93	75	56
February	55.0	53	38	83	59	26
March	46.6	42	36	90	40	29
April	71.6	54	65	86	87	64
May	89.5		94	87	97	95
June	74.9		80	92	88	88
July	62.6		69	80	66	83
August	57.8		62	78	79	66
September	71.6		66	80	79	84
October	83.2		78	90	88	87
November	94.2		97	90	94	98
December	85.6		95	92	92	90
Average	70.4	57.1	71.1	86.4	78.6	71.8

17th best VFR conditions of Thailand

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.4	96	98	100	96	84
February	85.8	84	79	99	95	63
March	80.5	81	72	100	85	67
April	95.3	95	97	98	99	90
May	99.6		100	99	99	100
June	99.0		98	99	100	100
July	97.4		99	100	97	100
August	98.1		97	99	99	98
September	99.3		99	100	100	99
October	99.2		100	98	100	99
November	99.1		100	97	100	99
December	97.1		100	99	100	99
Average	95.0	89.0	94.9	98.8	97.5	91.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.4	31	31	32	31	32
February	33.2	34	33	32	33	33
March	35.1	36	35	35	36	36
April	35.9	37	37	35	34	37
May	34.1		34	32	35	36
June	31.0		31	31	30	32
July	29.8		30	31	29	32
August	29.7		30	30	30	30
September	30.9		30	30	31	31
October	31.5		31	32	31	30
November	32.0		32	33	32	32
December	30.8		32	32	30	31
Average	32.4	34.7	32.1	32.0	31.8	32.6

15th highest temperature of Thailand

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.6	18	15	17	16	17
February	18.5	18	18	18	18	18
March	21.3	21	21	23	22	20
April	24.3	25	24	24	24	23
May	25.4		25	24	25	26
June	24.5		25	24	24	25
July	24.1		24	24	24	25
August	23.7		24	24	24	24
September	24.1		24	24	24	24
October	23.3		24	22	24	24
November	21.1		21	21	21	21
December	17.8		19	19	16	17
Average	22.1	20.4	21.9	21.9	21.7	21.9

9th lowest temperature of Thailand

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.6	3	0	1	0	0
February	0.5	0	1	2	0	0
March	0.2	1	0	1	0	0
April	0.7	0	1	0	3	0
May	4.9		3	15	2	2
June	15.1		15	11	22	9
July	23.7		20	13	35	8
August	25.0		27	19	18	19
September	12.3		17	14	15	8
October	5.0		9	6	5	6
November	0.3		0	1	1	0
December	0.1		0	1	0	0
Average	6.8	0.8	7.8	7.2	8.6	4.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.6	3	5	4	4	3
February	4.0	4	4	4	4	3
March	4.8	5	5	5	4	5
April	5.5	7	6	6	5	4
May	5.8		6	5	5	6
June	5.3		5	5	5	5
July	4.9		5	5	5	5
August	4.6		5	5	4	5
September	3.9		4	4	3	4
October	3.9		3	5	3	4
November	4.3		5	4	4	5
December	4.4		4	5	5	4
Average	4.6	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.3	4.4

15th highest wind speed of Thailand

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	256°	049°	268°	043°	265°
February	257°	322°	267°	267°	257°
March	246°	245°	237°	253°	252°
April	239°	242°	234°	247°	249°
May		237°	221°	242°	247°
June		253°	246°	246°	250°
July		238°	242°	235°	247°
August		233°	235°	239°	234°
September		245°	243°	247°	247°
October		285°	066°	007°	049°
November		064°	044°	053°	073°
December		060°	053°	057°	054°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.