Climate Sukhothai Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sukhothai Airport (VTPO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	58.3	87	84	65	62	11
February	36.4	59	58	56	47	16
March	30.7	54	35	43	27	25
April	44.0		37	52	56	50
May	79.7		92	79	92	92
June	79.6		91	95	86	85
July	76.4		96	81	73	84
August	70.9		95	81	75	73
September	74.7		75	77	72	86
October	74.6		89	90	76	73
November	85.8		99	91	96	95
December	72.4		97	92	77	98
Average	64.5	66.8	79.0	74.6	70.0	65.8

30th 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	82.2	99	98	98	84	36
February	72.1	93	90	93	78	53
March	72.9	94	83	91	81	78
April	86.2		96	94	94	89
May	97.3		100	98	99	100
June	98.3		99	100	100	99
July	98.0		100	99	99	99
August	97.7		100	98	100	99
September	97.0		99	97	97	99
October	97.1		99	99	99	96
November	97.4		100	99	100	100
December	93.0		100	99	100	100
Average	90.7	95.1	96.9	97.1	94.3	87.3

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	30.9	31	30	31	30	33
February	33.0	34	33	31	33	34
March	35.8	37	36	35	36	37
April	36.6		39	36	34	37
May	35.6		37	33	36	37
June	33.8		35	34	34	35
July	33.0		34	33	32	35
August	32.2		34	32	33	32
September	32.4		32	32	32	32
October	32.1		32	32	32	31
November	32.3		32	33	32	33
December	30.6		32	30	30	31
Average	33.3	34.0	33.7	32.6	32.6	33.7

9th 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	19.8	21	18	20	18	20
February	20.2	22	20	21	19	20
March	23.3	24	23	24	24	24
April	25.3		26	25	24	26
May	26.1		27	25	26	27
June	25.7		26	25	26	26
July	25.5		26	25	25	26
August	25.0		26	25	26	25
September	25.1		26	25	25	26
October	24.6		25	24	25	24
November	23.1		24	23	24	23
December	20.0		22	21	19	19
Average	23.4	22.1	24.0	23.4	23.3	23.8

20th 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	0.4	1	0	0	0	0
February	0.3	0	0	3	0	0
March	0.2	0	1	0	0	0
April	0.7		0	1	1	2
May	2.3		2	7	0	0
June	2.5		3	3	2	1
July	5.1		2	4	8	1
August	7.1		10	9	7	6
September	5.9		11	6	10	3
October	3.1		6	4	2	3
November	0.5		0	1	1	0
December	0.4		0	0	0	0
Average	2.2	0.6	2.9	3.3	2.5	1.2

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	2.9	3	3	3	3	3
February	2.9	3	3	3	3	4
March	3.3	3	3	3	4	4
April	3.5		3	3	3	4
May	3.4		4	4	3	3
June	4.4		5	4	5	4
July	4.7		4	3	4	4
August	4.5		5	4	4	4
September	3.4		3	3	4	3
October	3.0		3	3	3	3
November	3.0		3	3	3	3
December	3.1		3	3	3	3
Average	3.4	2.8	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.5

9th 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	230°	268°	190°	114°	161°
February	168°	181°	174°	151°	160°
March	154°	169°	158°	156°	158°
April		164°	162°	150°	152°
May		204°	182°	180°	183°
June		198°	189°	212°	181°
July		214°	205°	201°	187°
August		207°	190°	207°	196°
September		176°	240°	235°	197°
October		241°	347°	245°	351°
November		011°	323°	332°	012°
December		328°	201°	320°	348°

Prevailing wind direction

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