Samui Airport

VTSM · Surat Thani, Thailand

Climate Samui Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Samui Airport (VTSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.3 96 96 99 98 92
February 91.9 97 95 89 99 95
March 95.9 100 99 98 100 100
April 92.3 99 93 98 96
May 96.8 99 91 99 98
June 97.9 98 100 99 99
July 96.9 91 97 100 99
August 98.2 97 99 100 99
September 97.6 91 99 99 99
October 94.9 93 93 99 99
November 87.3 70 91 91 97
December 89.3 88 80 97 96
Average 94.7 97.7 93.2 94.5 98.1 97.4

7th 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 98.5 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.3 99 99 99 100 99
March 99.6 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.0 100 98 100 99
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.6 99 100 100 100
August 99.5 100 99 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 99 99 100
November 98.3 99 98 96 100
December 98.9 99 99 99 100
Average 99.3 99.6 99.6 99.2 99.5 99.8

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 30.4 32 31 31 30 31
February 30.7 31 31 30 31 31
March 31.6 32 31 32 31 32
April 32.6 34 32 33 32
May 33.3 34 32 33 34
June 33.1 33 33 34 33
July 32.6 33 32 33 33
August 32.7 34 33 33 33
September 32.2 32 33 32 32
October 31.7 32 31 32 31
November 30.9 31 31 30 32
December 30.6 32 30 31 31
Average 31.8 31.7 32.3 31.7 31.7 32.0

20th 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 25.8 26 25 27 26 26
February 26.3 27 26 26 27 27
March 27.0 28 27 27 28 27
April 27.7 28 27 29 28
May 27.8 28 27 29 28
June 27.5 28 28 29 27
July 27.3 28 27 28 27
August 27.2 28 27 28 27
September 26.8 27 27 28 26
October 26.4 27 26 28 26
November 25.9 26 25 26 27
December 25.7 26 26 27 26
Average 26.8 27.1 26.8 26.6 27.6 26.8

34th 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 7.3 7 3 3 3 3
February 4.8 2 9 11 2 7
March 2.0 0 2 4 2 0
April 6.3 1 8 4 12
May 6.7 4 16 9 3
June 6.3 9 4 3 7
July 7.5 10 11 6 9
August 6.5 3 7 7 7
September 10.1 13 11 11 12
October 12.8 6 20 15 16
November 18.0 22 23 31 12
December 12.7 11 24 9 9
Average 7.7 2.9 7.4 11.3 8.3 7.7

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 6.9 7 7 9 8 7
February 8.6 9 7 8 10 9
March 7.9 9 8 7 9 8
April 6.4 6 5 6 7
May 5.7 6 6 6 5
June 5.4 6 5 8 4
July 5.6 7 6 6 4
August 6.2 7 5 6 5
September 5.8 6 5 6 5
October 5.0 5 4 7 5
November 5.7 6 5 6 6
December 6.7 6 6 7 7
Average 6.5 8.3 6.5 5.7 7.1 6.0

20th 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 136° 028° 133° 090° 142°
February 142° 132° 134° 146° 138°
March 143° 142° 143° 141° 141°
April 106° 081° 121° 141°
May 288° 260° 192° 144°
June 290° 301° 286° 272°
July 284° 281° 283° 297°
August 287° 283° 283° 290°
September 287° 296° 292° 286°
October 321° 338° 299° 302°
November 060° 048° 090° 043°
December 063° 055° 046° 039°

Prevailing wind direction

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