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Chiang Mai weather by month

Chiang Mai runs from about 22°C in January to 32°C in April, with July the wettest month at 504 mm.

warmest month

April

32°C

coolest month

January

22°C

wettest month

July

504 mm

worst air month

April

54 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Chiang Mai
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January22°C22 mm331 h28
February24°C4 mm318 h30
March28°C9 mm334 h39
April32°C10 mm341 h54
May29°C396 mm323 h16
June27°C302 mm305 h10
July26°C504 mm283 h13
August26°C455 mm243 h14
September26°C380 mm257 h15
October26°C284 mm320 h19
November24°C41 mm300 h20
December23°C20 mm328 h27

About 3,683 hours of sun a year. Roughly 188 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-22. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.