Bangkok or Chiang Mai
Month by month, which was warmer, drier and calmer: Bangkok or Chiang Mai.
Bangkok's 12 monthsBest: December to February
Chiang Mai's 12 monthsBest: December and January
| Month | Bangkok | Bangkok | Chiang Mai | Chiang Mai | Better pick | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Rain days | Storm years | High | Rain days | Storm years | ||||||
| January | 33° | 2 days | 0 | 30° | 1 day | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| February | 34° | 3 days | 0 | 33° | 1 day* | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| March | 35° | 3 days | 0 | 35° | 2 days | 0 | about the same | ||||
| April | 36° | 6 days | 0 | 37° | 5 days | 0 | about the same | ||||
| May | 35° | 12 days | 0 | 35° | 12 days | 1 | about the same | ||||
| June | 34° | 13 days | 0 | 33° | 11 days | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| July | 34° | 15 days | 0 | 32° | 15 days | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| August | 33° | 15 days | 0 | 32° | 17 days | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| September | 33° | 18 days | 0 | 32° | 14 days | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| October | 33° | 14 days | 0 | 32° | 10 days | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| November | 33° | 5 days | 0 | 31° | 4 days | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
| December | 32° | 1 day | 0 | 29° | 1 day | 0 | Chiang Mai | ||||
* Rain not yet station-calibrated
- August and November to January: Bangkok warmer
- February, September and October: Chiang Mai drier
- March to July: about the same
Ranked on mean daily high (points off the further from 24°C) and rain days. Uncalibrated cities may show too many rain days.