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Chiang Mai in May
avoid · not the best time to go
The year in Chiang Mai
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- JanJChiang Mai in January: sweet spot, busy
- FebFChiang Mai in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMChiang Mai in March: ok
- AprAChiang Mai in April: avoid
- MayMChiang Mai in May: avoid
- JunJChiang Mai in June: avoid
- JulJChiang Mai in July: avoid
- AugAChiang Mai in August: avoid
- SepSChiang Mai in September: avoid
- OctOChiang Mai in October: ok
- NovNChiang Mai in November: sweet spot, busy
- DecDChiang Mai in December: sweet spot, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 33°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 24°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 39°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 12 · 229 mm |
| Humidity | 72% |
| Sunshine | 10.5 h/day |
| Daylight | 13.0 h/day |
| Days over 35°C | 10 |
| Crowds | 80 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at the old city: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in May
- National Labor Day 1 May 2027
- National Labor Day (in lieu) 3 May 2027
- Coronation Day 4 May 2027
- Visakha Bucha 20 May 2027
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
Chiang Mai in pictures
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What to pack
- Light, loose clothes: daily highs average 33°C.
- Rain gear you will actually use: about 12 rainy days and 229 mm.
- Plan the middle of the day indoors: 10 days a month pass 35°C.
- Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type A and B and C and F plugs at 220 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Baht. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Thailand: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Chiang Mai: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
May elsewhere
In May from
The other months at Chiang Mai
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