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Ko Tao in May
sweet spot · one of the best months to go · the warmest month of the year
The year in Ko Tao
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- JanJKo Tao in January: good, busy
- FebFKo Tao in February: good, busy
- MarMKo Tao in March: sweet spot, busy
- AprAKo Tao in April: sweet spot, busy
- MayMKo Tao in May: sweet spot
- JunJKo Tao in June: sweet spot
- JulJKo Tao in July: sweet spot
- AugAKo Tao in August: sweet spot
- SepSKo Tao in September: good
- OctOKo Tao in October: avoid
- NovNKo Tao in November: ok
- DecDKo Tao in December: sweet spot
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 29°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 27°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 34°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 10 · 152 mm |
| Humidity | 79% |
| Sunshine | 10.3 h/day |
| Daylight | 12.6 h/day |
| Beach and sea | 21 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 31 °C, warm good |
| 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 Mae Haad and Sairee beach: 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.
Ko Tao in pictures
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kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Summer clothes by day, highs around 29°C.
- A packable rain jacket for the 10 or so rainy days.
- Sun protection: about 10 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 79%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
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 Ko Tao: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
May elsewhere
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The other months at Ko Tao
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