Best time to visit Sukhothai
Thailand · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Sukhothai
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- JanJSukhothai in January: sweet spot, busy
- FebFSukhothai in February: ok, busy
- MarMSukhothai in March: avoid
- AprASukhothai in April: avoid
- MayMSukhothai in May: avoid
- JunJSukhothai in June: avoid
- JulJSukhothai in July: avoid
- AugASukhothai in August: avoid
- SepSSukhothai in September: avoid
- OctOSukhothai in October: avoid
- NovNSukhothai in November: ok, busy
- DecDSukhothai in December: sweet spot, busy
- Sweet spot
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- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
Dry season: Nov–Apr, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29° | 1d | 66% | 10.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 32° | 2d | 60% | 10.6h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 35° | 2d | 54% | 10.7h | avoid | extreme heat: 18 days over 35C |
| Apr | 37° | 5d | 56% | 10.9h | avoid | extreme heat: 22 days over 35C |
| May | 34° | 13d | 71% | 10.2h | avoid | extreme heat: 13 days over 35C |
| Jun | 33° | 13d | 75% | 9.3h | avoid | 33C max, 13 rainy days |
| Jul | 32° | 14d | 76% | 8.2h | avoid | 32C max, 14 rainy days |
| Aug | 31° | 16d | 80% | 7.6h | avoid | monsoon: 16 rainy days, 273mm |
| Sep | 31° | 19d | 84% | 8.4h | avoid | monsoon: 19 rainy days, 349mm |
| Oct | 30° | 12d | 83% | 9.3h | avoid | 30C max, 12 rainy days |
| Nov | 30° | 4d | 76% | 10.1h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 29° | 1d | 69% | 10.2h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Old Sukhothai, by the historical park, 27 km from the airport (THS): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Sukhothai's June days now average 32.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 3 of 12 months are clearly warmer, 1 clearly cooler.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 29.9° | 33.5° | 36.2° | 37.7° | 34.6° | 31.1° | 31.1° | 30.9° | 30.8° | 30.1° | 29.2° | 28.1° |
| 2017–26 | 29.4° | 32.1° | 35.3° | 36.5° | 34.5° | 32.6° | 32.1° | 31.2° | 30.8° | 30.4° | 30.3° | 29.2° |
| Change | -0.5° | -1.4° | -0.9° | -1.2° | -0.2° | +1.5° | +1.0° | +0.4° | -0.0° | +0.3° | +1.0° | +1.1° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Sukhothai is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Bangkok
- from Hanoi
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Kolkata
- from Kuala Lumpur
- from Hong Kong
- from Singapore
- from Kathmandu
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Sukhothai, flying or not.
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.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards work in malls, hotels and tourist restaurants; carry 20 and 100 baht notes for street food, markets and taxis. Many small sellers use PromptPay QR, which mostly needs a Thai bank app.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected; Thais round taxi fares to an easy number and sometimes leave small change in restaurants. Do not tip on top of a service charge.
Getting around Sukhothai
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Grab. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: LINE, WhatsApp.
It's an easy 15-minute walk from the Bus Station into New Sukothai town along a dirt path in front of the bus station (although the tuk tuk drivers will tell you that it is not possible to walk). More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Sukhothai, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 191 (any emergency) · ambulance 1669 · fire 199 · tourist police 1155.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (14)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand/getting-help
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Thailand
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bangkok
- grab.com/th/en
- bolt.eu/en/cities/bangkok
- metro.bemplc.co.th/EMV-Contactless?lang=en
- nationthailand.com/news/policy/40063062
- huahin.localplus.city/2026/04/07/bts-skytrain-prepares-for-emv-contactless-ticketing-on-green-and-gold-lines
- phuketsmartbus.com/payment
- tagthai.com/explore/p/payment-for-foreign-tourist-in-thailand
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
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Sukhothai in pictures
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Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dominic Nelson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Sukhothai is like
Sukhothai (สุโขทัย) is a small city (population 14,000 in 2019) in Lower Northern Thailand, 427 km north of Bangkok. Its attraction lies in the ruins of the ancient city Sukhothai, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The name translates as "the dawn of happiness". More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Sukhothai Historical Park (Thai: อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์สุโขทัย) (14 km to the west of New Sukhothai). Its importance has been internationally recognised and it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Rent a bike and explore the ruins of Old Sukhothai (walking will kill you). Visit the park at sunrise and admire the Buddha figures in the orange glow of the morning sun. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Bangkok Airways has daily flights from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Sukhothai Airport (THS), which then continue on to Lampang (LPT). More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Sukhothai, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Sukhothai
Also in Thailand
- Bangkok best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Chiang Mai best Jan, Feb, Dec
- Chiang Rai best Feb, Mar, Nov
- Hua Hin best Mar, Nov, Dec
- Kanchanaburi best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Khao Lak best Jan, Feb, Mar
- Ko Lanta best Jan, Feb, Jun
- Ko Lipe best Feb, Mar, Jun
- Ko Pha-ngan best Mar, Jun, Aug
- Ko Samui best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Ko Tao best Mar, Jun, Dec
- Krabi best Jan, Feb, Jun
- Nan best Jan, Feb, Dec
- Pai best Jan, Feb, Mar
- Pattaya best Mar, Jun, Nov
- Phi Phi Islands best Feb, Mar, Jun
- Phuket best Jan, Feb, Mar
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