Weekly note

Thailand in January

4 of the 4 destinations in Thailand are in season in January: 2 a sweet spot, 1 good, 1 ok.

January is a sweet spot at 2 of these 4 places: Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

Ranked for January

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Phuket goodbusy 30° 4d £587 busier than usual
2 Bangkok sweet spotbusy 32° 1d £434 busier than usual
3 Chiang Mai sweet spotbusy 27° 2d — busier than usual
4 Ko Samui okbusy 28° 4d — busier than usual

Fares are the typical return from London for January departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for January departures.

Other months for Thailand

January elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Thailand as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.