Thailand in May
4 of the 12 destinations in Thailand are in season in May: 1 a sweet spot, 0 good, 3 ok.
May is a sweet spot at 1 of these 12 places: Ko Tao. Best avoided at 8 of them.
Ranked for May
| # | Place | Verdict | High | Rain | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ko Tao | sweet spot | 29° | 10d | 29C max, 10 rainy days |
| 2 | Ko Samui | ok | 31° | 8d | 31C max, 8 rainy days |
| 3 | Pattaya | ok | 32° | 12d | 32C max, 12 rainy days |
| 4 | Hua Hin | ok | 33° | 11d | 33C max, 11 rainy days |
Not this May
- Bangkok 33C max, 11 rainy days
- Chiang Mai 33C max, 12 rainy days
- Chiang Rai 32C max, 11 rainy days
- Kanchanaburi extreme heat: 16 days over 35C
- Khao Lak monsoon: 22 rainy days, 372mm
- Ko Lanta monsoon: 18 rainy days, 255mm
- Phi Phi Islands monsoon: 17 rainy days, 241mm
- Phuket monsoon: 22 rainy days, 349mm
Other months for Thailand
- January 7 sweet
- February 5 sweet
- March 8 sweet
- April 1 sweet
- May
- June 5 sweet
- July 4 sweet
- August 4 sweet
- September 2 sweet
- October 0 sweet
- November 5 sweet
- December 6 sweet
- Every month, side by side
May 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.