Kanchanaburi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kanchanaburi?

Kanchanaburi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,082 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kanchanaburi?

The hottest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1998, reaching 42.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kanchanaburi?

The coldest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1960, at 10.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kanchanaburi?

Almost never: Kanchanaburi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kanchanaburi warmed?

Yes: Kanchanaburi warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kanchanaburi?

The wettest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1999, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kanchanaburi?

The windiest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2009, with winds reaching 29.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kanchanaburi?

The warmest month in Kanchanaburi is April (30.3 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kanchanaburi?

Kanchanaburi receives on average 1,082 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kanchanaburi?

Kanchanaburi gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kanchanaburi (Thailand) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,082 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (30.3 °C on average) and the coldest is December (25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Kanchanaburi averages 0 frost days, 304 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.

Kanchanaburi has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 26 April 1998) and the coldest 10.7 °C (on 4 January 1960).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

KanchanaburiKanchanaburi

coords: 14.00°, 99.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

32.8°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,082mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

12.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

304 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

160 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.9 °C

Average feels-like low

27.3 °C

Average peak gust

30.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

329 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

42.2 °C

26 April 1998

Coldest day

10.7 °C

4 January 1960

Wettest day

154 mm

28 April 1999

Windiest day

29.1 km/h

3 November 2009

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

26 June 1992

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

6 April 1952

Coldest feels-like

8.1 °C

12 January 1955

Sunniest day

12.8 h

19 June 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.6 °C25 April 2025	14.3 °C30 November 2025	28.0 °C	1,191 mm	324
2024	41.6 °C27 April 2024	18.1 °C21 December 2024	29.2 °C	1,005 mm	352
2023	41.2 °C6 May 2023	17.0 °C31 January 2023	28.8 °C	983 mm	337
2022	38.9 °C27 April 2022	17.3 °C28 December 2022	27.9 °C	1,287 mm	323
2021	40.2 °C12 May 2021	14.5 °C14 January 2021	28.1 °C	1,122 mm	322
2020	41.1 °C21 April 2020	16.9 °C27 January 2020	28.8 °C	968 mm	332
2019	41.3 °C31 March 2019	16.3 °C7 December 2019	28.7 °C	984 mm	336
2018	41.1 °C23 April 2018	18.8 °C14 January 2018	28.5 °C	1,143 mm	340
2017	40.4 °C10 April 2017	15.9 °C20 December 2017	28.7 °C	1,084 mm	335
2016	41.9 °C13 May 2016	14.8 °C10 February 2016	29.1 °C	823 mm	351
2015	40.4 °C21 April 2015	16.0 °C16 January 2015	28.7 °C	838 mm	343
2014	39.6 °C1 May 2014	11.4 °C25 January 2014	27.9 °C	989 mm	334
2013	40.2 °C2 May 2013	14.8 °C26 December 2013	27.7 °C	1,241 mm	298
2012	39.6 °C30 April 2012	19.6 °C8 February 2012	28.1 °C	1,166 mm	324
2011	37.9 °C4 May 2011	16.4 °C17 March 2011	27.4 °C	1,087 mm	306
2010	40.0 °C15 May 2010	17.9 °C29 December 2010	28.6 °C	988 mm	326
2009	38.9 °C25 April 2009	14.5 °C11 January 2009	27.9 °C	988 mm	332
2008	38.6 °C23 March 2008	16.0 °C21 December 2008	27.8 °C	1,061 mm	321
2007	41.1 °C1 April 2007	14.9 °C5 February 2007	28.6 °C	1,050 mm	336
2006	40.5 °C12 April 2006	15.4 °C24 December 2006	28.5 °C	1,025 mm	342
2005	40.6 °C27 April 2005	15.5 °C3 January 2005	28.6 °C	1,095 mm	321
2004	42.1 °C15 April 2004	16.6 °C16 February 2004	28.7 °C	738 mm	349
2003	41.4 °C8 May 2003	16.4 °C14 January 2003	28.5 °C	945 mm	342
2002	42.1 °C11 April 2002	18.3 °C1 January 2002	28.7 °C	1,019 mm	332
2001	41.5 °C10 April 2001	17.6 °C23 December 2001	28.4 °C	1,006 mm	329
2000	40.1 °C4 April 2000	14.6 °C4 February 2000	28.2 °C	963 mm	337
1999	40.2 °C18 March 1999	11.7 °C25 December 1999	27.9 °C	1,363 mm	310
1998	42.2 °C26 April 1998	16.8 °C19 January 1998	29.4 °C	810 mm	347
1997	41.1 °C8 May 1997	15.1 °C13 January 1997	28.4 °C	945 mm	343
1996	40.6 °C11 April 1996	13.8 °C25 December 1996	27.9 °C	1,444 mm	304
1995	41.0 °C15 April 1995	14.2 °C8 January 1995	28.3 °C	1,094 mm	327
1994	41.1 °C12 April 1994	16.4 °C27 December 1994	28.5 °C	999 mm	336
1993	41.1 °C4 May 1993	15.0 °C30 January 1993	28.3 °C	772 mm	338
1992	41.1 °C21 April 1992	16.1 °C18 January 1992	28.0 °C	893 mm	308
1991	40.7 °C10 April 1991	17.5 °C23 December 1991	28.4 °C	1,032 mm	334
1990	40.7 °C23 April 1990	16.6 °C6 December 1990	28.7 °C	697 mm	344
1989	39.8 °C19 April 1989	15.3 °C5 December 1989	28.1 °C	821 mm	337
1988	40.2 °C17 March 1988	16.2 °C14 December 1988	28.1 °C	1,178 mm	302
1987	39.4 °C26 April 1987	15.4 °C10 December 1987	28.2 °C	827 mm	325
1986	38.0 °C17 March 1986	14.5 °C7 January 1986	27.5 °C	875 mm	317
1985	39.1 °C22 April 1985	14.5 °C18 December 1985	27.5 °C	1,044 mm	302
1984	38.9 °C21 April 1984	12.9 °C10 January 1984	27.6 °C	703 mm	322
1983	39.5 °C8 April 1983	14.8 °C2 December 1983	27.8 °C	931 mm	294
1982	38.9 °C30 April 1982	12.1 °C30 December 1982	27.2 °C	925 mm	294
1981	39.3 °C6 April 1981	13.5 °C19 January 1981	27.2 °C	1,180 mm	284
1980	41.5 °C3 May 1980	15.7 °C25 December 1980	28.1 °C	994 mm	331
1979	39.9 °C10 May 1979	17.2 °C27 December 1979	28.3 °C	740 mm	346
1978	39.7 °C30 April 1978	16.1 °C16 December 1978	27.5 °C	1,315 mm	312
1977	37.8 °C18 April 1977	17.0 °C6 March 1977	27.9 °C	709 mm	342
1976	39.3 °C17 April 1976	11.0 °C16 January 1976	26.6 °C	1,349 mm	284
1975	40.1 °C17 April 1975	12.5 °C18 December 1975	26.8 °C	1,310 mm	283
1974	39.1 °C22 April 1974	14.1 °C2 January 1974	26.7 °C	1,479 mm	274
1973	40.7 °C23 April 1973	12.4 °C27 December 1973	27.4 °C	1,060 mm	290
1972	40.6 °C4 May 1972	14.0 °C16 January 1972	27.1 °C	1,423 mm	292
1971	39.9 °C8 April 1971	13.6 °C11 January 1971	26.7 °C	1,191 mm	278
1970	40.6 °C19 April 1970	15.5 °C18 December 1970	27.5 °C	1,235 mm	295
1969	40.8 °C26 April 1969	15.3 °C6 December 1969	28.0 °C	1,080 mm	304
1968	39.5 °C3 April 1968	13.4 °C6 January 1968	27.8 °C	849 mm	341
1967	40.2 °C12 April 1967	13.7 °C17 January 1967	27.1 °C	1,012 mm	294
1966	38.4 °C25 March 1966	16.5 °C2 January 1966	26.8 °C	1,166 mm	239
1965	39.6 °C23 April 1965	12.9 °C22 January 1965	27.1 °C	1,328 mm	294
1964	37.9 °C21 April 1964	14.6 °C19 December 1964	26.8 °C	1,090 mm	279
1963	40.5 °C19 May 1963	12.4 °C16 January 1963	26.7 °C	1,526 mm	246
1962	38.6 °C6 May 1962	14.0 °C6 December 1962	26.8 °C	1,062 mm	273
1961	39.1 °C25 April 1961	12.5 °C19 January 1961	26.9 °C	1,175 mm	278
1960	40.1 °C25 April 1960	10.7 °C4 January 1960	27.8 °C	884 mm	319
1959	41.1 °C18 June 1959	16.0 °C1 January 1959	27.7 °C	899 mm	298
1958	39.5 °C26 March 1958	15.4 °C15 January 1958	27.3 °C	821 mm	273
1957	39.7 °C23 April 1957	12.0 °C6 February 1957	27.1 °C	1,360 mm	283
1956	38.1 °C27 March 1956	12.0 °C17 January 1956	26.5 °C	1,097 mm	252
1955	38.2 °C18 April 1955	11.5 °C12 January 1955	26.5 °C	1,240 mm	255
1954	38.9 °C4 April 1954	13.8 °C17 December 1954	27.1 °C	855 mm	312
1953	35.6 °C18 April 1953	14.1 °C14 December 1953	25.6 °C	2,182 mm	199
1952	41.6 °C23 April 1952	13.3 °C15 December 1952	26.9 °C	1,539 mm	256
1951	40.8 °C9 April 1951	14.0 °C2 January 1951	27.3 °C	990 mm	283
1950	39.4 °C28 March 1950	14.5 °C3 January 1950	27.0 °C	999 mm	283
1949	38.4 °C3 April 1949	14.4 °C11 January 1949	27.1 °C	696 mm	300
1948	38.9 °C2 May 1948	15.2 °C3 January 1948	26.8 °C	1,103 mm	256
1947	39.1 °C7 March 1947	16.1 °C30 December 1947	27.5 °C	850 mm	315
1946	38.1 °C25 February 1946	15.1 °C31 December 1946	26.7 °C	970 mm	285
1945	37.5 °C1 April 1945	14.7 °C24 December 1945	26.3 °C	1,402 mm	240
1944	38.7 °C8 April 1944	13.3 °C22 December 1944	26.6 °C	1,372 mm	247
1943	38.3 °C24 March 1943	15.4 °C15 January 1943	26.1 °C	1,330 mm	224
1942	37.8 °C20 April 1942	12.9 °C17 December 1942	26.4 °C	941 mm	261
1941	38.9 °C3 May 1941	15.9 °C26 January 1941	26.4 °C	1,682 mm	200
1940	38.9 °C11 March 1940	12.7 °C5 January 1940	26.1 °C	1,419 mm	200

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.8 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

324 d/yr

+20

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1191 mm

+109 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.1 °C	-0.7 °C	0 mm	-12 mm
Feb	33.6 °C	-0.5 °C	38 mm	+18 mm
Mar	35.3 °C	-0.6 °C	41 mm	+6 mm
Apr	36.6 °C	0.0 °C	59 mm	-3 mm
May	34.2 °C	-0.6 °C	189 mm	+68 mm
Jun	33.0 °C	-0.1 °C	115 mm	-10 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+0.1 °C	112 mm	-31 mm
Aug	33.4 °C	+1.6 °C	115 mm	-27 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+0.4 °C	272 mm	+84 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.9 °C	140 mm	-32 mm
Nov	29.5 °C	-1.1 °C	104 mm	+50 mm
Dec	31.0 °C	+0.6 °C	7 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.6 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest day

14.3 °C

30 Nov 2025

Wettest day

48.8 mm

8 Sep 2025

Windiest day

23.4 km/h

19 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

24 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

29 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kanchanaburi?

Kanchanaburi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,082 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kanchanaburi?

The hottest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1998, reaching 42.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kanchanaburi?

The coldest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1960, at 10.7 °C.

Does it snow in Kanchanaburi?

Almost never: Kanchanaburi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kanchanaburi warmed?

Yes: Kanchanaburi warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kanchanaburi?

The wettest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1999, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kanchanaburi?

The windiest day measured in Kanchanaburi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2009, with winds reaching 29.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kanchanaburi?

The warmest month in Kanchanaburi is April (30.3 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kanchanaburi?

Kanchanaburi receives on average 1,082 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kanchanaburi?

Kanchanaburi gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kanchanaburi?

Yes: Kanchanaburi has on average 329 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kanchanaburi?

In Kanchanaburi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 6 April 1952, and the lowest was 8.1 °C on 12 January 1955.

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