Yala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yala?

Yala has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,784 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1971, reaching 39.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yala?

The coldest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1976, at 15.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yala warmed?

Yes: Yala warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Yala?

The wettest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 2025, with 215 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yala?

The windiest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2016, with winds reaching 24.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yala?

The warmest month in Yala is April (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yala?

Yala receives on average 1,784 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 237 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yala?

Yala gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yala (Thailand) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,784 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 (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is December (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Yala averages 0 frost days, 276 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 237 rainy days per year.

Yala has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 27 April 1971) and the coldest 15.6 °C (on 20 January 1976).

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

YalaYala

coords: 6.54°, 101.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.2°C

Average daily high

31.7°C

Average daily low

22.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,784mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

10.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

276 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

237 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.9 °C

Average feels-like low

26.7 °C

Average peak gust

31.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

349 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

39.2 °C

27 April 1971

Coldest day

15.6 °C

20 January 1976

Wettest day

215 mm

21 November 2025

Windiest day

24.6 km/h

25 February 2016

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

6 June 2012

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

1 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

16.4 °C

20 January 1976

Sunniest day

12.3 h

14 July 1945

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.5 °C24 July 2025	18.2 °C31 January 2025	27.0 °C	2,263 mm	308
2024	38.9 °C20 April 2024	20.9 °C26 December 2024	27.8 °C	2,028 mm	328
2023	37.8 °C15 April 2023	19.3 °C17 January 2023	27.2 °C	2,097 mm	308
2022	36.3 °C28 April 2022	19.9 °C13 January 2022	26.9 °C	2,607 mm	314
2021	36.4 °C26 February 2021	18.2 °C23 February 2021	26.9 °C	2,083 mm	306
2020	37.7 °C30 March 2020	19.9 °C25 January 2020	27.2 °C	1,854 mm	321
2019	38.5 °C23 March 2019	18.9 °C26 January 2019	27.4 °C	1,435 mm	334
2018	38.6 °C19 July 2018	18.3 °C11 February 2018	27.2 °C	1,659 mm	322
2017	36.2 °C11 June 2017	20.3 °C7 February 2017	27.0 °C	2,061 mm	300
2016	39.2 °C11 April 2016	19.4 °C22 February 2016	27.7 °C	1,323 mm	333
2015	38.6 °C5 May 2015	18.3 °C15 March 2015	27.1 °C	1,413 mm	330
2014	37.2 °C4 August 2014	16.3 °C4 February 2014	26.9 °C	1,729 mm	306
2013	38.3 °C26 March 2013	20.5 °C27 January 2013	27.0 °C	1,668 mm	312
2012	37.0 °C22 June 2012	21.0 °C8 January 2012	27.1 °C	1,727 mm	325
2011	37.4 °C28 June 2011	17.4 °C21 January 2011	26.7 °C	1,857 mm	295
2010	38.6 °C13 April 2010	20.8 °C20 February 2010	27.4 °C	1,973 mm	317
2009	37.0 °C23 June 2009	19.2 °C3 February 2009	26.7 °C	1,701 mm	310
2008	36.0 °C14 July 2008	19.2 °C22 February 2008	26.4 °C	2,189 mm	283
2007	37.2 °C16 March 2007	18.7 °C7 March 2007	26.6 °C	1,935 mm	287
2006	37.6 °C18 August 2006	20.0 °C26 January 2006	26.7 °C	1,636 mm	319
2005	38.2 °C27 April 2005	17.9 °C26 January 2005	27.1 °C	2,045 mm	306
2004	37.9 °C20 May 2004	20.0 °C22 February 2004	26.8 °C	1,359 mm	321
2003	37.5 °C2 June 2003	19.4 °C27 January 2003	26.9 °C	1,384 mm	303
2002	38.1 °C20 August 2002	18.7 °C10 February 2002	27.2 °C	1,249 mm	322
2001	37.3 °C7 July 2001	19.7 °C18 February 2001	26.7 °C	1,770 mm	292
2000	37.5 °C3 September 2000	19.9 °C5 February 2000	26.3 °C	2,298 mm	275
1999	36.0 °C26 July 1999	19.0 °C27 December 1999	26.1 °C	2,332 mm	257
1998	38.8 °C17 April 1998	21.2 °C24 January 1998	27.2 °C	1,964 mm	308
1997	38.4 °C20 August 1997	18.1 °C3 January 1997	26.6 °C	1,651 mm	308
1996	37.7 °C31 July 1996	16.8 °C5 January 1996	26.3 °C	2,192 mm	281
1995	37.8 °C24 April 1995	19.6 °C15 March 1995	26.5 °C	2,060 mm	288
1994	38.4 °C31 July 1994	17.2 °C18 January 1994	26.6 °C	1,488 mm	297
1993	37.5 °C6 May 1993	17.0 °C23 February 1993	26.3 °C	2,094 mm	279
1992	36.3 °C23 April 1992	19.5 °C20 January 1992	26.3 °C	1,645 mm	264
1991	36.9 °C19 April 1991	19.5 °C12 March 1991	26.4 °C	1,709 mm	285
1990	37.4 °C1 September 1990	18.2 °C5 March 1990	26.7 °C	1,506 mm	296
1989	35.5 °C14 March 1989	17.3 °C15 February 1989	26.1 °C	1,693 mm	287
1988	38.1 °C29 March 1988	19.3 °C19 January 1988	26.5 °C	1,986 mm	283
1987	37.3 °C8 April 1987	19.0 °C4 January 1987	26.6 °C	1,865 mm	301
1986	37.9 °C28 March 1986	18.8 °C11 February 1986	26.4 °C	1,654 mm	278
1985	36.6 °C28 June 1985	17.2 °C17 January 1985	26.0 °C	2,040 mm	286
1984	36.2 °C21 June 1984	18.0 °C7 March 1984	25.9 °C	1,821 mm	267
1983	38.0 °C29 April 1983	18.6 °C6 February 1983	26.4 °C	1,801 mm	288
1982	36.6 °C24 March 1982	18.1 °C19 January 1982	26.2 °C	1,586 mm	309
1981	37.5 °C12 August 1981	18.3 °C28 December 1981	26.3 °C	1,585 mm	292
1980	37.9 °C30 March 1980	18.4 °C18 January 1980	26.6 °C	1,890 mm	303
1979	38.6 °C12 March 1979	17.9 °C15 January 1979	26.4 °C	1,636 mm	305
1978	36.9 °C20 March 1978	18.0 °C31 January 1978	26.3 °C	1,534 mm	302
1977	37.3 °C18 April 1977	18.1 °C18 February 1977	26.2 °C	1,290 mm	285
1976	36.7 °C27 May 1976	15.6 °C20 January 1976	25.7 °C	1,610 mm	263
1975	36.4 °C24 April 1975	17.4 °C27 January 1975	25.7 °C	1,874 mm	271
1974	35.6 °C18 August 1974	16.8 °C2 March 1974	25.7 °C	1,633 mm	286
1973	37.7 °C9 April 1973	17.3 °C2 March 1973	26.1 °C	1,706 mm	278
1972	37.5 °C18 May 1972	16.4 °C3 January 1972	26.1 °C	1,790 mm	297
1971	39.2 °C27 April 1971	17.4 °C16 January 1971	25.8 °C	1,807 mm	247
1970	36.0 °C30 April 1970	18.1 °C2 March 1970	25.7 °C	1,896 mm	267
1969	39.0 °C13 April 1969	17.5 °C4 February 1969	26.4 °C	1,648 mm	290
1968	38.6 °C31 March 1968	16.6 °C24 February 1968	26.0 °C	1,242 mm	317
1967	37.2 °C10 June 1967	16.7 °C10 February 1967	25.6 °C	1,677 mm	262
1966	35.8 °C16 April 1966	18.9 °C24 December 1966	25.3 °C	2,262 mm	228
1965	38.2 °C27 July 1965	16.0 °C9 January 1965	25.8 °C	1,689 mm	283
1964	38.8 °C22 April 1964	18.2 °C30 January 1964	26.1 °C	1,516 mm	287
1963	38.5 °C23 April 1963	17.1 °C14 January 1963	26.1 °C	1,365 mm	270
1962	37.4 °C14 June 1962	17.2 °C6 February 1962	26.1 °C	1,507 mm	277
1961	37.6 °C8 April 1961	17.6 °C6 February 1961	26.0 °C	1,492 mm	282
1960	38.7 °C6 June 1960	17.1 °C18 March 1960	26.1 °C	1,654 mm	293
1959	35.5 °C20 April 1959	18.0 °C4 January 1959	25.6 °C	1,812 mm	267
1958	38.8 °C21 July 1958	16.3 °C29 November 1958	26.2 °C	1,328 mm	276
1957	36.8 °C18 July 1957	16.6 °C4 January 1957	25.7 °C	1,505 mm	278
1956	37.2 °C31 March 1956	16.0 °C23 January 1956	25.2 °C	2,134 mm	223
1955	38.0 °C3 April 1955	17.5 °C13 February 1955	25.5 °C	1,982 mm	252
1954	34.8 °C12 April 1954	16.8 °C23 November 1954	25.0 °C	2,051 mm	247
1953	34.2 °C2 July 1953	18.9 °C23 March 1953	25.3 °C	2,311 mm	239
1952	35.1 °C12 June 1952	17.3 °C16 December 1952	25.8 °C	1,902 mm	270
1951	36.0 °C4 April 1951	18.4 °C25 February 1951	25.8 °C	1,259 mm	281
1950	35.5 °C20 March 1950	17.6 °C22 January 1950	25.3 °C	1,792 mm	253
1949	35.3 °C5 August 1949	16.5 °C24 January 1949	25.6 °C	487 mm	273
1948	34.6 °C14 March 1948	17.0 °C26 November 1948	24.8 °C	1,545 mm	193
1947	32.1 °C10 June 1947	18.7 °C25 January 1947	24.5 °C	2,534 mm	111
1946	33.5 °C27 June 1946	16.9 °C26 January 1946	24.5 °C	2,126 mm	152
1945	31.6 °C20 July 1945	17.7 °C30 December 1945	24.2 °C	2,343 mm	98
1944	36.4 °C7 April 1944	17.0 °C2 February 1944	25.1 °C	1,979 mm	222
1943	35.3 °C19 April 1943	16.2 °C4 January 1943	24.6 °C	1,703 mm	191
1942	33.0 °C12 March 1942	17.3 °C29 December 1942	24.6 °C	1,896 mm	183
1941	33.6 °C2 March 1941	18.3 °C30 January 1941	24.5 °C	2,256 mm	131
1940	34.7 °C11 March 1940	16.5 °C9 February 1940	24.7 °C	1,687 mm	196

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.2 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

308 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2263 mm

+479 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.6 °C	0.0 °C	119 mm	+41 mm
Feb	31.7 °C	+0.2 °C	30 mm	-18 mm
Mar	33.4 °C	+0.2 °C	70 mm	-9 mm
Apr	33.3 °C	-0.5 °C	186 mm	+59 mm
May	33.4 °C	+0.4 °C	237 mm	+72 mm
Jun	33.1 °C	+0.1 °C	127 mm	+16 mm
Jul	34.2 °C	+1.2 °C	60 mm	-60 mm
Aug	32.8 °C	0.0 °C	178 mm	+40 mm
Sep	33.0 °C	+1.1 °C	145 mm	-28 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+0.9 °C	261 mm	+1 mm
Nov	29.7 °C	+0.4 °C	744 mm	+465 mm
Dec	30.3 °C	+1.6 °C	107 mm	-99 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.5 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest day

18.2 °C

31 Jan 2025

Wettest day

214.5 mm

21 Nov 2025

Windiest day

19.6 km/h

25 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

58.0 km/h

19 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

26 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.5 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

11 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yala?

Yala has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,784 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yala?

The hottest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1971, reaching 39.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yala?

The coldest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1976, at 15.6 °C.

Does it snow in Yala?

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

Has the climate of Yala warmed?

Yes: Yala warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Yala?

The wettest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 2025, with 215 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yala?

The windiest day measured in Yala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2016, with winds reaching 24.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yala?

The warmest month in Yala is April (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Yala?

Yala receives on average 1,784 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 237 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yala?

Yala gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Yala?

Yes: Yala has on average 349 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yala?

In Yala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 1 May 2024, and the lowest was 16.4 °C on 20 January 1976.

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