Amnat Charoen weather in January

In January, Amnat Charoen sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Amnat Charoen's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amnat Charoen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:36 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
34%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Amnat Charoen is town in Amnat Charoen province, Thailand.

Density
915/km²
people per km²
Founded
1955

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Amnat Charoen reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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33018
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How January really feels in Amnat Charoen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Amnat Charoen weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°51.211.26.1
Feb32° / 20°102.211.54.9
Mar34° / 23°305.611.93.3
Apr35° / 25°6711.412.32.4
May34° / 26°18122.312.72.1
Jun33° / 26°19923.612.92.3
Jul32° / 25°25526.112.82.5
Aug31° / 25°29327.112.52.5
Sep31° / 25°26925.612.12.7
Oct31° / 24°11012.811.64.1
Nov31° / 22°273.911.35.4
Dec30° / 19°61.211.16.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
37624
47624
57624
67525
77525
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Amnat Charoen gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
33
43
53
63
73
83
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104
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286
296
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316

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 27% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1102341251
292341251
392342251
492342252
592342252
692342252
792342252
892341253
992241243
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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:325:37
211.16:335:37
311.16:335:38
411.16:335:38
511.16:345:39
611.16:345:40
711.16:345:40
811.16:355:41
911.16:355:41
1011.16:355:42
1111.16:355:42
1211.16:365:43
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1611.26:365:45
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1911.26:375:47
2011.26:375:48
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2611.26:375:51
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2811.36:365:52
2911.36:365:52
3011.36:365:53
3111.36:365:54

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.2Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Amnat Charoen

In seasonPeak

None of Amnat Charoen's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Amnat Charoen's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Amnat Charoen?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Amnat Charoen for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Amnat Charoen in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Amnat Charoen sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Amnat Charoen in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amnat Charoen peaks around July 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJul 18UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Amnat Charoen in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Amnat Charoen is worst in March — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.4× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1950 µg/m³Dec 1212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb29Moderate
Mar52Poor
Apr40Poor
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Amnat Charoen?

Amnat Charoen sits at 15.9°N, 104.6°E, 161 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Yasothon, 52 km away.

Topography around Amnat Charoen

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amnat Charoen.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amnat Charoen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 156 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m.

The land around Amnat Charoen is covered by cropland (51%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
208 m
80 km
415 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Yasothon 52 km · Ubon Ratchathani 73 km · Ban Selaphum 75 km · Mukdahan 77 km · Warin Chamrap 78 km · Savannakhet 80 km · Si Sa Ket 89 km · Ban Kèngkok 89 km

Thailand travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,057
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Buddhist 93%Muslim 5%Christian 1%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amnat Charoen (15.8585°, 104.6288°, elevation 161 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).