Amnat Charoen weather in May

In May, Amnat Charoen sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 181 mm of rain across 22.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Amnat Charoen's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amnat Charoen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
181 mm
22.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:36 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
78%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
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 May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Amnat Charoen reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amnat Charoen weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24654
34456
44357
54159
63862
73664
83466
93268
103070
112773
122575
132377
142278
152080
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211387
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Amnat Charoen gets around 181 mm of rain over 22.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 71% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
157
258
359
461
562
663
764
866
967
1068
1169
1270
1371
1472
1573
1673
1774
1875
1975
2076
2176
2277
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2477
2578
2678
2778
2879
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3179

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
176330
266232
356134
455936
545739
635641
735443
835146
925048
1024850
1124652
1214554
1314356
1414158
1514059
1613861
1713762
1813564
1913366
2013267
2113168
2202971
2302872
2402674
2502575
2602377
2702278
2802179
2901981
3001882
3101882

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:426:16
212.65:416:16
312.65:416:16
412.65:406:16
512.65:406:17
612.65:396:17
712.65:396:17
812.65:396:17
912.75:386:18
1012.75:386:18
1112.75:376:18
1212.75:376:19
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1412.75:366:19
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.47 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 — May's 5.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Amnat Charoen

In seasonPeak

In May, Amnat Charoen sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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 May a good time to visit Amnat Charoen?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amnat Charoen.

What to pack for Amnat Charoen in May

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

In May, Amnat Charoen sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Amnat Charoen in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (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 May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May 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
May 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).