Aranyaprathet weather in May

In May, Aranyaprathet sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 145 mm of rain across 22.1 wet days and about 12.6 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 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Aranyaprathet's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aranyaprathet's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
145 mm
22.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:47 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
79%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Aranyaprathet is town in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand.

Founded
1939

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 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Aranyaprathet 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 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Aranyaprathet

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.

Aranyaprathet 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
Jan32° / 21°112.211.34.8
Feb34° / 23°163.111.53.7
Mar35° / 25°498.511.92.5
Apr36° / 26°8014.512.31.9
May34° / 26°14522.112.62.0
Jun33° / 26°14122.412.82.3
Jul32° / 25°16124.612.72.5
Aug32° / 25°18125.512.52.5
Sep31° / 25°23725.212.12.6
Oct31° / 24°15718.311.73.4
Nov32° / 23°295.211.44.6
Dec31° / 21°61.411.25.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23565
33466
43466
53367
63070
72971
82872
92674
102476
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Aranyaprathet gets around 145 mm of rain over 22.1 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 72% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
160
261
362
462
563
664
765
866
967
1068
1170
1271
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1473
1574
1675
1776
1876
1977
2077
2177
2277
2377
2477
2577
2677
2777
2877
2977
3077
3177

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13268
23169
32971
42872
52674
62476
72377
82179
92080
101981
111882
121783
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:536:22
212.55:526:22
312.55:526:22
412.55:516:22
512.55:516:22
612.55:516:23
712.55:506:23
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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 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Aranyaprathet

In seasonPeak

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

Aranyaprathet's monsoon runs May–October, 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 Aranyaprathet?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aranyaprathet.

What to pack for Aranyaprathet in May

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

In May, Aranyaprathet 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 Aranyaprathet in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aranyaprathet peaks around August 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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 highAug 15UV 14Nov 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Aranyaprathet 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 Aranyaprathet is worst in February — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (June, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1538 µg/m³Jun 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb38Poor
Mar34Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Aranyaprathet?

Aranyaprathet sits at 13.7°N, 102.5°E, 48 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Poipet, 8.0 km away.

Pailin

Topography around Aranyaprathet

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aranyaprathet has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,397 m.

The land around Aranyaprathet is covered by cropland (36%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
105 m
80 km
1,397 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Poipet 8.0 km · Ou Bei Choan 27 km · Wang Nam Yen 40 km · Sa Kaeo 48 km · Sisophon 52 km · Kabin Buri 89 km · Na Di 91 km · Pailin 95 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 Aranyaprathet (13.6928°, 102.5013°, elevation 48 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).