Ban Phan Don weather in January

In January, Ban Phan Don sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ban Phan Don's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ban Phan Don's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
11th warmest
Overnight low
17°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
6:45 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
33%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ban Phan Don reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°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)
12917
22917
32917
42917
52917
62917
72917
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112917
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How January really feels in Ban Phan Don

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.

Ban Phan Don weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 17°81.511.16.7
Feb32° / 19°132.311.45.2
Mar34° / 23°365.811.93.4
Apr35° / 25°6910.712.42.4
May34° / 26°19521.112.82.2
Jun33° / 26°19022.1132.3
Jul32° / 26°24124.612.92.5
Aug32° / 25°29926.312.62.5
Sep31° / 25°26723.912.12.8
Oct31° / 23°9111.511.64.3
Nov30° / 21°223.211.25.8
Dec29° / 18°61.1117.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% 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 (%)
17921
27723
37723
47624
57624
67525
77525
87624
97525
107525
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127624
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ban Phan Don gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
34
44
54
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317

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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1192735172
2192835172
3182836172
4172836172
5172836172
6172836172
7162836172
8162836172
9162836173
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25152836183
26152835183
27152834193
28162734194
29162733204
30172733204
31172633204

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 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 6:41 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:415:41
211.06:425:42
311.06:425:42
411.06:425:43
511.06:435:43
611.06:435:44
711.06:435:44
811.06:445:45
911.06:445:46
1011.06:445:46
1111.06:445:47
1211.06:445:47
1311.16:455:48
1411.16:455:49
1511.16:455:49
1611.16:455:50
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1811.16:455:51
1911.16:455:52
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.7Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
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84.8Bright
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104.8Bright
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204.9Bright
214.9Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ban Phan Don

In seasonPeak

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

Ban Phan Don'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 Ban Phan Don?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ban Phan Don in January

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

In January, Ban Phan Don sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ban Phan Don 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 Ban Phan Don peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 12UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ban Phan Don 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 Ban Phan Don is worst in March — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 27 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorModerateMar 1664 µg/m³Jul 1227 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May36Poor
Jun28Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov35Poor
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ban Phan Don?

Ban Phan Don sits at 17.1°N, 103.0°E, 180 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Nong Wua So, 30 km away.

Topography around Ban Phan Don

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ban Phan Don has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m.

The land around Ban Phan Don is covered by cropland (69%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
77 m
80 km
519 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ban Nong Wua So 30 km · Udon Thani 36 km · Kut Chap 53 km · Nong Bua Lamphu 57 km · Sawang Daen Din 63 km · Nong Kung Si 65 km · Ban Dung 69 km · Warichaphum 73 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 Ban Phan Don (17.1427°, 102.9726°, elevation 180 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).