Buri Ram weather in May

In May, Buri Ram sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 157 mm of rain across 21.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Buri Ram's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buri Ram's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
157 mm
21.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:43 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
79%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Buri Ram is city in Buri Ram province, Thailand.

Density
4,714/km²
people per km²
Founded
1937

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical May day in Buri Ram reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Buri Ram

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.

Buri Ram weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°81.611.25.6
Feb33° / 21°112.411.54.2
Mar35° / 24°386.911.92.5
Apr36° / 26°7512.812.31.9
May35° / 26°15721.512.71.8
Jun34° / 26°13920.812.92.0
Jul33° / 26°15823.212.82.2
Aug33° / 25°20023.712.52.4
Sep32° / 25°25124.712.12.5
Oct31° / 24°13115.411.73.8
Nov31° / 22°324.711.35.2
Dec30° / 19°71.711.16.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
33862
43664
53565
63367
73169
82971
92773
102575
112476
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Buri Ram gets around 157 mm of rain over 21.5 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 69% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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261
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1572
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1972
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1176725
2066727
3066529
4066331
5056233
6056035
7045937
8045838
9035740
10035641
11135442
12125443
13125344
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21105148
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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
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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 48 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 5:49 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:496:21
212.55:486:21
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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 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.67 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Buri Ram

In seasonPeak

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

Buri Ram'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 Buri Ram?

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

1.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Buri Ram.

What to pack for Buri Ram in May

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

In May, Buri Ram sees daytime highs around 35°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 Buri Ram 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 Buri Ram peaks around August 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 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 13UV 14Nov 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov7Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Buri Ram 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 Buri Ram is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (June, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1445 µg/m³Jun 2121 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb40Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr35Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Buri Ram?

Buri Ram sits at 15.0°N, 103.1°E, 158 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Prakhon Chai, 43 km away.

Non SungBua YaiSamraong

Topography around Buri Ram

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buri Ram has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 159 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 m.

The land around Buri Ram is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), cropland (30%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
469 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Prakhon Chai 43 km · Surin 44 km · Ban Huai Thalaeng 49 km · Nang Rong 52 km · Kaset Wisai 90 km · Non Sung 93 km · Bua Yai 98 km · Samraong 101 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 Buri Ram (14.9943°, 103.1039°, elevation 158 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).