Climate and average weather in Hang Dong

In Hang Dong, the summers are humid, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly clear.

Best: mid November to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Hang Dong typically varies from 15°C to 37°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 40°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Hang Dong for warm-weather activities are from early January to early February and mid November to late December.

Hottest
Apr
37°
Coldest
Dec
16°
Wettest
Aug
236 mm
Driest
Feb
3 mm
Rain / yr
1049 mm
131 wet days
Daylight
10.9–13.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
311 m
18.7°N
Clearest
Feb
20% cloud

Hang Dong weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid November to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Hang Dong, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.1 months, from March 11 to May 14, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Hang Dong is April, with an average high of 37°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 2.0 months, from November 22 to January 22, with daily high temperatures below 30°C. The coldest month of the year in Hang Dong is December, with an average low of 16°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in February.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3015
Feb3317
Mar3520
Apr3724
May3525
Jun3325
Jul3225
Aug3125
Sep3124
Oct3122
Nov3019
Dec2916

How hot and cold Hang Dong really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Hang Dong feels like about 40°C (around April 21). About 281 days a year carry some heat stress, and 34 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan30301515
Feb33331717
Mar36352020
Apr39372424
May39352525
Jun38332525
Jul37322525
Aug36312425
Sep37312424
Oct35312222
Nov32301919
Dec29291616

Average hourly temperature in Hang Dong

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 37°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 16°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Hang Dong weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 15°71.3116.7
Feb33° / 17°30.711.45.0
Mar35° / 20°122.111.93.1
Apr37° / 24°264.412.41.9
May35° / 25°9913.212.92.3
Jun33° / 25°12018.313.12.5
Jul32° / 25°17521.9132.6
Aug31° / 25°23625.112.62.7
Sep31° / 24°22723.412.12.8
Oct31° / 22°11415.711.64.0
Nov30° / 19°21411.15.8
Dec29° / 16°91.210.97.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Hang Dong gets about 1049 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.6 months, from around May 10 to Oct 26, peaking in August at about 82% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 8.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 236 mm over about 25 wet days; February is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 7 · 82%Feb 8 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan41
Feb31
Mar72
Apr154
May4213
Jun6118
Jul7122
Aug8125
Sep7723
Oct5016
Nov144
Dec51

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Hang Dong collects about 1049 mm of rain across 131 wet days — roughly 87 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 236 mm, while February is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 61% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec73122699120175236227114219
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan71
Feb31
Mar122
Apr264
May9913
Jun12018
Jul17522
Aug23625
Sep22723
Oct11416
Nov214
Dec91

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Hang Dong, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 15 and lasts for 6.8 months, ending around May 8. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 90% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 9 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around October 14. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 96% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 25 · 91%Aug 4 · 3%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8515
Feb9010
Mar8713
Apr7723
May3961
Jun892
Jul595
Aug496
Sep1684
Oct5248
Nov7525
Dec7921

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 3, brings about 13 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.07:046:03
Feb11.46:586:20
Mar11.96:386:30
Apr12.46:126:37
May12.95:546:47
Jun13.15:516:58
Jul13.05:597:01
Aug12.66:096:48
Sep12.16:166:22
Oct11.66:225:56
Nov11.16:365:43
Dec10.96:545:47

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Hang Dong averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 26 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.3 months, from around Oct 26 to May 5. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is August, down near 0 sunny days — about 99% fewer than the February peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 2826 daysAug 50 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan23Bright
Feb23Brilliant
Mar24Brilliant
Apr19Bright
May8Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct9Mixed
Nov17Bright
Dec19Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Hang Dong, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.0 months, from around April 4 to December 1. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 2 to April 3, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 60% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 13 · 62%May 15 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan1538341210
Feb2040291000
Mar831352330
Apr083043190
May00427626
Jun00077716
Jul00038116
Aug00017029
Sep00016931
Oct01310807
Nov151842330
Dec728332750

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Hang Dong is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmApr 5 · 6 km/hSep 22 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug4calm
Sep3calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Hazard calendar for Hang Dong

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Hang Dong's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit Hang Dong

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Hang Dong throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late November, Hang Dong is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Hang Dong for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to early February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 24 · 7.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.7good
Feb5.0fair
Mar3.1poor
Apr1.9poor
May2.3poor
Jun2.5poor
Jul2.6poor
Aug2.7poor
Sep2.8poor
Oct4.0fair
Nov5.8good
Dec7.1good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Hang Dong for hot-weather activities is from early November to mid March, with a peak score in the third week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 17 · 8.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Hang Dong, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 37°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 29°C), pack light clothes.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Hang Dong sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Hang Dong by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hang Dong peaks around August 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 7 (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 13Jan 1UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Average hourly UV index in Hang Dong

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan63
Feb74.5
Mar74.5
Apr7.55
May86
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56.5
Sep86
Oct75
Nov6.54
Dec63

Air quality in Hang Dong by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Hang Dong is worst in March — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateMar 2067 µg/m³Jul 1216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar69Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May28Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Hang Dong is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Hang Dong banks about 6,137 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan384
Feb409
Mar547
Apr611
May619
Jun576
Jul575
Aug553
Sep528
Oct514
Nov439
Dec381

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Hang Dong receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.9 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.4 months, from around Jan 20 to Jun 2. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.0 kWh/m² — roughly 36% less than the April peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 46.4 kWhAug 63.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.7Bright
Feb5.7Bright
Mar6.3Intense
Apr6.3Intense
May5.3Bright
Jun4.6Bright
Jul4.1Bright
Aug4.0Moderate
Sep4.3Bright
Oct4.4Bright
Nov4.3Bright
Dec4.3Bright

Where is Hang Dong?

Hang Dong sits at 18.7°N, 98.9°E, 311 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is San Pa Tong, 7.0 km away.

Phayao

Topography around Hang Dong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hang Dong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 313 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,397 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,362 m.

The land around Hang Dong is covered by trees (43%), artificial surfaces (30%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (64%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
1,397 m
80 km
2,362 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: San Pa Tong 7.0 km · Chiang Mai 13 km · Lamphun 15 km · Pa Sang 18 km · San Kamphaeng 22 km · Lampang 75 km · Pai 90 km · Phayao 115 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 Hang Dong (18.687°, 98.9194°, elevation 311 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).