Kanchanaburi weather in October

In October, Kanchanaburi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 164 mm of rain across 19.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in October, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kanchanaburi's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kanchanaburi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
25°
6th coldest
Rainfall
164 mm
19.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:16 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
70%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Kanchanaburi is town in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 27 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical October day in Kanchanaburi reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Kanchanaburi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kanchanaburi weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°132.111.34.7
Feb35° / 22°112.411.53.4
Mar36° / 25°336.311.92.0
Apr37° / 26°7112.612.31.3
May36° / 27°11219.912.61.6
Jun34° / 26°10919.112.82.1
Jul33° / 26°14020.912.72.4
Aug33° / 26°13721.112.52.6
Sep32° / 25°18222.812.12.5
Oct32° / 25°16419.711.73.2
Nov32° / 23°37611.44.4
Dec31° / 22°81.711.25.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21882
31882
41981
52080
62278
72377
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102872
112872
123070
133169
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224159
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244258
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kanchanaburi gets around 164 mm of rain over 19.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2154
2253
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2646
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3138

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the miserable band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10003565
20003565
30013564
40013564
50013663
60013663
70013762
80013861
90013861
100013960
110024058
120024157
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Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October, the calmest month.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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 October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:156:07
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411.86:156:05
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in April across the year — October's 4.42 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Kanchanaburi

In seasonPeak

In October, Kanchanaburi sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kanchanaburi sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Kanchanaburi's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is October a good time to visit Kanchanaburi?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kanchanaburi.

What to pack for Kanchanaburi in October

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

In October, Kanchanaburi sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Kanchanaburi in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Kanchanaburi peaks around August 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 16UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kanchanaburi in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kanchanaburi is worst in March — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (June, 16 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kanchanaburi's WHO annual average of 27 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1344 µg/m³Jun 2217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb41Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr34Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kanchanaburi?

Kanchanaburi sits at 14.0°N, 99.5°E, 33 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Tha Muang, 11 km away.

Topography around Kanchanaburi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kanchanaburi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,266 m.

The land around Kanchanaburi is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
337 m
16 km
483 m
80 km
1,266 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October weather nearby: Tha Muang 11 km · Tha Maka 26 km · Bo Phloi 36 km · Ban Pong 41 km · Chom Bueng 43 km · Photharam 48 km · Ban I Chang 50 km · Bang Phae 54 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 Kanchanaburi (14.0041°, 99.5483°, elevation 33 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).