Lampang weather in January

In January, Lampang sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 11 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lampang's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lampang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
17°
1st coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:01 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
30%
3rd clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Lampang is city in Lampang province, Thailand.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 30 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
7,043/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical January day in Lampang reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Lampang

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.

Lampang 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
Jan30° / 17°111.8116.1
Feb33° / 18°5111.44.4
Mar36° / 21°22311.92.6
Apr37° / 24°487.812.41.7
May35° / 25°16819.412.82.1
Jun33° / 25°1802313.12.3
Jul32° / 25°20224.7132.5
Aug31° / 25°27226.812.62.5
Sep31° / 24°25624.812.12.7
Oct31° / 23°12615.611.63.9
Nov31° / 20°274.411.15.5
Dec29° / 17°121.810.96.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
27921
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67921
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lampang gets around 11 mm of rain over 1.8 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 (%)
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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 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
162739253
262639253
352640264
452640264
542640264
642641264
742641254
842641254
942642254
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Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.96:585:53
210.96:585:53
310.96:585:54
410.96:595:54
510.96:595:55
610.96:595:56
710.96:595:56
811.07:005:57
911.07:005:57
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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 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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44.5Bright
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94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.6Bright
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264.9Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Lampang

In seasonPeak

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

Lampang'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 January a good time to visit Lampang?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lampang in January

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

In January, Lampang sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lampang in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lampang peaks around August 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Lampang 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 Lampang is worst in March — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.1× the cleanest month (June, 17 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Lampang's WHO annual average of 30 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1852 µg/m³Jun 2317 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr44Poor
May26Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lampang?

Lampang sits at 18.3°N, 99.5°E, 238 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Lamphun, 60 km away.

Topography around Lampang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lampang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 240 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 690 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,914 m.

The land around Lampang is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
690 m
80 km
1,914 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Lamphun 60 km · San Kamphaeng 64 km · Pa Sang 64 km · Den Chai 68 km · Phrae 70 km · San Pa Tong 73 km · Hang Dong 75 km · Chiang Mai 77 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 Lampang (18.2923°, 99.4928°, elevation 238 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).