Lamphun weather in March

In March, Lamphun sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 17 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Lamphun's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lamphun's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:38 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
25%
2nd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Lamphun is town in Lamphun province, Thailand.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 36 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical March day in Lamphun reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 15°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, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 1°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Lamphun

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March 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 March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lamphun weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°81.6116.5
Feb33° / 17°40.911.44.7
Mar35° / 20°172.611.92.9
Apr37° / 24°457.112.41.8
May35° / 25°13015.512.92.2
Jun33° / 25°12818.113.12.4
Jul33° / 25°15420.4132.6
Aug32° / 25°21423.412.62.7
Sep32° / 24°22622.912.12.7
Oct31° / 23°13117.711.63.7
Nov30° / 20°295.411.15.6
Dec29° / 17°111.710.97.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2928
3928
4928
5919
6919
78911
88911
98812
108812
118713
128713
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Lamphun gets around 17 mm of rain over 2.6 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 29% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1153733132
2153733142
3143633142
4143633143
5143534153
6133434153
7133434163
8123335173
9113235183
10113236183
11103136193
1293136204
1393037214
1483037224
1572937225
1672837235
1762837245
1852737256
1952737266
2042637266
2132538276
2232538287
2332438297
2422338307
2522337317
2622237327
2722137337
2812037357
2911937367
3011838377
3111738387

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 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
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:496:25
211.66:486:26
311.66:486:26
411.76:476:26
511.76:466:27
611.76:456:27
711.76:456:27
811.76:446:28
911.76:436:28
1011.86:426:28
1111.86:426:28
1211.86:416:29
1311.86:406:29
1411.86:396:29
1511.96:386:29
1611.96:386:30
1711.96:376:30
1811.96:366:30
1911.96:356:30
2011.96:346:31
2112.06:336:31
2212.06:326:31
2312.06:326:31
2412.06:316:32
2512.06:306:32
2612.06:296:32
2712.16:286:32
2812.16:276:32
2912.16:266:33
3012.16:266:33
3112.16:256:33

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.29 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 6.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
76.2Intense
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286.3Intense
296.3Intense
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316.4Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Lamphun

In seasonPeak

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

Lamphun'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 March a good time to visit Lamphun?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lamphun. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lamphun in March

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

In March, Lamphun sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lamphun in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March 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 Lamphun peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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 14UV 13Dec 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Lamphun in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Lamphun is worst in March — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Lamphun's WHO annual average of 36 µg/m³.

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateMar 2073 µg/m³Jul 1218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May30Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec35Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lamphun?

Lamphun sits at 18.6°N, 99.0°E, 296 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Pa Sang, 9.0 km away.

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Topography around Lamphun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lamphun has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 292 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,502 m.

The land around Lamphun is covered by cropland (36%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
406 m
80 km
2,502 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Pa Sang 9.0 km · San Pa Tong 13 km · Hang Dong 15 km · San Kamphaeng 22 km · Chiang Mai 23 km · Lampang 60 km · Pai 105 km · Thoen 110 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 Lamphun (18.5805°, 99.0075°, elevation 296 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).