Lat Yao weather in May

In May, Lat Yao sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 148 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lat Yao's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lat Yao's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
148 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:55 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
75%
8th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical May day in Lat Yao reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Lat Yao

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.

Lat Yao weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°101.911.25.0
Feb35° / 21°111.711.53.5
Mar37° / 24°335.511.92.0
Apr38° / 26°5610.212.31.1
May36° / 27°1482112.71.3
Jun35° / 27°1412312.91.6
Jul34° / 26°14822.212.81.9
Aug33° / 26°19724.412.52.1
Sep33° / 26°25925.812.12.1
Oct32° / 24°18319.111.63.1
Nov32° / 22°305.211.34.6
Dec31° / 20°91.311.15.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34654
44654
54555
64258
74159
83961
93763
103466
113367
123070
132971
142674
152476
162476
172179
181981
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201684
211684
221585
231486
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301090
311090

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lat Yao gets around 148 mm of rain over 21 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 67% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
153
254
355
456
557
658
759
860
961
1063
1164
1265
1366
1467
1568
1669
1770
1871
1971
2072
2173
2273
2374
2474
2575
2676
2776
2877
2977
3078
3179

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1105535
2105337
395239
485141
584943
674845
774746
864648
954549
1054550
1144452
1244452
1334453
1434453
1534453
1624454
1724454
1824355
1924355
2014257
2114257
2214158
2314059
2413960
2513861
2613762
2713762
2813663
2913564
3013465
3113366

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 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 6:01 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:44 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:016:35
212.66:016:35
312.66:006:35
412.66:006:36
512.65:596:36
612.65:596:36
712.65:586:36
812.65:586:37
912.75:586:37
1012.75:576:37
1112.75:576:37
1212.75:566:38
1312.75:566:38
1412.75:566:38
1512.75:556:39
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1812.85:556:40
1912.85:546:40
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3112.95:526:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
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55.8Bright
65.8Bright
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275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lat Yao

In seasonPeak

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

Lat Yao'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 Lat Yao?

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

1.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lat Yao.

What to pack for Lat Yao in May

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

In May, Lat Yao sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lat Yao in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lat Yao peaks around August 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 15UV 14Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Lat Yao 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 Lat Yao is worst in March — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (June, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 1657 µg/m³Jun 2118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb47Poor
Mar59Unhealthy
Apr44Poor
May27Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lat Yao?

Lat Yao sits at 15.8°N, 99.8°E, 62 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Thap Than, 34 km away.

Topography around Lat Yao

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lat Yao has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,903 m.

The land around Lat Yao is covered by cropland (66%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (85%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
500 m
80 km
1,903 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Thap Than 34 km · Khanu Woralaksaburi 35 km · Nakhon Sawan 38 km · Uthai Thani 48 km · Bang Mun Nak 70 km · Chai Nat 72 km · Taphan Hin 85 km · Kamphaeng Phet 86 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 Lat Yao (15.751°, 99.7892°, elevation 62 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).