Climate and average weather in Lop Buri

In Lop Buri, the weather is muggy, sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around September.

Best: early November to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Lop Buri typically varies from 22°C to 37°C, and is rarely below 17°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 Lop Buri for warm-weather activities are from early January to late January and early November to late December.

Hottest
Apr
37°
Coldest
Dec
22°
Wettest
Sep
251 mm
Driest
Dec
7 mm
Rain / yr
1229 mm
166 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
20 m
14.8°N
Clearest
Feb
36% cloud

Lop Buri is capital city of Lopburi province, Thailand.

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

Lop Buri 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 early November to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Lop Buri stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 37°C and low of 27°C; the coolest is December, with an average low of 22°C and high of 32°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in February.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3322
Feb3523
Mar3625
Apr3727
May3527
Jun3427
Jul3426
Aug3326
Sep3326
Oct3225
Nov3324
Dec3222

How hot and cold Lop Buri 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, Lop Buri feels like about 45°C (around May 3). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 230 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34332222
Feb37352323
Mar41362525
Apr44372727
May44352727
Jun43342627
Jul41342626
Aug41332626
Sep41332626
Oct38322525
Nov35332424
Dec33322222

Average hourly temperature in Lop Buri

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 22°C.

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

Lop Buri 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
Jan33° / 22°102.411.24.3
Feb35° / 23°132.611.53.2
Mar36° / 25°396.911.92.2
Apr37° / 27°7212.212.31.5
May35° / 27°15521.712.71.6
Jun34° / 27°16023.312.91.8
Jul34° / 26°16623.912.82.0
Aug33° / 26°19825.612.52.1
Sep33° / 26°25125.112.12.2
Oct32° / 25°13216.411.73.2
Nov33° / 24°274.411.34.2
Dec32° / 22°71.511.14.9

Chance of rain

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

Lop Buri gets about 1229 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.8 months, from around Apr 24 to Oct 18, peaking in September at about 87% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 20.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 251 mm over about 25 wet days; December is the driest, with 7 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 3 · 87%Dec 20 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan82
Feb103
Mar227
Apr4112
May7022
Jun7823
Jul7724
Aug8226
Sep8425
Oct5216
Nov164
Dec52

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Lop Buri collects about 1229 mm of rain across 166 wet days — roughly 102 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 251 mm, while December is the driest at just 7 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 50% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec10133972155160166198251132277
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan102
Feb133
Mar397
Apr7212
May15522
Jun16023
Jul16624
Aug19826
Sep25125
Oct13216
Nov274
Dec72

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Lop Buri, 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 18 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around April 30. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 1 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around October 17. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 94% 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 6 · 84%Aug 2 · 5%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7525
Feb8218
Mar7426
Apr5446
May2278
Jun892
Jul991
Aug694
Sep1387
Oct4060
Nov6238
Dec7030

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 9, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.26:506:03
Feb11.56:476:17
Mar11.96:306:24
Apr12.36:086:28
May12.75:536:34
Jun12.95:526:44
Jul12.85:596:47
Aug12.56:076:36
Sep12.16:096:14
Oct11.76:135:52
Nov11.36:245:42
Dec11.16:405:47

Sunny days

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

Lop Buri averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Oct 22 to Apr 25. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 20 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 0 sunny days — about 98% fewer than the February peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 921 daysAug 60 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb18Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr10Mixed
May3Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov13Mixed
Dec15Mixed

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 Lop Buri, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.5 months, from around March 2 to November 16. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 17 to March 1, and December is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 24% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 27 · 34%Apr 11 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan7172824221
Feb4111721443
Mar126136514
Apr00155243
May00001882
Jun00002179
Jul00003070
Aug00002773
Sep00001387
Oct013103254
Nov1515352915
Dec8172733142

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Lop Buri is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 2.1 months, from around Nov 7 to Jan 8. The windiest month is December, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 18 to Nov 6, with September the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 16 · 12 km/hSep 30 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep7calm
Oct8calm
Nov10calm
Dec11calm

Hazard calendar for Lop Buri

In seasonPeak

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

Lop Buri'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

Best time to visit Lop Buri

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid November, Lop Buri 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 Lop Buri for general outdoor tourist activities is from early November to late January, with a peak score in the third week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 21 · 5.0

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
Jan4.3fair
Feb3.2poor
Mar2.2poor
Apr1.5poor
May1.6poor
Jun1.8poor
Jul2.0poor
Aug2.1poor
Sep2.2poor
Oct3.2poor
Nov4.2fair
Dec4.9fair

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 Lop Buri for hot-weather activities is from late October to late February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 22 · 8.0

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 Lop Buri, 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.

Lop Buri packs about the same all year — highs hold near 37°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Lop Buri sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Lop Buri 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 Lop Buri peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 14UV 13Dec 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Lop Buri

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 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)
Jan74.5
Feb75
Mar86
Apr85.5
May85.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug86.5
Sep86
Oct75
Nov6.54
Dec6.54

Air quality in Lop Buri 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 Lop Buri is worst in February — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (June, 30 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1960 µg/m³Jun 2330 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan58Unhealthy
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May41Poor
Jun30Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct44Poor
Nov43Poor
Dec44Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Lop Buri 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. Lop Buri banks about 7,077 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)
Jan537
Feb533
Mar642
Apr654
May655
Jun611
Jul615
Aug605
Sep573
Oct581
Nov546
Dec526

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.

Lop Buri receives about 5.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.5 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around Jan 27 to Jun 16. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is September, down near 4.6 kWh/m² — roughly 26% less than the April peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 136.2 kWhSep 224.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.0Bright
Feb5.5Bright
Mar6.0Bright
Apr6.2Intense
May5.6Bright
Jun5.2Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug4.6Bright
Sep4.6Bright
Oct4.7Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is Lop Buri?

Lop Buri sits at 14.8°N, 100.7°E, 20 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Phra Phutthabat, 17 km away.

Topography around Lop Buri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lop Buri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 507 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,104 m.

The land around Lop Buri is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
507 m
80 km
1,104 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Phra Phutthabat 17 km · Ban Mo 22 km · Tha Ruea 27 km · Sing Buri 29 km · Nakhon Luang 38 km · Bang Racham 38 km · Wiset Chaichan 41 km · Saraburi 41 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 Lop Buri (14.7981°, 100.654°, elevation 20 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).