Mukdahan weather in May

In May, Mukdahan sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 189 mm of rain across 21.6 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Mukdahan's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mukdahan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
189 mm
21.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:34 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
78%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Mukdahan is town in Mukdahan province, Thailand.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mukdahan reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°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 Mukdahan

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.

Mukdahan 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
Jan29° / 17°41.111.16.9
Feb31° / 19°132.711.45.6
Mar33° / 22°345.711.93.9
Apr34° / 25°6611.112.42.8
May33° / 25°18921.612.82.5
Jun32° / 25°20923.4132.6
Jul31° / 25°2782612.92.7
Aug31° / 25°29427.712.62.6
Sep31° / 24°25824.112.13.0
Oct31° / 23°10911.811.64.4
Nov30° / 21°213.311.25.7
Dec29° / 18°51.4117.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 76%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24654
34555
44357
54159
64060
73862
83664
93466
103169
113070
122872
132674
142575
152278
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201585
211486
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mukdahan gets around 189 mm of rain over 21.6 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 69% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1185734
2185536
3075439
4075241
5065044
6064846
7054648
8054451
9044254
10044056
11143857
12133759
13133561
14133363
15123265
16123067
17122869
18122770
19112573
20112474
21012277
22012178
23011980
24011881
25011782
26011584
27011485
28011386
29011287
30011188
31011188

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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68calm
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318calm

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 5:41 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:416:16
212.65:406:16
312.65:406:16
412.65:396:17
512.65:396:17
612.75:386:17
712.75:386:18
812.75:376:18
912.75:376:18
1012.75:366:19
1112.75:366:19
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.37 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mukdahan

In seasonPeak

In May, Mukdahan sits inside its pacific typhoon and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mukdahan sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Mukdahan's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Mukdahan?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mukdahan.

What to pack for Mukdahan in May

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

In May, Mukdahan sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mukdahan in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Mukdahan peaks around July 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 highJul 15UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mukdahan 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 Mukdahan is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.5× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1952 µg/m³Nov 2112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar55Poor
Apr40Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mukdahan?

Mukdahan sits at 16.5°N, 104.7°E, 145 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Savannakhet, 5.0 km away.

Sakon NakhonNakhon Phanom

Topography around Mukdahan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mukdahan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 143 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m.

The land around Mukdahan is covered by artificial surfaces (29%), trees (28%) and water (23%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
300 m
80 km
517 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Savannakhet 5.0 km · Ban Xénô 32 km · Ban Kèngkok 52 km · Khao Wong 70 km · Kuchinarai 72 km · Amnat Charoen 77 km · Sakon Nakhon 92 km · Nakhon Phanom 96 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 Mukdahan (16.5453°, 104.7235°, elevation 145 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).