Nakhon Ratchasima weather in May

In May, Nakhon Ratchasima sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 140 mm of rain across 20.1 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nakhon Ratchasima's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nakhon Ratchasima's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
140 mm
20.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:47 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
78%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Nakhon Ratchasima is Capital city of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 24 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,370/km²
people per km²
Founded
1656

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical May day in Nakhon Ratchasima reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Nakhon Ratchasima

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.

Nakhon Ratchasima weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°71.711.25.7
Feb33° / 21°91.711.54.3
Mar35° / 24°386.711.92.7
Apr36° / 25°6912.612.32.0
May35° / 26°14020.112.72.0
Jun34° / 26°11919.412.92.1
Jul33° / 26°12621.112.82.3
Aug33° / 25°16122.812.52.4
Sep32° / 25°23124.512.12.5
Oct31° / 24°13816.411.73.7
Nov31° / 22°294.811.35.1
Dec30° / 19°51.311.16.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
33961
43862
53664
63466
73268
83070
92872
102575
112476
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132179
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nakhon Ratchasima gets around 140 mm of rain over 20.1 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 64% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
158
259
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561
662
763
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1965
2065
2165
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3168

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
167024
266826
366727
456629
556431
646432
746234
846135
936136
1036037
1136037
1235938
1326038
1426038
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1626038
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2116336
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 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 5:53 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:536:25
212.55:526:25
312.65:526:25
412.65:516:25
512.65:516:26
612.65:516:26
712.65:506:26
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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 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.65 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Nakhon Ratchasima

In seasonPeak

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

Nakhon Ratchasima'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 Nakhon Ratchasima?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nakhon Ratchasima.

What to pack for Nakhon Ratchasima in May

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

In May, Nakhon Ratchasima sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nakhon Ratchasima in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nakhon Ratchasima peaks around August 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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 13UV 14Nov 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Nakhon Ratchasima 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 Nakhon Ratchasima is worst in March — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (June, 18 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Nakhon Ratchasima's WHO annual average of 24 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1337 µg/m³Jun 2218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr30Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nakhon Ratchasima?

Nakhon Ratchasima sits at 15.0°N, 102.1°E, 187 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Chok Chai, 28 km away.

Topography around Nakhon Ratchasima

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nakhon Ratchasima has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 185 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 866 m.

The land around Nakhon Ratchasima is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
133 m
80 km
866 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Chok Chai 28 km · Non Sung 29 km · Amphoe Sikhiu 43 km · Dan Khun Thot 44 km · Khon Buri 52 km · Ban Huai Thalaeng 59 km · Bua Yai 77 km · Pak Chong 79 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 Nakhon Ratchasima (14.9707°, 102.102°, elevation 187 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).