Nang Rong weather in January

In January, Nang Rong sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nang Rong's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nang Rong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:42 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
40%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Nang Rong is town in Buri Ram province, Thailand.

Founded
1957

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nang Rong reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Nang Rong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 2 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
2
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Nang Rong weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°61.511.25.5
Feb34° / 21°102.211.54.0
Mar36° / 24°386.811.92.4
Apr36° / 26°7513.112.31.8
May35° / 26°13920.212.71.9
Jun34° / 26°12219.712.82.0
Jul33° / 26°13522.412.82.2
Aug33° / 25°17023.412.52.3
Sep32° / 25°24024.212.12.5
Oct31° / 24°14116.111.73.7
Nov31° / 22°325.211.35.1
Dec30° / 19°81.811.16.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Nang Rong gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.5 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 32% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1112435264
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:385:46
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511.26:395:49
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Nang Rong

In seasonPeak

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

Nang Rong'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 January a good time to visit Nang Rong?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Nang Rong for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nang Rong in January

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

In January, Nang Rong sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nang Rong in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Nang Rong peaks around August 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 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 13UV 14Nov 21UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Nang Rong in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Nang Rong is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (June, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1445 µg/m³Jun 2121 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb40Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr35Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nang Rong?

Nang Rong sits at 14.6°N, 102.8°E, 192 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Prakhon Chai, 36 km away.

Topography around Nang Rong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nang Rong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 183 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 807 m.

The land around Nang Rong is covered by cropland (42%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
165 m
80 km
807 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Prakhon Chai 36 km · Ban Huai Thalaeng 41 km · Buri Ram 52 km · Khon Buri 60 km · Chok Chai 68 km · Surin 80 km · Nakhon Ratchasima 83 km · Non Sung 83 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 Nang Rong (14.6377°, 102.7914°, elevation 192 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).