Nang Rong weather in May

In May, Nang Rong sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 139 mm of rain across 20.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-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 Nang Rong's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nang Rong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
139 mm
20.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:45 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
79%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.9
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 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 Nang Rong 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 38°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 Nang Rong

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.

Nang Rong weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-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 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 12% 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 (%)
14060
23961
33862
43763
53565
63367
73169
82971
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102674
112476
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nang Rong gets around 139 mm of rain over 20.2 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 65% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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260
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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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1177319
2077320
3077122
4067123
5066925
6056926
7056728
8056629
9046630
10046531
11036631
12036532
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Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:51 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:516:22
212.55:506:22
312.55:506:22
412.65:496:22
512.65:496:22
612.65:486:23
712.65:486:23
812.65:476:23
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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 5.63 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 — May's 5.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nang Rong

In seasonPeak

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

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 May a good time to visit Nang Rong?

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

1.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nang Rong.

What to pack for Nang Rong in May

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

In May, Nang Rong 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 Nang Rong 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 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 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 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
May 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).