Pak Phanang weather in January

In January, Pak Phanang sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 122 mm of rain across 16.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pak Phanang's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pak Phanang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
25°
1st coldest
Rainfall
122 mm
16.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:42 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
65%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Pak Phanang is town in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.

Founded
1938

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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pak Phanang reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Pak Phanang

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

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Pak Phanang weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°12216.211.64.9
Feb29° / 25°518.511.75.6
Mar30° / 25°11012.111.94.8
Apr31° / 26°11815.912.23.8
May32° / 26°12522.212.42.9
Jun32° / 26°871812.53.1
Jul32° / 26°8617.312.43.2
Aug32° / 26°9317.712.33.2
Sep31° / 26°12522.3123.0
Oct30° / 25°28527.511.83.0
Nov29° / 25°3962611.63.3
Dec28° / 25°27420.611.54.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23664
33763
43961
54060
64159
74258
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94357
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pak Phanang gets around 122 mm of rain over 16.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 51% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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258
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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477914
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978112
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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 January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:376:08
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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 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Pak Phanang

In seasonPeak

In January, Pak Phanang sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Pak Phanang's rainy season runs October–December, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Pak Phanang?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Pak Phanang for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pak Phanang in January

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

In January, Pak Phanang sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Pak Phanang in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in May at about 31°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May31Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Pak Phanang in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Pak Phanang peaks around August 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeAug 22UV 13Jan 10UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Pak Phanang 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 Pak Phanang is worst in June — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodJun 2317 µg/m³Nov 1910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr13Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pak Phanang?

Pak Phanang sits at 8.4°N, 100.2°E, 4 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Nakhon Si Thammarat, 27 km away.

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Topography around Pak Phanang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pak Phanang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,765 m.

The land around Pak Phanang is covered by trees (43%) within 3 km, water (44%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
22 m
80 km
1,765 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Nakhon Si Thammarat 27 km · Ron Phibun 43 km · Thung Song 61 km · Ranot 65 km · Phatthalung 83 km · Huai Yot 88 km · Ban Na San 105 km · Trang 110 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 Pak Phanang (8.3511°, 100.2019°, elevation 4 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).