Phrae weather in January

In January, Phrae sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 18 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Phrae's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Phrae's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
16°
1st coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:58 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
32%
3rd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Phrae is town in Phrae province, Thailand.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 45 µg/m³ · 2019

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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Phrae reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Phrae

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.

Phrae weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°182.3116.4
Feb32° / 17°91.411.45.0
Mar35° / 21°324.411.93.3
Apr35° / 24°7110.412.42.4
May33° / 25°21521.712.82.4
Jun32° / 25°24625.613.12.4
Jul31° / 24°30028.5132.6
Aug30° / 24°36729.512.62.5
Sep31° / 24°31227.212.12.6
Oct31° / 23°12816.211.63.9
Nov31° / 20°273.911.15.6
Dec29° / 17°151.810.96.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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27921
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Phrae gets around 18 mm of rain over 2.3 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 7% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
182640233
272641233
362641234
462642224
552643224
652644214
752645204
852645204
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.96:555:50
210.96:555:51
310.96:555:52
410.96:565:52
510.96:565:53
611.06:565:53
711.06:575:54
811.06:575:55
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1211.06:585:57
1311.06:585:58
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1711.06:586:00
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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 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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264.9Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Phrae

In seasonPeak

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

Phrae's monsoon runs May–September, 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 Phrae?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Phrae in January

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

In January, Phrae sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Phrae in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Phrae peaks around June 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highJun 19UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Phrae 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 Phrae is worst in March — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (June, 18 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorPoorModerateMar 1859 µg/m³Jun 2318 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb42Poor
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr48Poor
May26Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Phrae?

Phrae sits at 18.1°N, 100.1°E, 162 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Den Chai, 20 km away.

NanSawankhalokDok Kham TaiThoen

Topography around Phrae

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Phrae has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 158 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 873 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,607 m.

The land around Phrae is covered by trees (38%), cropland (31%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (62%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
873 m
80 km
1,607 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Den Chai 20 km · Uttaradit 58 km · Lampang 70 km · Si Satchanalai 81 km · Nan 98 km · Sawankhalok 98 km · Dok Kham Tai 114 km · Thoen 114 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 Phrae (18.1459°, 100.141°, elevation 162 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).