Sa Kaeo weather in January

In January, Sa Kaeo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sa Kaeo's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sa Kaeo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:43 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
42%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Sa Kaeo is town in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1956

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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sa Kaeo reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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
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.

Sa Kaeo weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°122.611.35.1
Feb33° / 22°183.511.54.1
Mar34° / 24°519.111.93.0
Apr35° / 26°7915.112.32.3
May34° / 26°15923.212.62.1
Jun32° / 26°20325.512.82.3
Jul32° / 25°23027.712.72.4
Aug31° / 25°25027.912.52.4
Sep31° / 25°27826.812.12.5
Oct31° / 24°1711911.73.4
Nov31° / 23°294.911.44.8
Dec31° / 21°61.411.25.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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26931
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46832
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247426
257525
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307723
317822

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sa Kaeo gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.6 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 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 29% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 57% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15133035171
24133135171
34123134171
44123134181
54123234181
63113234191
73113133201
83113133201
93113132211
103113132222
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, 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
18calm
28calm
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68calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 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 6:39 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:395:51
211.26:395:51
311.26:405:52
411.26:405:52
511.26:405:53
611.26:415:54
711.26:415:54
811.26:415:55
911.26:425:55
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1411.36:435:58
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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 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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275.3Bright
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305.3Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sa Kaeo

In seasonPeak

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

Sa Kaeo'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 Sa Kaeo?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sa Kaeo in January

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

In January, Sa Kaeo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sa Kaeo 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 Sa Kaeo peaks around August 15 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 highExtremeVery highAug 15UV 14Nov 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Sa Kaeo 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 Sa Kaeo is worst in February — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Sa Kaeo's WHO annual average of 20 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateFeb 1731 µg/m³Dec 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sa Kaeo?

Sa Kaeo sits at 13.8°N, 102.1°E, 41 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Wang Nam Yen, 36 km away.

Topography around Sa Kaeo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sa Kaeo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 960 m.

The land around Sa Kaeo is covered by trees (52%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
162 m
80 km
960 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Wang Nam Yen 36 km · Kabin Buri 41 km · Na Di 46 km · Aranyaprathet 48 km · Poipet 56 km · Si Maha Phot 63 km · Prachantakham 66 km · Ou Bei Choan 72 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 Sa Kaeo (13.8141°, 102.0722°, elevation 41 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).