Tha Ruea weather in May

In May, Tha Ruea sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 158 mm of rain across 22 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Tha Ruea's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tha Ruea's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 35°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 158 mm; 22 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:53 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

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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 Tha Ruea reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 8°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 about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	27
2	36	27
3	36	27
4	36	27
5	36	27
6	36	27
7	36	27
8	36	27
9	36	27
10	35	27
11	35	27
12	35	27
13	35	27
14	35	27
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	27
18	35	27
19	35	27
20	35	27
21	35	27
22	35	27
23	35	27
24	35	27
25	35	27
26	35	27
27	35	27
28	35	27
29	35	27
30	35	27
31	34	27

How May really feels in Tha Ruea

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Tha Ruea weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 22°	10	2.7	11.2	4.3
Feb	34° / 23°	14	3.1	11.5	3.4
Mar	36° / 25°	40	7.3	11.9	2.4
Apr	36° / 27°	71	12.1	12.3	1.7
May	35° / 27°	158	22	12.7	1.7
Jun	34° / 26°	174	24.1	12.8	1.9
Jul	33° / 26°	180	24.5	12.8	2.1
Aug	33° / 26°	209	26.7	12.5	2.0
Sep	33° / 26°	271	25.9	12.1	2.2
Oct	32° / 25°	139	18.3	11.7	3.1
Nov	32° / 24°	26	4.8	11.3	4.2
Dec	32° / 22°	7	1.5	11.2	4.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	41	39	38	37	34	33	31	29	27	26	24	22	20	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	8
Cloudier (%)	59	61	62	63	66	67	69	71	73	74	76	78	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	90	89	90	91	91	91	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	24	76
12	22	78
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tha Ruea gets around 158 mm of rain over 22 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 71% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	55	57	58	59	60	61	63	64	65	67	68	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	60
6	61
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	67
11	68
12	70
13	71
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	78
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	80
29	81
30	81
31	82

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Miserable (%)	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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31	9	calm

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 5:59 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:59	6:30
2	12.5	5:58	6:30
3	12.5	5:58	6:30
4	12.5	5:57	6:30
5	12.6	5:57	6:31
6	12.6	5:57	6:31
7	12.6	5:56	6:31
8	12.6	5:56	6:31
9	12.6	5:55	6:32
10	12.6	5:55	6:32
11	12.6	5:55	6:32
12	12.6	5:54	6:32
13	12.6	5:54	6:33
14	12.7	5:54	6:33
15	12.7	5:53	6:33
16	12.7	5:53	6:34
17	12.7	5:53	6:34
18	12.7	5:53	6:34
19	12.7	5:52	6:34
20	12.7	5:52	6:35
21	12.7	5:52	6:35
22	12.7	5:52	6:35
23	12.7	5:52	6:36
24	12.7	5:51	6:36
25	12.8	5:51	6:36
26	12.8	5:51	6:37
27	12.8	5:51	6:37
28	12.8	5:51	6:37
29	12.8	5:51	6:38
30	12.8	5:51	6:38
31	12.8	5:51	6:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
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17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tha Ruea

In seasonPeak

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

Tha Ruea'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 Tha Ruea?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tha Ruea.

What to pack for Tha Ruea in May

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

In May, Tha Ruea sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tha Ruea in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Tha Ruea peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	9	12	11	10	12	12	13	12	10	8	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Tha Ruea 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 Tha Ruea is worst in January — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 43 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	83	81	70	64	54	44	43	43	54	66	67	66
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	83	Unhealthy
Feb	81	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	64	Unhealthy
May	54	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	43	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	66	Unhealthy
Nov	67	Unhealthy
Dec	66	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Tha Ruea?

Tha Ruea sits at 14.6°N, 100.7°E, 13 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Mo, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Tha Ruea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tha Ruea has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 576 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Tha Ruea is covered by cropland (53%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

23 m

cropland 53%

16 km

576 m

cropland 69%

80 km

1,364 m

cropland 60%

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← April Tha Ruea year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Ban Mo 5.0 km · Nakhon Luang 17 km · Phra Phutthabat 19 km · Saraburi 21 km · Lop Buri 27 km · Ayutthaya 29 km · Kaeng Khoi 29 km · Nong Khae 29 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

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 Tha Ruea (14.5674°, 100.726°, elevation 13 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	27
2	36	27
3	36	27
4	36	27
5	36	27
6	36	27
7	36	27
8	36	27
9	36	27
10	35	27
11	35	27
12	35	27
13	35	27
14	35	27
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	27
18	35	27
19	35	27
20	35	27
21	35	27
22	35	27
23	35	27
24	35	27
25	35	27
26	35	27
27	35	27
28	35	27
29	35	27
30	35	27
31	34	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	24	76
12	22	78
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	60
6	61
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	67
11	68
12	70
13	71
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	78
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	80
29	81
30	81
31	82

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	27
2	36	27
3	36	27
4	36	27
5	36	27
6	36	27
7	36	27
8	36	27
9	36	27
10	35	27
11	35	27
12	35	27
13	35	27
14	35	27
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	27
18	35	27
19	35	27
20	35	27
21	35	27
22	35	27
23	35	27
24	35	27
25	35	27
26	35	27
27	35	27
28	35	27
29	35	27
30	35	27
31	34	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	24	76
12	22	78
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	60
6	61
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	67
11	68
12	70
13	71
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	78
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	80
29	81
30	81
31	82

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	27
2	36	27
3	36	27
4	36	27
5	36	27
6	36	27
7	36	27
8	36	27
9	36	27
10	35	27
11	35	27
12	35	27
13	35	27
14	35	27
15	35	27
16	35	27
17	35	27
18	35	27
19	35	27
20	35	27
21	35	27
22	35	27
23	35	27
24	35	27
25	35	27
26	35	27
27	35	27
28	35	27
29	35	27
30	35	27
31	34	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	31	69
8	29	71
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	24	76
12	22	78
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	57
3	58
4	59
5	60
6	61
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	67
11	68
12	70
13	71
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	75
18	76
19	76
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	78
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	80
29	81
30	81
31	82

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90