Thung Song weather in May

In May, Thung Song sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 199 mm of rain across 25.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Thung Song's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thung Song's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 199 mm; 25.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:06 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Thung Song is town in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand.

Founded: 1940

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Thung Song reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

How May really feels in Thung Song

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.

Thung Song weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-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	30° / 22°	89	14.6	11.6	4.4
Feb	31° / 22°	51	9.7	11.7	4.2
Mar	33° / 23°	121	13.9	11.9	3.3
Apr	34° / 24°	150	19.7	12.2	2.4
May	33° / 24°	199	25.7	12.4	2.2
Jun	32° / 24°	170	23.8	12.5	2.6
Jul	31° / 23°	183	25.2	12.4	2.7
Aug	31° / 23°	212	26.4	12.3	2.6
Sep	31° / 23°	248	27.1	12	2.5
Oct	31° / 23°	318	28.9	11.8	2.6
Nov	30° / 23°	274	25.2	11.6	3.1
Dec	29° / 22°	169	18.3	11.5	4.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Cloudier (%)	79	79	80	81	82	82	83	84	85	85	85	86	87	87	89	89	89	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Thung Song gets around 199 mm of rain over 25.7 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 83% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	79	80	80	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86

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

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 73% 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 (%)	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25
Miserable (%)	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	75

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:32 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:10	6:27
2	12.3	6:10	6:27
3	12.3	6:09	6:27
4	12.3	6:09	6:27
5	12.3	6:09	6:27
6	12.3	6:08	6:27
7	12.3	6:08	6:27
8	12.3	6:08	6:28
9	12.3	6:08	6:28
10	12.3	6:07	6:28
11	12.3	6:07	6:28
12	12.4	6:07	6:28
13	12.4	6:07	6:28
14	12.4	6:07	6:28
15	12.4	6:07	6:29
16	12.4	6:06	6:29
17	12.4	6:06	6:29
18	12.4	6:06	6:29
19	12.4	6:06	6:29
20	12.4	6:06	6:29
21	12.4	6:06	6:30
22	12.4	6:06	6:30
23	12.4	6:06	6:30
24	12.4	6:06	6:30
25	12.4	6:06	6:30
26	12.4	6:06	6:31
27	12.4	6:06	6:31
28	12.4	6:06	6:31
29	12.4	6:06	6:31
30	12.4	6:06	6:32
31	12.4	6:06	6:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Thung Song

In seasonPeak

In May, Thung Song sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Thung Song sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Thung Song?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Thung Song.

What to pack for Thung Song in May

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

In May, Thung Song sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Thung Song in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Thung Song peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Thung Song 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 Thung Song is worst in April — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	22	24	28	25	26	24	22	24	26	25	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Thung Song?

Thung Song sits at 8.2°N, 99.7°E, 57 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ron Phibun, 19 km away.

Topography around Thung Song

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thung Song has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m around an average of 67 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,268 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,783 m.

The land around Thung Song is covered by trees (67%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

262 m

trees 67%

16 km

1,268 m

trees 92%

80 km

1,783 m

trees 79%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

← April Thung Song year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Ron Phibun 19 km · Huai Yot 42 km · Nakhon Si Thammarat 43 km · Pak Phanang 61 km · Trang 68 km · Phatthalung 75 km · Ban Na San 79 km · Ranot 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

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 Thung Song (8.1645°, 99.6804°, elevation 57 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). 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	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	9	91

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75