Yasothon weather in January

In January, Yasothon sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Yasothon's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yasothon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:38 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
34%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Yasothon is town in Yasothon province, Thailand.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yasothon reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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 Yasothon

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.

Yasothon weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°51.311.25.9
Feb33° / 20°102.311.54.6
Mar35° / 24°336.111.93.0
Apr36° / 26°6510.912.32.2
May34° / 26°17421.312.72.0
Jun33° / 26°17722.712.92.2
Jul32° / 26°21724.112.82.5
Aug32° / 25°25425.812.52.5
Sep31° / 25°25725.112.12.6
Oct31° / 24°11112.611.64.0
Nov31° / 22°243.511.35.2
Dec30° / 19°51.311.16.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27723
37624
47624
57525
67426
77426
87426
97327
107327
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Yasothon gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.3 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 6% 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 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 27% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1122439251
2112339251
3112340252
4102340252
5102340252
6102340242
7102340242
8102340243
9102340243
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26112636235
27112635245
28112634245
29122733245
30122732246
31122731246

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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3112light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 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 6:34 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:345:39
211.16:355:39
311.16:355:40
411.16:355:41
511.16:365:41
611.16:365:42
711.16:365:42
811.16:365:43
911.16:375:43
1011.16:375:44
1111.16:375:45
1211.16:375:45
1311.16:385:46
1411.16:385:46
1511.16:385:47
1611.26:385:47
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1911.26:385:49
2011.26:385:50
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2711.36:385:53
2811.36:385:54
2911.36:385:55
3011.36:385:55
3111.36:385:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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255.2Bright
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275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Yasothon

In seasonPeak

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

Yasothon'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 Yasothon?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Yasothon in January

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

In January, Yasothon sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Yasothon 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 Yasothon peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 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 12UV 13Dec 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Yasothon 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 Yasothon is worst in March — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.3× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1851 µg/m³Dec 1316 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr41Poor
May29Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yasothon?

Yasothon sits at 15.8°N, 104.1°E, 135 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Selaphum, 32 km away.

Ubon Ratchathani

Topography around Yasothon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yasothon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 129 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 411 m.

The land around Yasothon is covered by trees (41%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
63 m
80 km
411 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Ban Selaphum 32 km · Amnat Charoen 52 km · Roi Et 60 km · Kaset Wisai 62 km · Si Sa Ket 78 km · Kuchinarai 84 km · Kamalasai 86 km · Ubon Ratchathani 97 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 Yasothon (15.7941°, 104.1451°, elevation 135 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).