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Chiang Mai in April

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Chiang Mai is very hot: highs near 100°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Chiang Mai is very hot: highs near 38°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
100°F38°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
12h 33mon average

Is April a good time to visit Chiang Mai?

April sits outside Chiang Mai's best months, which run from December to January. Expect very hot days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 100°F in April, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 38°C in April, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in April, against 5% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in April, against 35% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

12h 33m in April, against 11h 01m to 13h 14m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March96°36°low 69°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April100°38°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May95°35°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Chiang Mai sits, in April

Asia/Bangkok
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:08 AMsets 6:41 PM
Above the sea
310 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Chiang Saen201 km north-east

The land around Chiang Mai, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Thailand in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Chiang Mai

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Chiang Mai. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (310 m) against the climate model's (394 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (310 m) against the climate model's (394 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.