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Chiang Mai in January

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Chiang Mai is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 60°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Chiang Mai is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 16°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
11h 08mon average

Is January a good time to visit Chiang Mai?

Yes. January is one of Chiang Mai's best months (December to January).

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in January, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in January, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

7% of days in January, against 5% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in January, against 35% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

11h 08m in January, against 11h 01m to 13h 14m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December84°29°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January85°29°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February90°32°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Chiang Mai sits, in January

Asia/Bangkok
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:59 AMsets 6:06 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.