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Chiang Mai in March

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Chiang Mai is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 69°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Chiang Mai is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 8% of days
Daylight
12h 01mon average

Is March a good time to visit Chiang Mai?

March 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 96°F in March, against 84°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in March, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

8% of days in March, against 5% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. February90°32°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March96°36°low 69°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April100°38°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Chiang Mai sits, in March

Asia/Bangkok
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:33 AMsets 6:34 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.