2007-01-11 05:08:04 · 7 answers · asked by ellen s 1 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
From April to October usually. This year Thailand was still getting rain into early December. I was there the 3rd week of November and it rained the day I left. The months are guidelines and it does not rain all the time. I visited Bangkok in April and July 2006 and encountered rain once each visit. And it had been raining daily throughout June and parts of July. The monsoon or rainy season also happens to be when hotel rates are lower.
2007-01-11 14:34:43 · answer #1 · answered by gbdelta1954 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than the southern part of Thailand, there are 2 distinct season for the rest of Thailand. The rainy season is from April to Nov, starting with Songkran and ending with Loy Krathong. After that is usually the dry season.
The southern part of Thailand is affected by the NE (Apr-Oct) and SW (Nov-Mar) monsoon, as well as tropical weather much. So, the south tends to be wetter year round.
2007-01-13 11:54:57 · answer #2 · answered by peanutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A more appropriate question is when ISN'T the monsoon season in Thailand... It can and will rain at any time of the year. Be prepared.
2007-01-12 16:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by keyuehan7878 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, to be clear, the monsoon is not so much a season but a wind pattern or weather pattern. In SEA (South East Asia) that includes Thailand, there is a winter and a summer monsoon or weather pattern. One is the northeast and this can produce large amounts of water. Also of mention is the southwest monsoon that is realtively dry in SEA. I have found that travel in SEA is often nice in the mid November to January or so. Tempature in down and not so much water and less buggs. Still, on my last trip into Siem Reap, Cambodia (Kampuchea), as we made our approach, we could see water right up to and on the end of the runway from the Tonle Sap lake which was still dropping but not yet down all the way. So, we extended the approach a bit which meant less runway,as advised by the tower, and no problem. I was there for only a couple of weeks prior to dispatch to Vientiane then on to Ha Noi, only small amounts of rain. Yet during a trip into Hue and Da Nang, Viet Nam in November, it rained a lot and the washed out roads in the Hue area were a problem. Since I usually drive a motor bike in SEA, you may be wet now and then but it is an interesting way to travel, cheap on gas, and less likely to hit mines in Cambodia. In Viet Nam, you can buy gas at most roadside noodle shops in the country. It is kept in coke bottles. Same in some places of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Anyway, I have found generally, late October(pushing it a little) to early the following year is a reasonable guide for all of SEA for travel in reasonably cool nice weather. Also be aware that weather in the north of Thailand will be different from the south of Thailand. This is even more noticeable in the north and south of Viet Nam. Here in Arizona, we have a weather pattern refered to as the monsoon that also brings in thunderstorms and water. So, easy to start to think of the monsoon as the rainy season. There is a lot of information online and in travel books concerning monsoon and weather in Thailand. Then it becomes a judgement call.
2007-01-11 18:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by Shiloh 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
around may-august. don't worry u won't need an umbrella because u'll get totally wet in 1 minute, umbrellas will be almost useless lol, i've experienced that!! monsoon rains dont come often. i pent last summer the and there was only one. but there would be showers once in a while
2007-01-13 04:44:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ganbatteru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no real monsoon like in india, just showers
2007-01-12 16:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by wwwfrankpaca83com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋