Summer Heat And Rainy Season In Isaan

[westbounder]

I have lived in Chiang Mai for 4 years now.

I am planning to move to either Ubon or Sakon Nakon later in the year.

Is the Summer heat in these two areas similiar to Chiang Mai?

Will I be able to handle it ok? I have no problems with the heat in Chiang Mai.

What about rainy season there?

Do you have a lot of all day rains there in rainy season?

Chiang Mai rainy season is not to bad and we seldom have all day rains.

Thank You

[ubonrthai]

The attached pictures are from a weather comparison I did here. I can't speak for Sakon Nakon but can compare Chiang Mai to Ubon. Ubon's air feels cleaner to me and it feels like there is more wind but I don't have any wind data. All day rains are rare. It's rained probably 9 out of the last 10 days but not for very long at a time. Just enough to make it ridiculously humid, bring out all the creepy crawly critters and make everything lush and green.

Edited May 19, 2012 by ubonrthai

[SantiSuk]

Agree with ubonrthai. Last year was unusual with quite a few days of prolonged rain - particularly later in the rainy season. My experience of 4 years prior to that was that rain would come in a heavy downburst for a couple of hours in the afternoon or evening and temperatures would drop refreshingly by 10 degrees for a while.

Dont know about Sakhon Nakhon, but I spent a few days in Nakhom Panhom once and the village was very fly-ridden at all times of the day (small buzzy ones not the larger maleng-waan). Flies are not a problem in SiSaket/Ubon (the critters that come in advance of the rainstorm are an annoyance but come and go in an hour or two). That might have only been a localised thing with the flies but it's worth checking out - I could not have lived in that village because of the flies.

[Patriot]

Yes; I can personally vouch, there are no flies on SantiSuk