Although related to the "burning season" topic I wanted a new post as more people may read it. We want to return to Thailand to live in a couple of years time and as my wife is a Lamphun girl she would prefer to live in the North. Could anyone help with suggestions of where to live to avoid the worst of the air pollution or at least reduce it to an acceptable level for as much of the year as possible. We would prefer to be somewhere between Chiang Mai and Lamphun but not necessarily on the direct route. How far out does the worst pollution extend? There must be somewhere to escape from it. We may even consider Lamphun town area as I have always found it a friendly place and it is fairly close to Chiang Mai

Thanks in advance for any advice

March and April look like this, or worse. The other 10 months of the year the air pollution is not so obvious. Unfortunately, it's like this all-over the plateau, and you can not escape it.

Have friends in Lampun & they report no difference in pollution.

You need to go out further, perhaps as far as Chom Tong. There seems to be less of the nasty smog there.

Alternatively, move higher up. If you can get up high on the hills you can be above much of it.