Hal65 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I was checking out the temperatures of the bigger areas of Thailand and surprised to see that Chiang Mai is going to be more than 100°F for the next week, which is even hotter than Bangkok. This is very surprising to me because I heard the North was much cooler than the South. Is Chang Mai known as the hottest area of Thailand during the dry season? Why is it so hot up there? I thought higher latitudes and elevation meant cooler weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 CM more temp extremes, much colder in season and much hotter in season. BKK just constant hot and humid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 If you add the humidity in BKK it is hotter there like if it 92f in CM and 90 in BKK well BKK feels like 100F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 re I was checking out the temperatures of the bigger areas of Thailand and surprised to see that Chiang Mai is going to be more than 100°F for the next week, which is even hotter than Bangkok. This is very surprising to me because I heard the North was much cooler than the South. here ya go a screenshot of the predicted weather in chiang mai next week and a pic of doi suthep taken 15 minits ago dave2 ps .. ban san sai is where the chiang mai weather station is ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Chiang Mai is almost always a few degrees hotter than Bangkok during hot season. Chiang Mai is only cool during cool season - a few months per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 The night temperatures in CM are definately cooler in CM, after living in Bangkok for 9 years I can verify that. The night humidity feels like soup Then again there are 10 m people in Bangkok with air cons going flat chat,countless 1,000's of cars and road side BBQ's Its 9.30 am now in Hang Dong and my trusty temp guage tells me it 38 in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Bangkok is near the sea and "benefits " from the moderating effect of a large body of water. Chiangmai is approx 400 mi from the nearest sea, thus having continental climate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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