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Bangkok weather, year by year

In Bangkok, the year averages 28.7 °C, from 22.3 °C on January nights to 35.4 °C on April afternoons. 2024 still holds the title of warmest year since 1940.

YearYear 2025

Mean tempMean temp 28.5 °C

vs normalvs normal −0.2 °C

RankRank 23/86

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Every year in Bangkok since 1940, ranked

Pick a measure and line up all 86 years against the 1991–2020 normal. 2025 ranks 23 of 86 (−0.2 °C).

194019832025

2025 · 28.5 °C · −0.2 °C vs normal · rank 23 of 86

Warmest years

1202429.4 °C
2199829.3 °C
3200629.1 °C
4201029.1 °C
5201529.1 °C

Coldest years

1195326.5 °C
2194326.7 °C
3194026.8 °C
4194226.9 °C
5197127.1 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Rainy days
2025	28.5 °C	32.6 °C	25.2 °C	1,258 mm	335 days	186 days
2024	29.4 °C	33.4 °C	26.3 °C	1,112 mm	352 days	160 days
2023	29.1 °C	33.3 °C	26.1 °C	1,025 mm	342 days	159 days
2022	28.5 °C	32.5 °C	25.4 °C	1,498 mm	332 days	191 days
2021	28.4 °C	32.6 °C	25.4 °C	1,381 mm	333 days	165 days
2020	29.1 °C	33.2 °C	26.0 °C	1,148 mm	340 days	141 days
2019	29.1 °C	33.4 °C	26.0 °C	955 mm	340 days	151 days
2018	28.5 °C	32.4 °C	25.6 °C	1,416 mm	336 days	195 days
2017	28.5 °C	32.5 °C	25.6 °C	1,522 mm	336 days	177 days
2016	29.1 °C	33.3 °C	26.0 °C	1,125 mm	344 days	151 days
2015	29.1 °C	33.5 °C	25.9 °C	990 mm	342 days	155 days
2014	28.6 °C	33.0 °C	25.4 °C	992 mm	338 days	163 days
2013	28.5 °C	32.7 °C	25.4 °C	1,215 mm	329 days	157 days
2012	29.0 °C	33.2 °C	26.0 °C	1,277 mm	351 days	172 days
2011	28.0 °C	32.1 °C	25.0 °C	1,361 mm	324 days	166 days
2010	29.1 °C	33.2 °C	26.1 °C	1,142 mm	340 days	161 days
2009	28.5 °C	32.9 °C	25.2 °C	1,148 mm	340 days	180 days
2008	28.3 °C	32.5 °C	25.2 °C	1,190 mm	335 days	170 days
2007	28.8 °C	33.0 °C	25.6 °C	1,148 mm	342 days	157 days
2006	29.1 °C	33.3 °C	25.9 °C	1,172 mm	346 days	159 days
2005	29.0 °C	33.1 °C	26.0 °C	1,039 mm	335 days	166 days
2004	28.9 °C	33.4 °C	25.4 °C	940 mm	350 days	144 days
2003	28.9 °C	33.3 °C	25.5 °C	1,009 mm	344 days	159 days
2002	28.9 °C	33.1 °C	25.9 °C	1,149 mm	349 days	177 days
2001	28.7 °C	33.1 °C	25.5 °C	1,209 mm	335 days	183 days
2000	28.6 °C	33.1 °C	25.2 °C	1,150 mm	350 days	191 days
1999	28.0 °C	32.2 °C	24.9 °C	1,402 mm	322 days	207 days
1998	29.3 °C	33.7 °C	26.1 °C	1,019 mm	349 days	160 days
1997	29.0 °C	33.6 °C	25.5 °C	916 mm	351 days	149 days
1996	28.1 °C	32.5 °C	24.9 °C	1,487 mm	329 days	194 days
1995	28.4 °C	32.8 °C	25.1 °C	1,442 mm	334 days	162 days
1994	28.5 °C	33.1 °C	25.1 °C	1,130 mm	343 days	164 days
1993	28.4 °C	33.2 °C	25.0 °C	943 mm	337 days	155 days
1992	28.4 °C	32.9 °C	25.0 °C	964 mm	326 days	138 days
1991	28.7 °C	33.2 °C	25.2 °C	950 mm	353 days	147 days
1990	28.8 °C	33.3 °C	25.5 °C	951 mm	347 days	157 days
1989	28.5 °C	33.0 °C	25.2 °C	911 mm	337 days	155 days
1988	28.2 °C	32.4 °C	25.0 °C	1,406 mm	328 days	187 days
1987	28.5 °C	32.9 °C	25.1 °C	1,084 mm	329 days	178 days
1986	27.8 °C	32.2 °C	24.5 °C	1,177 mm	321 days	168 days
1985	27.9 °C	32.0 °C	24.6 °C	1,278 mm	317 days	185 days
1984	27.9 °C	32.2 °C	24.6 °C	851 mm	334 days	151 days
1983	28.1 °C	32.2 °C	25.0 °C	1,256 mm	305 days	166 days
1982	28.0 °C	32.3 °C	24.7 °C	981 mm	326 days	171 days
1981	27.8 °C	32.2 °C	24.6 °C	1,242 mm	310 days	183 days
1980	28.5 °C	33.1 °C	25.1 °C	1,089 mm	348 days	161 days
1979	28.6 °C	33.4 °C	24.9 °C	880 mm	351 days	146 days
1978	28.1 °C	32.3 °C	25.0 °C	1,346 mm	330 days	189 days
1977	28.2 °C	32.9 °C	24.7 °C	826 mm	351 days	160 days
1976	27.3 °C	31.9 °C	23.9 °C	1,487 mm	312 days	186 days
1975	27.3 °C	31.6 °C	24.2 °C	1,546 mm	302 days	220 days
1974	27.4 °C	31.7 °C	24.1 °C	1,538 mm	309 days	209 days
1973	27.9 °C	32.5 °C	24.5 °C	1,130 mm	328 days	174 days
1972	27.8 °C	32.2 °C	24.4 °C	1,634 mm	321 days	200 days
1971	27.1 °C	31.5 °C	23.6 °C	1,293 mm	292 days	177 days
1970	27.7 °C	32.0 °C	24.5 °C	1,334 mm	312 days	190 days
1969	28.1 °C	32.4 °C	24.8 °C	1,146 mm	309 days	175 days
1968	27.9 °C	32.3 °C	24.5 °C	1,014 mm	338 days	173 days
1967	27.6 °C	32.1 °C	24.1 °C	1,047 mm	315 days	170 days
1966	27.4 °C	31.2 °C	24.4 °C	1,517 mm	266 days	204 days
1965	27.6 °C	32.1 °C	24.1 °C	1,391 mm	316 days	208 days
1964	27.5 °C	31.9 °C	24.0 °C	1,304 mm	297 days	195 days
1963	27.5 °C	31.9 °C	24.0 °C	1,308 mm	303 days	178 days
1962	27.5 °C	31.9 °C	24.0 °C	1,258 mm	309 days	174 days
1961	27.5 °C	31.7 °C	24.3 °C	1,156 mm	310 days	177 days
1960	28.0 °C	32.4 °C	24.6 °C	1,132 mm	321 days	152 days
1959	27.9 °C	32.1 °C	24.6 °C	1,100 mm	319 days	169 days
1958	27.7 °C	32.0 °C	24.3 °C	1,084 mm	294 days	142 days
1957	27.7 °C	32.1 °C	24.4 °C	1,510 mm	319 days	185 days
1956	27.1 °C	31.4 °C	23.8 °C	1,273 mm	293 days	193 days
1955	27.1 °C	31.6 °C	23.7 °C	1,540 mm	297 days	204 days
1954	27.7 °C	32.2 °C	24.2 °C	976 mm	324 days	156 days
1953	26.5 °C	30.7 °C	23.3 °C	2,668 mm	254 days	268 days
1952	27.3 °C	31.5 °C	24.1 °C	1,621 mm	299 days	212 days
1951	27.6 °C	31.8 °C	24.4 °C	1,097 mm	300 days	160 days
1950	27.4 °C	31.8 °C	24.1 °C	1,200 mm	294 days	176 days
1949	27.5 °C	32.0 °C	23.9 °C	981 mm	307 days	167 days
1948	27.3 °C	31.5 °C	23.7 °C	1,219 mm	291 days	170 days
1947	27.6 °C	31.9 °C	24.1 °C	1,184 mm	315 days	187 days
1946	27.2 °C	31.5 °C	23.6 °C	1,286 mm	303 days	189 days
1945	27.1 °C	31.0 °C	23.8 °C	1,423 mm	287 days	204 days
1944	27.3 °C	31.3 °C	24.0 °C	1,531 mm	272 days	193 days
1943	26.7 °C	30.9 °C	23.1 °C	1,452 mm	240 days	181 days
1942	26.9 °C	31.0 °C	23.6 °C	1,238 mm	260 days	195 days
1941	27.3 °C	31.3 °C	24.3 °C	1,460 mm	233 days	191 days
1940	26.8 °C	31.0 °C	23.6 °C	1,492 mm	245 days	184 days

Year vs year

Pick two years and let them fight it out in Bangkok: month by month, point by point.

First year2025

Second year2024

In Bangkok, 2024 beats 2025 by 0.9 °C on mean temperature.

20252024Normal 1991–2020

1points3

28.5 °CWarmer29.4 °C
335 daysHot days352 days
1,258 mmWetter1,112 mm
1,841 kWh/m²Sunnier1,904 kWh/m²

Records in Bangkok

The most extreme days and years since 1940, with the readings of a nearby station when they go further.

Hottest day

40.3 °C

April 23, 1990 estimate

Nearby station: 41.1 °C on April 30, 2024 measured

Coldest night

11.7 °C

January 12, 1955 estimate

Nearby station: 10.0 °C on December 30, 1975 measured

Wettest day

160 mm

September 6, 2012 estimate

Nearby station: 400 mm on September 8, 1949 measured

Strongest gust

74 km/h

August 9, 2007 estimate

Year records

Warmest202429.4 °C
Coldest195326.5 °C
Wettest19532,668 mm
Driest1977826 mm

The weather on your birthday in Bangkok

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Bangkok vs another city

Compare with

Bangkok is warmer than Singapore by 1.8 °C on average over the year. Bangkok gets 1,413 mm less precipitation per year. In Bangkok, 12 months out of 12 are warmer.

BangkokSingaporeBand: average low to average high

Questions & answers

What is the climate like in Bangkok?

Bangkok averages 28.7 °C over the year. The warmest month is April, with highs around 35.4 °C; the coldest is January, with lows around 22.3 °C. About 1,152 mm of precipitation falls each year, over some 165 rainy days.

What was the warmest year in Bangkok?

2024, at +0.7 °C compared with the 1991–2020 normal. The coldest was 1953. Out of 86 years since 1940, 2025 ranks 23.

What is the wettest month in Bangkok?

September gets the most precipitation and December the least. The wettest year was 1953, the driest 1977.

Is Bangkok getting warmer?

Compared with its first thirty years on record (from 1940), the last ten years in Bangkok show a gap of +1.4 °C in mean temperature.