Capital and largest city of Thailand

Bangkok

337Sunny Days/yr

90°FAvg High Temp

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View on MapPopulation5.1MElevation39 ft

Quick Read

Hot season is intense, with summer has a clear wet season. The hottest stretch is likely to shape daily routines. Little daylight swing through the year. Humidity stays elevated through most of the year.

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 11.4 million people as of 2024, 15.9% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.Wikipedia

Intense hot seasonNo real winterSummer wet seasonCity of Angels, The Big Mangoกรุงเทพฯ ดุจเทพสร้าง เมืองศูนย์กลางการปกครอง วัดวังงามเรืองรอง เมืองหลวงของประเทศไทย

Where It Is

Location Context

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand

Latitude13.75°

Longitude100.50°

Population5.1M

Altitude39 ft

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Country Context

ThailandCountry in Southeast Asia

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, and formerly known as Siam until 1939, is a country located in Mainland Southeast Asia. It shares land borders with Myanmar to the west and northwest, Laos to the east and northeast, Cambodia to the southeast, and Malaysia to the south. Its maritime boundaries include the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, as well as maritime borders with Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Thailand has a population of nearly 66 million people and covers an area of approximately 513,115 km2.Wikipedia

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Cost of Living

Housing

Livability

Walk Score

Very Walkable75

Internet

Country Broadband

15.7

subscriptions per 100 people

Growing Broadband

Climate

Sunshine

337

sunny days per year

92% of the year

Avg High Temp

90°F

annual average

Humidity Pattern

Humidity year-round

74% warm season / 80% cool season

Comfort Score

54/100

Mixed

Temp Swing

6°F

seasonal high-temp spread

Rainfall

67"

inches per year

Snowfall

inches per year

Air Quality

Moderate AQI

How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

Monthly Temperature

Daylight Span (Sunrise to Sunset)

Precipitation Distribution

67" of rain per year

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Humidity Through The Year

Monthly Relative Humidity (%)35-65% band

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humid summers

Summer 80% · Winter 65% · Dec-Sep 63-84%

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